On the passing of Shawn Burr

Shawn Burr: A big part of the Red Wings' success story


The Red
Wings have been an incredibly successful franchise for more than two decades. But their
turnaround in the late 1980s and early 1990s didn’t happen by accident nor overnight. The
Steve Yzerman draft pick in 1983 was the most significant move. There were others,
though. One was Shawn Burr being taken in the first round with the