Overview
- Colorado agreed to terms on a one-year deal for Burns on July 2–3, officially adding him as its seventh defenseman under contract.
- The 40-year-old enters his 22nd season after compiling a 925-game ironman streak that ended on April 17, highlighting his reliability.
- Burns’s contract carries up to $3 million in games-played bonuses on top of a $1 million base salary, reflecting Colorado’s salary-cap strategy.
- A 2016–17 Norris Trophy winner, he has appeared in nearly 1,500 NHL games and is chasing his first Stanley Cup.
- His addition bolsters the Avalanche’s defensive depth and brings veteran leadership and penalty-killing prowess to a blue line led by Cale Makar and Devon Toews.