The Hall of Fame Career of Pavel Bure

The Russian Rocket was one of the best goal scorers of his era.
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[@chrisdaniels9088]

Bure had more goals one year in Florida then the guy behind him had points. Has that ever happened before or after? Just insane

[@jockejocke1]

Brett Hull did it in '91-'92. He had 70 goals for St. Louis. No one else on the team had more than 69 points. Ovechkin was close to doing this in '05-'06 and '07-'08.

[@gumbojones3133]

@@jockejocke1 would be amazing to see a player in today's league score 70+

[@SangdaleDiscGolf]

@@gumbojones3133 10 more for mcdavid

[@gumbojones3133]

@@SangdaleDiscGolf amazing. Got what I asked for.

[@fiftyin07]

@@jockejocke1Except for Adam Oates?

[@RzK084]

One of the greatest pure goal scorers of all time.

[@csanadhorvath]

Lemieux, Ovechkin, Bure top 3?

[@Pantalaimon91]

@@csanadhorvath Who knows where Bure falls on that list if he has the career length of the other two as well.

[@harrysunder8019]

@@csanadhorvath Bossy as well

[@strahinjagov]

@@csanadhorvath Bossy?

[@csanadhorvath]

@@strahinjagov yep him too, definitely uo there as well, expand it to top 5 then

[@SpaceForce635]

The most exciting player to watch for a good chunk of the 90's. One of those "worth the price of admission" players.

[@MixerMadness]

The 90s had so many exciting players despite the dead puck clogging up a chunk of the decade, Gretzky, bure, lindros, Lemieux, jagr, madano, niedermayer, stevens, Hasek, Federov. Stevie y, fleury, Roenick, Salic, firsberg, could go on and on

[@MixerMadness]

Sakic forsberg* damn phone Also bure felt off lockout weaken this is how I felt with Bert in 03-04 when he had 17g 44a or whatever pre Steve Moore. Because before that Betty I was like a 50 50 guy essentially for two years

[@Thick1]

I've never seen a player from his era skate faster with the puck and finish. He turned elite level NHLers into turnstiles. Just electrifying.

[@nevilleneville6518]

I remember seeing him playing against a Detroit team with Fedorov and Coffey, two of the greatest skaters ever. But when Bure took off, it was like he'd been shot out of a cannon.

[@juhomantynen4638]

Probably only one who could play Bure's game was Selänne.

[@jamesyangdu]

@@juhomantynen4638 very different players… While Bure was more explosive, Selanne was a way better playmaker. Their skating styles were also different. Bure had better acceleration and cut turns better but Selanne was a smoother skater that had that extra gear at top speed.

[@juhomantynen4638]

@@jamesyangdu I feel like it was the opposite. Selänne's first 3-4 strides were incredible that got him off of defenders quickly. Bure seems faster top speed-wise when you look at the highlights. Never saw him play tho so idk. Selänne played for so long that even I got to see him play.

[@Thick1]

@mojo McDavid is explosive. I was comparing Bure to other players in the 90's. Different era.

[@RobDucharme]

To note: That's 7 short handed goals when there was still a two line pass rule. THAT IS INSANE. Just imagine if Bure had played after the two line pass rule was removed? I remember the first time I saw him on the ice. I think Bernie Pascal was the sports guy for CHEK and they showed Bure on the ice during a practice. He was skating with a parachute behind him (resistance training on skates, basically). Then that first game (against the Jets?), when he was fed for a breakaway. He BLEW through the d-men and got to the net so fast that he barely had time to take a good shot. Didn't score that time, but holy hell was that exciting. I think he's one of the very few players I've ever seen basically get a breakaway in the O-zone while ALL of the opposing team was in the zone (Canucks powerplay I think). It was a game against the Devils where the Canucks were IN the Devils' zone and Bure waterbugged around everyone and was suddenly in all alone on the goalie - he scored.

[@afterthesmash]

McDavid will never equal that, because he's too valuable in other game states to run out there on the PK. Nuge is the Oiler mainstay 4v5. Curiously, Drai is the current Oiler mainstay 3v5, despite hardly ever playing 4v5. You don't get many shorties 3v5, no matter what your wheels. Actually, there are a couple of reels on KZbin of 3v5 goals, each one followed by a comically small group hug. Mike Richards was the king of 3v5 apparently. Philly must have played two men short for half the game. No possible idea how or why that might have happened ...

[@brandonmartin9498]

Bure is the reason I fell in love with hockey and canucks fan for life.

[@aeofilmsinc.9768]

I can only imagine what he would do in today’s game with no clutching and grabbing. Same with Selanne, Fedorov etc.

[@MixerMadness]

Kariya

[@RandomGuyCDN]

Think McDavid but he can actually score at will unlike anyone that's paid 10+ mil in today's game.

[@villekorpi714]

All Finns will remember Bure from Nagano olympics in 1998 when we had a chance to get gold. We will have a better team in Beijing but back then, we had Lehtinen-Saku Koivu-Selänne. We will never have a line like that again. In the semifinals, Pavel Bure scored 4 goals on all 4 breakaways plus an empty netter and singlehandedly sent us to the bronze game game where we beat Gretzky. Russia's unstoppable scoring machine was completely shutout in the finals by who else, Dominik Hasek.

[@cms9044]

I remember that clearly. Pavel had 5 goals and Teemu had 3 goals One of the greatest games I ever saw.

[@villekorpi714]

@@cms9044 It was an amazing, nerve-wrecking and heartbreaking game. However Teemu scored only once in that game while Helminen, Rintanen and Koivu scored the other three goals.

[@SverigeiSverige]

9 goals in 8 games.

[@topiheimola69]

@Masa Kyllä hyviäki hetkiä saa muistella :D

[@roimari]

Quite many easy giveaways I'm that game for Bure. Including from national favorite Numminen who played like Niinimaa in his worst days.. And never got shit from his cardinal mistakes. It cost the game.

[@wilseph1]

What a player Pavel Bure was! Every time he touched the puck, holy crap it was truly exciting. He was liable to go through all 5 opponents on the ice. Don't let him pick up the puck behind his own net, let him wind up and build up speed. Friggin' terrifying.

[@GRChrzak]

Love him. Haven't shut up about him after all these years. He is definitely one of those players from that era who wouldn't miss a beat if he played today's game.

[@milkman69x]

I can’t believe Bure hasn’t been done already. Fastest player I ever seen.

[@travhave]

That 2000-01 season from Bure was just ridiculous. 59 goals with 92 points.....and the next best player on his team was Kozlov with 37 points. He had 55 MORE POINTS THAN THE NEXT BEST. His 59 goals....Kozlov's 14 were the next best. 45 more goals than his next best teammate. 45!!! That is just insane. Florida games that year were basically the Pavel Bure Panthers.

[@Aforg209]

When 100% healthy, Pavel Bure was still the most dynamic hockey player I've ever seen. When witnessed live...his speed, wrist shot, and superiority to everyone else on the ice was a pure joy to watch. He would've been amazing in today's NHL

[@iBMcFly]

I always wanted him and Fedorov to team up.

[@awwwshucks443]

Don't think there ever was as electric of a one man show the way Pavel Bure played. Absolutely one of a kind.

[@DavidMartinez-cq3hx]

The Russian Rocket Pavel Bure was truly one of the greats!

[@11DNA11]

Greatest Russian player of all time. Ovechkin? Hell no. Bure has a better goal per game average than Ovechkin does. And was still scoring over a goal a game when his body was in pieces.

[@11DNA11]

Best Russian of all time. Career cut short 😢 Amazing player to watch.

[@canuckerbird]

My very first live Canucks game was against Calgary in 1998. It was the game he scored his 50th goal and during the celebration, the jumbotron flashed a montage of his goals during the season up to number 50. It was amazing for 10 year old to witness.

[@cms9044]

I wrote in my Grade 8 year book that my future ambition was to “meet Pavel Bure” Sadly, I couldn’t even accomplish that. He’s the reason I watched hockey, stayed up late to watch the double header Vancouver games.

[@kayvonmotamed]

i got lucky once at am autograph signing at GM Place (I think) back in the day, it was at some festival/carnival type thing where the players were hosting, something like a charity fundraiser i believe, i was really young, but i did end up with a photo with him (film camera)

[@Footy_Fan]

The Russian Rocket was truly a special player, and someone you would be in awe to watch. Man, I loved watching him play, no matter who I was rooting for in the game.

[@andrewjmschroeder]

The 1992-93 season was abnormally full of career years, hence why Bure's 60 goals only got him 5th place in the league. It's a very interesting year to do a deep dive into.

[@slauzon01]

There was 84 game season that certainly contributed as well as the new era of NHL expansion with San Jose Sharks in 1991, with Ottawa and Tampa landing in 1992. More commercial breaks meant more revenue and gave elite players more resting time between shifts. Definitely an anmolous season that should be asterixed as "unusual."

[@carlnilssonyoung8961]

Guess selanne had 72 that year ?

[@11DNA11]

@@carlnilssonyoung8961 76*

[@APAL880]

​@@11DNA11And Mogilny had 76 in 77 games

[@Heimbizzle]

I would love to see Pavel Bure on a line with Conner McDavid

[@sajotoca3603]

You mean McDavid on Bures line? Respect the legend

[@thalockenessmonster]

Started collecting his hockey cards at 7, I'm 37 now and I'm glad I did, still one of my favorite players next to Roy from that era.

[@RemoteEars]

It's funny, I'm 33, and there's just that 4 year gap, where I collected at 7 or 8, and Bure was less exciting but older/established player to me. (That said, my best friend was a Montreal fan, and Roy was #1 for him)

[@edalder2000]

I remember Bure having incredible hands and an extra gear above everyone else on the ice.

[@benellison5668]

You understated how explosive a skater he was, that's what particularly made you get up out of your seat

[@whittakerfamily]

As a Canucks fan, loved Bure! '94 Cup run was magical. He was insane. Just watched a Top-10 Bure goals video and it struck me the defenders he humiliated: Lidstrom, Neidermeyer, Bourque. No one could stop him.

[@About36Greekss]

Bure on the pk was a rare sight . You don’t see superstars out there nowadays for the most part

[@prezidentjeff]

A great read - Pavel Bure: The Riddle of the Russian Rocket. Read that over 15 years ago, one of my favourite biographies ever. Details the drama surrounding him being drafted in detail as well

[@Wayf4rer]

TLDR; He skate very fast, score many goal, get many injury

[@Whisky_4_1]

you state many obvious

[@petrograd4068]

+ pavel and vancouver go grr

[@nana-vt1lm]

Guys were fast…..Bure was electrifying! Guys put people in the seats bure got em out of them!

[@dmac26official]

He was SO unreal. I remember hanging out in a Hotel with my family as a kid, and my parents buggered off for a few hours. And the 2nd game of HNIC was on, and I was a little kid. Vancouver VS insert name here. And Bure flew down the ice, right off the opening face off, and scored from behind the goal line, 10 seconds into the game. Unreal talent.

[@ryanwagner7833]

Pavel Bure was my favorite player growing up! The goals he scored were amazing and ones many people my age would try to replicate on the streets or on the ice. Such an amazing player!

[@ourlittleadventures519]

Bure will go down as the hockey equivalent to Ken Griffey jr where people will always say "What if he stayed healthy?" "Where would he have been stats wise?" Etc. Bure was AMAZING!!

[@hockeyinalabama]

Always loved seeing him. Such an insane goal scorer. And so incredibly fast and agile. I think he was basically the best of the game now placed back then when guys were beefier and slower. Of course, there has to be something said for his head and hands working as fast as they did when he moved as fast as he did. Just amazing.

[@supaflyjason]

I'm a hab's fan, but this is by far one of my fav career videos you have ever done. Pavel Bure was a great player who brought excitement. Was very fast and could score with ease. Thank you for doing this.

[@anglesmcdangles3788]

He was the most entertaining player ever. No player could score on end to end rushes and make moves at such high speed

[@Oilers1972]

I loved watching him play! He was one of the most exciting players in the game. When he was on his game flying around out there….McDavid of the 90s, for speed and fast hands. “The Russian Rocket” 👍❤️

[@SonOfTamriel]

I still put Mogilny, Bure, Fedorov above Ovi as best Russians ever in the NHL. Larionov and Datsyuk and perhaps Kovalev close. More dynamic players. Ovi might have more 'heart' but it took ages for him to get there. People not going to like my comment but I stand by it.

[@Halfhoff]

I'm probably older than you but equal / close were Larionov, Krutov and Makarov.

[@SonOfTamriel]

@@Halfhoff Makarov was insane as well!

[@ll7868]

Imagine if you will that the Canucks never traded Igor to Detroit and the Canucks iced a line of Bure, Larionov and Mogilny. I'd have called them The Red Army Line.

[@SverigeiSverige]

@@Halfhoff Krutov was great, but not in the NHL.

[@Halfhoff]

@@SverigeiSverige too many hot dogs 😃

[@1bert719]

I remember the 98 Olympic semi win over Finland, Russia won 7-4 and nobody could live with Bure, he was awesome at a time when his career was beginning to suffer due to his knees. Great player, so sad he didn't last. It's odd that teams (not just the Canucks) struggled to accommodate the Soviet era guys, almost like they ignored these guys leaving there own country (often illegally) and couldn't understand when they then had trouble adapting.

[@brianmcevoy1990]

Bure was definitely one of my favourites as a kid. So much fun to watch.

[@AAbram-yt9de]

A few things I remember about Bure. The “mother of all elbows” against Shane Churla and the weird ass love triangle with Anna Kournikova and Sergei Fedorov.

I was at that game! Game 3 of the final, June 4th, 1994. The day my Mom died.

[@roimari]

Maybe Sergei and Pavel double checked Anna Kournikova 😅

[@peergyn]

Never forget when Bure scored 5 goals against finland in Nagano olympic semifinals.

[@ExplodingHaggis]

One thing people don't often talk about is his composure. He scored goals with incredible patience at times, waiting for defensemen and goalies blink first. He would also score by trying things most would only do in practice or at a beer league level. And he did so at full speed.

[@rozzie101]

So after the 1994 Canucks Cup run, rumour had it that Trevor Linden, Pavel Bure, and Gino Odjick flew into my hometown in secret to go fishing. Kitimat is right on the ocean, and is a pretty good fishing spot. I asked Gino in person if this happened. Gino answered in a humorous way. You are talking to a guy who has had a lot of head injuries, but yes I remember going fishing here in Kitimat with Pavel and Trevor.

[@17Helton]

Obviously when you think of Bure you think speed first but his hands were incredible and then throw in his strength on the puck and you have a unique skill set. Opposing players would be left as spectators as the Rocket took over games. His 1990-91 Upper Deck French Hi Number Rookie Card is still one of my favorites of all-time.

[@BillyJoeMcallister]

My all time fave Canuck. I remember at the Pacific Coliseum every time he came onto the ice if you looked around the fans would start leaning forward in their seats! Something magical was about to happen.

[@coltukkor]

It’s a crime they introduced the shootout the year Bure retired.

[@Junketsuadidas]

Couple seasons after he retired. 05-06 was the introduction of the shootout

[@coltukkor]

@@Junketsuadidas He stopped playing in 03 but retired in 05 after the lockout.

[@Zamppa86]

Pavel Bure was much like Mike Bossy. Both would have 'easily' scored 700+ goals if not for injuries.

[@11DNA11]

Bure would be the leading all time scorer if he played as many games as Gretzky...

[@lookinforthe70s]

When he was good, he was reeeally good. He could score goals with the best of them. He had elite puck handling skills, speed, speed, and more speed. And he mixed in a little edge to his game too. I wish he could have played in the modern NHL in his prime. He would be fighting for the Rocket every year he was healthy. And Pavel was his own man too. He certainly had a backbone.

[@m.reutelveld1628]

My favorite ever. Nothing compares Canucks players wise

[@geesegoose8023]

Been waiting for this!

[@carlnilssonyoung8961]

We have to remember that His scoring is in the trap era which is very impressive.

[@swedreamhack5308]

One of my alltime favorite players for sure. He had the ability to make you forget space and time when he took off. While Gretzky, Lemieux and Mcdavid were and is better, they all got this wow effect that makes you excited watching night after night not matter what the score is.

[@tolman33]

I was at Bure's first game too, except I was only 7 at the time but I remember it exactly as you describe it, there was just a buzz as soon as he touched the puck. Back in the coliseum too so the atmosphere was different then Rogers arena now obviously.

[@kylewalsh8809]

Love the career vidoes. Thanks for doing what you do!

[@sierramodre1]

Love these history posts Shannon; on point and fair… great job, thank you sir

[@vwharman]

When everyone gets excited about Mcdavid’s speed with the puck, I think “ya, I’ve seen it before”.

[@ChasingtheHorizon]

Thank you for doing this! As a die hard Canucks fan and not remembering too much in the 90's, this reflection makes me understand things more clearly.

[@tmoore4075]

Just learned recently that the Wings almost took him in round 5 but were worried about the eligibility so didn't but were gonna take him in round 6 regardless until the Canucks took him 3 picks earlier. Crazy that in a draft where they got Mike Sillinger, Nick Lidstrom, Fedorov, Dallas Drake and Konstantinov, they almost had Bure too.

[@GraveVibrations]

If you watched in the 90's you know he's one of those players you just remember because he lit it up. I miss that era so much. He would dominate today.

I was fortunate to share 2 of the best season seats at the Colosseum during Pavel's first few seasons in the league. He was without a doubt, the most exciting player who I got to watch play live. The Mogilny experiment was highly disappointing, but, then they got Messier!

[@danatomalty396]

You missed that he had his 2nd knee surgery after the 13th game in Florida his first season….so he came back from second knee surgery and won the Rocket in less than a year….

[@ourlittleadventures519]

Exactly, absolutely amazing when you realize in the clutching era where goals were low Bure came back after major knee surgery to win the Rocket trophy not just that year but also the next year too!! Incredible Bure 👏👏👏👏🙏❤️✝️

[@tristanmcguire4820]

Fun fact, Pavel Bure’s sister-in-law, his brother Valeri’s wife, is non other than Candace Cameron(DJ Tanner; Full House, Fuller house)

[@christhornycroft3686]

Don’t remind me. LOL. I’m a 90s guy.

[@dustinsindledecker154]

Dude most people who know know Candace Cameron is valeri bure's wife

[@tristanmcguire4820]

@@dustinsindledecker154 I know. I’m writing this for the people who *don’t* know

[@beardupbeerdown7355]

But who's Anna Kournikova married to these days?

[@fubartotale3389]

@@dustinsindledecker154 Yeah, duh....

[@davidgee4048]

Always my favorite player growing up. Guy was something else.

[@tevesh4922]

Bure was one of those guys that whenever they got the puck you sense something exciting was going to happen. Great at making plays at full speed.

[@abdouldmml]

My absolute favourite player growing up! Electrifying

[@Daveonator1]

One of my favs growing up and reason I started watching the canucks

[@elpusegato]

I can't wait for the Luongo video. I'm loving all of these.

[@TheHockeyGuy]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXiUmKt8frGfmJo

[@shuyelbari8853]

Top drawer video, Shannon.Russian Rocket a player in the right team environment unplayable.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@DARK24-7]

I was a huge Bure fan,and he played for one my teams!!!!

[@chrisbee9643]

he was awesome... he was in prime as i started watching... just fn awesome

[@LateToThaParty]

I was a little after Bure's time but after seeing his highlights, I was amazed by his deep knee mobility and strength as well as explosive legs early on. I wouldn't be surprised if he helped set a standard for skating capability.

[@theawesomer8587]

He was able to get a point per game in the 2000 playoffs with Scott Stevens lined up against him every shift. Not an easy thing to do.

[@lazywallstreetnews7234]

Pavel Bure was my favorite player in the 90's. He was an elegant player that was a pure goal scorer, but people forget that he was also really good defensively because he was an amazing speedy skater and he could take the puck from one side to the other, which he did all the time. He was the fastest guy in the league, the best puck handler, he had the best balance, all the coaches agreed he was the best skater, his talent was through the roof. PS. It's funny he mentioned Tony Amonte in the intro because he was basically the 2nd best at everything Pavel Bure was best at during the same time period. He was probably 2nd fastest, 2nd best breakaway player, 2nd best skater lol

[@iliaponomarev1624]

There was that IIHF world championship in St Petersburg, year 2000. Russia brought in a stacked roster with Bure as the crown jewel and supporting cast included guys like Yashin, Kozlov, Gonchar, Markov. The goal was to finally win this championship after 7 years of defeats. After an 8-1 win over France Russia managed to lose to Switzerland, Latvia and Belarus and didn't qualify to the playoffs. Overall it was 11th place in the standings.

[@iCoolaxe]

That's really largely been the story of Russian hockey after the collapse of the Soviet Union: a bunch of incredibly talented players not being able to play together as a team.

[@cummingreviews]

I met Pavel Bure back in the old clubbing days at the night club Mars….. he was very friendly as I had a chance to say hi to him. The women around him were gorgeous… no surprise he was a targeted man!

[@iBMcFly]

Awesome career video choice!!!

[@carletonrutherford1799]

I remember Sports Page sent someone down to LA where Bure was working out, before he was allowed to sign here. I remember him holding a Canuck sweater up and saying "I hope to play for this team soon". Then he did. And boy did he ever!! Electrifying.

[@Orenoryori]

My favorite player!

[@r4x7rx]

I'll never forget Bure and the '98 Olympic tournament. Semi-final, Finland vs. Russia. It had been less than a decade since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Russian team already had a reputation as divas who could not really play effectively as a team. Sure enough, they didn't play that well that night. Except Bure. He scored 5 goals in that game. He'd get the puck deep and you would know he would score yet again by the time he crossed the red line. The Finns just could not stop him. What an amazing player. In the gold medal game Hasek finally stopped him.

[@cms9044]

Teemu had 3 goals in that game too. That tournament is probably the greatest all around international display of talent hockey has ever seen. Canada Russia Finns Czechs - Swedes and Americans were high caliber teams too.

[@cms9044]

But Hasek came out on top. What they will say about Hasek 100 years from? Legend, anomaly …

[@seancolorado]

Bure is one of the first guys that got me excited about hockey before I committed to my hometown Avs (alongside Kariya, Hasek)

[@jerepesonen8426]

Bure scored 5 goals against Finland at Olympic semifinal game at 1998. from That moment i started loving and hating that Guy. Amazing player. o7

[@MultiMcdeath]

Yes! A legendary Vancouver Canuck.

[@The_Architekt]

My favorite player of all time

[@Mansini77]

I understand he didn’t like the media showcasing his personal life. However, when you’re dating Anna Kournikova, you should expect paparazzi hiding in your trash cans.

[@tomchamberlain4329]

And the paparazzi should expect a kicking

[@michaelcoletta4547]

​@@tomchamberlain4329 Or an elbow's mother lol

[@damonwebb813]

There are only a handful of players who scored at .500 GPG pace(300+ goals) And only 5 who eclipsed. 660 GPG Mike Bossy .762 Mario Lemieux. 754 Pavel Bure 623 Alex Ovechkin. 610 Wayne Gretzky 601 Bure was electric, his puck control at high speed, was one of the best ever Selanne before his injuries slowed him down, and probably the best at high speed Conner McDavid Gretzky not in the same speed range , but his control vision was high end

[@Marsipaanimies91]

437g / 702gp x 82 = 51 goals/season on average over his career. Not too shabby.

[@curojalo]

I seem to recall one of his years in Florida he started the season with 3 straight hat tricks?? He was incredible to watch growing up and is likely one of the main reasons I became a Canucks fan.

[@jockejocke1]

It was 2 + 1 + 3 for his first three games.

[@jeffsilverberg5848]

Just a great great goal scorer and what a player. Amazing and not that big. Fast quick and great stick.

[@JamesVanderVeen]

I would love to see videos on famous offensive lines or defensive pairings. That could be fun.

[@vmi4172]

YASSSSSSSS! THE RUSSIAN ROCKET! MY ALL TIME FAVE! FINALY!

[@MegaStara]

As a Finn you have to hate him (Nagano '98 5 goals!), but as a hockey fan I have to respect him. He was totally beast on ice! P.s. I like more this kind of career videos were you tell us more background of players career, not just statistics.

[@michaelcoletta4547]

An ignorant, uneducated and/or otherwise bigoted Finn would hate Pavel Bure simply on account of his Russian heritage. But educated, non-ignorant Finns would (or should) understand that Bure's family was very much a victim of the same Bolshevik regime and Red Army that attacked Finland (to "liberate the Finnish proletariat") without provocation. Bure comes from a family of skilled artisans and craftsmen that were commissioned by the Tsar's court to produce intricate luxury watches of the highest quality. As such, his ancestors were anti-communists sympathetic to the White Russian cause... and were victimized by the same regime that tried to steal Finland's wealth. It's worth remembering details like this during times when the powers that be, hypocritical as they are, enforce political correctness with a ruthless tenacity while simultaneously appealing to anti-Russian xenophobia... in order to further their political goals in Europe. I would recommend you don't fall for the propaganda aimed at railroading Europe into another catastrophic war, in the nuclear era no less!! And of course, egged on most intensely by those least affected by the potentially devastating consequences.

[@michaelcoletta4547]

An ignorant, uneducated and/or otherwise bigoted Finn would hate Pavel Bure simply on account of his Russian heritage. But educated, non-ignorant Finns would (or should) understand that Bure's family was very much a victim of the same Bolshevik regime and Red Army that attacked Finland (to "liberate the Finnish proletariat") without provocation. Bure comes from a family of skilled artisans and craftsmen that were commissioned by the Tsar's court to produce intricate luxury watches of the highest quality. As such, his ancestors were anti-communists sympathetic to the White Russian cause... and were victimized by the same regime that tried to steal Finland's wealth. It's worth remembering details like this during times when the powers that be, hypocritical as they are, enforce political correctness with a ruthless tenacity while simultaneously appealing to anti-Russian xenophobia... in order to further their political goals in Europe. I would recommend you don't fall for the propaganda aimed at railroading Europe into another catastrophic war, in the nuclear era no less!! And of course, egged on most intensely by those least affected by the potentially devastating consequences.

[@September2004]

Still can't believe how the Canucks treated him like shit. Imagine... our very first true superstar. If it had been a Niklas Lidstrom or Bob Gainey type, I think this market would be excited. But to get the most exciting player of his generation and a specialist on breakaways, the most exciting play in hockey, and management drove him away again and again.

[@djdarkside1983]

Lets go, long time Patreon been waiting for this one. The Russian Rocket was by far the most exciting player to watch ever.

[@qualityherbsonly]

Still remember the Canucks giving the Avs all they had in 96. At one point they almost had a 3-2 lead. The Avs were able to come back and win in OT 5-4 and then win 3-2 in game 6.

[@tomace9767]

The Richter split save on Bure’s penalty shot during the 94 Cup Finals, sliding door in his career if he scores there and maybe wins the Cup

[@empire0]

I live in BC and in the early to mid 90's, Bure was THE guy. Every kid playing road hockey was Bure, every kid wanted jersey #10, he completely changed hockey in Vancouver. Great player, fun to watch, but he became a handful towards the end, partly due to management and coaches, but he did bring some of it on himself. I always thought it was funny Gillis got the Canucks best player ever traded out of town, and was made GM later on.

[@atopermusic]

That's my favourite player 😍

[@tydoom7559]

Absolutely the most skilled player to ever play the game. Not even close

[@11DNA11]

Better goals per game than Ovechkin. McDavid, before McDavid. Phenomenal player.

[@tiagomaia1365]

A heck of a player.