Todd Burgess

February 2020 – The year hasn’t quite gone as well as Todd Burgess had hoped but the 2016 fourth-round pick was named third star of the week in the ECAC. He potted five goals this week, bringing his total for the year to 13 in 30 games. The RPI forward hasn’t been able to really find his footing in college and remains unsigned. He isn’t likely to be signed at the end of the year but may be able to work out an AHL deal if he chooses to go pro. Tony Ferrari

November 2019 – Burgess has had another tough start to the season. His production has dropped off the face of a cliff to start the year with just two points in 12 games. His play has been uninspiring since his draft year and this year hasn’t showed much promise as of yet. He will need to improve his production immensely if he wants any chance of signing a professional contract at the end of the season. Tony Ferrari

March 2019 – Burgess has had a better though less than stellar season for RPI. He improved last season’s point production from .35 to .44 points per game this season. At present, Burgess appears to have little fantasy upside. Jordan Deshane

September 2018 – Burgess completed his inaugural college hockey season with an uninspiring stat line of one goal and 11 assists in 34 games for the RPI Engineers. If there’s anything positive that can be taken from that it’s that his 11 helper tied for the second most on the team. It’s not fair to call a fourth rounder a bust, but right now I’m declaring this 2016 selection a wasted pick. Brad Phillips

January 2018 – After missing the entire 2016-17 season due to injury, Sens fans are finally getting a glimpse of Burgess in action. Playing for the, quite frankly, terrible RPI Engineers Burgess has only one goal and nine helpers to show for his efforts in 19 games. He’s tied for fourth on the team and scoring and second in assists. No doubt there is an adjustment period after missing an entire year of hockey so he deserves a little bit of slack. But he’ll be 22 at the end of this year so there’s not a whole lot of time for this to catch up. Brad Phillips

February 2017 – In the fourth round Ottawa snatched up Todd Burgess from the Fairbanks Ice Dogs who was the leading scorer out of the Tier II NAHL. It was somewhat of a curious pick given the level of competition and that this was his third year of draft eligibility. The NAHL is not exactly known as an NHL prospect factory but they have produced such notable NHL players such as Mike York, Jim Slater and most recently Patrick Maroon. In fact Burgess’ numbers are very similar to Maroon’s in his draft year, albeit Maroon was one year younger. A right winger for two years prior to this season, Burgess made the switch to centre for the first time and flourished. Wearing the ‘C’ for the powerhouse Ice Dogs, he scored 38 goals and assisted on 57 others for 95 points, all three league highs, and a 1.58 ppg. The list of accoladed earned in 2015-16 is a long one;  All-Midwest Division Team, All-NAHL Team, NAHL Forward of the Year, NAHL Most Valuable Player and to cap it off NAHL Robertson Cup Champion. He clearly has some offensive ability but the true test of his skills will be how he does against a higher level of competition when he suits up for RPI in the NCAA. Unfortunately that will have to wait until the fall as Burgess suffered a knee injury in the summer that will cause him to miss the entire 2016-17 season. This raises some red flags as it’s his second knee injury in two years. Burgess will be 21 when he plays his first NCAA game and anything less than big offensive number would be concerning. Brad Phillips