Vancouver Canuck Alex Burrows Yet To Score a Point in the Playoffs

Alex Burrows must be injured because he has no points in the playoffs at the time of this writing, and that's just not like a 67-point guy to draw a blank.

He also struggled last year in the playoffs, with only four points in 10 games.

So what's the problem? You sure can never question his desire or hustle, but he just doesn’t look the same.

Mikael Samuelsson has taken his place on the Sedin line, which was a good coaching move for those out there that say coach Vigneault just rolls the lines.

That second line which Burrows is now a part of, along with Mason Raymond and Ryan Kesler, also needs to crank it up a notch. Kesler has five points but Raymond has been ineffective and has only one point on a goal so far.

Raymond has returned to his old ways flying down the wing, but then giving up the puck in the offensive zone and LA has made that look too easy. He does not seem to be as aggressive as he was last year in the playoffs.

This guy plays better when he sticks his nose in and takes the puck to the net.

Looks like Andrew Alberts will draw into the lineup again tonight as Nolan Baumgartner has that infamous lower body injury. The 'Nucks were trying to bring up Lawrence Nycholat from Manitoba for tonight’s game but he had not cleared waivers.

It is starting to get a little thin on the back end with Aaron Rome and now Baumgartner out with injuries.

Last time I looked, Brad Lukowich was playing with the Moose, so I’m surprised with his NHL experience that he was not called up instead of Nycholat.

Here I thought at the beginning of the year that the Nucks had depth in defense and now with Willie Mitchell, Aaron Rome, and Nolan Baumgartner out with injuries and Mathieu Schneider being shipped out, they’re down to the No. 11 depth player.

Here’s hoping Rome heals quickly and Alberts stays out of the box.