Alex Burrows scored the only Vancouver goal in a 4-1 loss to San Jose Sunday night.

The rough-and-tumble winger delivered a very Burrows-like performance in this contest as he registered a plus-1 rating, six shots on goal as well as six penalty minutes. This is exactly why you drafted him.

Alex Burrows would be willing to play on any line for the Vancouver Canucks.

Burrows has been a fixture on the right side of the top line, alongside the Sedin twins, but wants to win and would be willing to help the team whatever way he can. "Honestly, I probably have the best job playing with the twins, but if I have to go down and play with Kes [Ryan Kesler] or Lappy [Maxim Lapierre] or Manny [Malhotra], you're always playing with someone who can play, because we have such good depth on our team," Burrows said. "Kass [Zack Kassian] in the minors is showing flashes of what he can bring to the NHL and other guys who didn't have good years can rebound stronger. I'm sure with everybody pushing, we'll be able to do the right things and find the right time to play our best hockey." This would have been a more likely scenario if the Canucks had signed Shane Doan in the off-season, but Doan went back to Phoenix, so expect Burrows to play most of the time with Henrik and Daniel Sedin.

Alex Burrows has agreed to a four-year/$18 million contract extension.

Burrows has scored at least 28 goals in each of his last four seasons. As long as he continues to get a healthy amount of playing time with the Sedin twins, he should be a safe bet to net around 30 goals and at least 50 points. Of course, that projection assumes that he stays healthy and we have a full 82-game campaign. With the current CBA set to expire on Saturday, it remains to be seen how many games - if any - will be played in 2012-13.