Brent Burns is not off searching for the Dalai Lama. He hasn't been institutionalized or put into detox or stung by a lionfish.

All the crazy, stupid rumors flying around the Internet are just that -- crazy and stupid.

"I don't have the bird flu and I didn't get bit by one of my snakes," Burns said, smiling.

He just feels that way.

Burns, 24, has been sidelined the past 17 games because of a severe concussion, one he was playing with for "a while" until it finally became unmanageable.

"I have good days and bad days. Today's been a rough day," Burns said Tuesday after an afternoon of nothing but sleep because of bad headaches.