Tales of Brent Burns: Teammates talk cheetah attacks, his 'Mary Poppins' bag and loving the NHL's 'big kid'
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Greg Wyshynski, ESPNMay 22, 2023, 07:00 AM ET

CloseGreg Wyshynski is ESPN's senior NHL writer.RALEIGH, N.C.-- There's conformity among many NHL players.And then there's Brent Burns.Breaking up the parade of monotone business suits and well-groomed exteriors while entering the arena is a 6-foot-5, 230-pound defenseman wearing loud patterns, lugging a comically enormous camouflage backpack and sporting a chaotic scraggle of beard around a toothless hockey grin.
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