Why did players love playing with Alexander Mogilny?

SAP Clips - Cliff Ronning explains why he loved to play with the russian wizard!

[@t.b.player7102]

Hockey injustice, Mogilny not in the Hall of Fame.

[@claudeyaz]

Yeh without him showing that defecting doesnt get ya killed if you are that public...then the Russian Five Red wings team would have never been a thing.

[@rebeltvr6046]

Yea, he had 76 goals one year. How many can say that.

[@bjornalm9950]

Big bias towards Canadien players, I wouldnt call it racism but ignorance of the skill level of Russian players.

[@formulahank1250]

Absolutely ridiculous that he's not in. The guy's part of the triple gold club, has better stats than a lot of guys already in the hall, and paved the way for Russian players to leave the Soviet Union. My best guess is that a few guys on the selection committee have an outstanding grudge from their playing days

[@tyronebiggums1213]

@@formulahank1250 the fact that Guy Carbenou is in the hall of fame and Mogilny isn’t is baffling. Mogilny was a far more productive player than Guy or half the players who’s prime was in the 90’s and are in the hall of fame. Hopefully one day Mogilny’s gets the credit he deserves and gets inducted into the hall of fame.

[@michaellee8815]

Is that cliff Ronning?? Super underrated passer

[@TaxmanTV]

Mogilny never played a full season in his career but still managed nearly 500 goals and over 1,000 points. Should be HoF material. Who can also forget that awesome 76 goal season in '93 (led the league). He was the quiet superstar for several years.

[@michaelcoletta4547]

He actually tied (a rookie!) Teemu Selanne for 76 goals, the same year Mogilny played alongside a healthy Pat LaFontaine (who had said Mogilny was the best player he ever played with) and made absolute magic together. Mogilny had the tiebreaker over Selanne, however, as he'd scored his 76 goals that year IN 77 GAMES... Selanne totaled 76 in 82 or 83 games. Rocket Richard trophy wasn't a thing yet.

[@kmacyoyo]

Mogilny had a stretch of games that season where he scored 50 goals in 38 games. The only player to ever beat that was Gretzky who did it twice, once in 34 games and once in 35.

[@rocketamerica2450]

​@michaelcoletta4547 LaFontaine was a personal fav. His numbers when he was in the QMJL were pretty fat. I liked that he was a U.S.A kid too.

[@trevorgomes6632]

Love Mogilny just a wonderfully skilled player and a beloved teamate. How that pos Lamoriello treated him at the end was disgraceful.

[@timfronimos459]

Trevor forgive my knowledge as it is before my time. How was he treated by Lamorello at the end?

[@trevorgomes6632]

@@timfronimos459 Buried him Albany of the AHL at the end

[@timfronimos459]

@@trevorgomes6632 Thank you. Albany I've been there kind like Lansing,Michigan. Ugh

[@timfronimos459]

Sorry I hope you don't live in Albany.

[@t.b.player7102]

@@timfronimos459 No need to apologize. Albany is where our POS NY State politicians are with our POS governor, Kathy Hochul.

[@EAchank]

Mogilny being ignored for HOF is a sin

[@jerichobeach2967]

Hahh cliff just lights up a huge one lol

[@garnetradford6980]

Mogilny...HOF...It is that simple.

[@douglasthompson750]

"Alexander The Great" in my Rick Jenneret voice. What a joy to watch he and Lalalalalafontaine in Buffalo. Great memories 👍🏾

[@michaellee8815]

I wish we had more videos of the Mogilny/Federov/Bure line…. It’s like the Legion of Doom line exceed with unreal speed instead of size. Damn what a line

[@September2004]

Me too! This is why I wished they moved the World Championships to September so we could have seen them and even Lemieux/Gretzky more often.

[@QueensNewYorkguy]

Sounds like a line you can only create in a video game 🎮 😂NHL sucks ass for not allowing us to get a good taste of that! That’s about 200 goals and 180 assists right there as far as that era’s stats and how good they were back then! WOW

[@chrisd9673]

I got to watch him live the years he was in Buffalo. When he and Lafontaine were together, pure hockey magic.

[@tommygoode9644]

I think Dale hawerchuck was on that team too. They made a good line

[@Asshat237]

As a Devil fan, we probably don’t win a cup and go to back to back finals in 2000 and 2001 without him. That team was completely unstoppable at times.

[@DougJacobson2]

was going to say the same thing. A key underrated player back during those two cup runs.

[@QueensNewYorkguy]

His chemistry with Gomez was only second to the A line in the NHL for 2000 and 2001 and we had them both and went to back to back Cup finals! Devils were the NHL from 95 to 2003

[@ralphyork4996]

Ronning was always such a tricky guy in tight quarters ... he handcuffed big lumbering players.

[@stinkfinger630]

My all time favourite memories as a hockey fan involved some of Ronning’s amazing plays! Phenomenal player with the skill to stick handle in a phone booth!

[@rolandkennedy80]

No one should be in the HOF until he is

[@funghoul9124]

no one was faster than cliff ronning on nhl 93

[@christhornycroft3686]

For all the great things Pat Quinn did as President and GM of the Canucks, some of his biggest blunders included screwing up the Gretzky signing, letting Igor Larionov go for nothing, driving his superstar, Pavel Bure, crazy...and not giving Cliff Running, his number 1 centre and consistent 65-85 point man, a measly $1 million. That seems unfathomable now in 2022, and even by salary standards of the day is still unfathomable. Your number 1 centre isn't worth a million bucks? Obviously, Linden was a centre and great face-off guy, but he also played right wing. No wonder Quinn got canned. He built a contender that was already on the way down because of questionable decisions in 1994 yet still made an improbable run and took the Rangers to 7 games, and then proceeded to get early dementia, backing himself into a corner after badly botching the Gretzky negotiations and pressuring himself to sign an aging, banged up, declining Mark Messier to a huge contract. Is it any wonder the team went downhill after that? Oh yeah, and besides Trevor, Pavel and Matthias, the guy couldn't draft to save his own life. He was so close to building what could have been a consistent contender until the millennium, but he made some really bad decisions.

[@slapshotalley]

Epic comment but respectfully disagree. Pat Quinn is honoured here (Vancouver/Burnaby) every year with a prosperous Pat Quinn tourney and the stories are beyond inspirational and we love everything he did for hockey. And also, you are not even mentioning the most important part of the downhill slide for the 94 Canucks but why even dwell on it... just enjoy what that team was and the great things that came out of it for the Canucks and the city. Canucks 94 most exciting team ever!

[@denisuhl]

trading tikkanen & courtnall for nemchinov/noonan was awful than not keeping Irbe in favor of snow/hirsh tandem

[@mikescorpio13]

funny how we can recognize someone that have aged for like 20 years and that you havent seen in 20 years just by a quick look at their face.Knew it was Cliff Ronning before reading his name down there.

[@Roacha9]

I still belive reason mogilny got 76 goals in 77 games waas because for 1 season he and La.Fontaine were free of injury.

[@tommygoode9644]

Mogilny, Bure, Fedordov line was sweet in NHL 96. I remember when Mogilny joined the Canucks and Pavel Bure gave up his number 10 to Esa Tikanen and got number 96 instead. About 10 games into the season Bure got a bad knee injury and was out the rest of that year and most of the next. He should have never given up his number, it was bad luck. The real shame is we never got to see Bure play with Mogilny for very long because Bure got traded to the Panthers as soon as he was healthy again. That kind of luck right there is why Vancouver hasn't won a cup. Maybe someday 🥺😂 Canuck's fans. Maybe someday. Yeah, and maybe Mogilny will get in the Hall of Fame too. 😭

[@ghostrider-be9ek]

Bure was a rough player at times - it was just a matter of tie before he got injured with the way he played. Absolutely nothing to do with switching numbers.

[@tommygoode9644]

@@ghostrider-be9ek it was the numbers.

[@ghostrider-be9ek]

@@tommygoode9644 yea sure - please elaborate how a fucking number on a jersey - which you never see while playing - can cause a career altering injury ?

[@tommygoode9644]

@@ghostrider-be9ek just look at the facts. He changed his number and got hurt 10 games later. He wore the number 10 and gave it up so it got it's revenge on him.

[@ghostrider-be9ek]

@@tommygoode9644 what a stupid conclusion - many professional players change their numbers a few times in their career and they arent 'miraculously' injured right after.

[@10.11.9]

I smell smoke.

[@williamhager855]

Meanwhile overrated datsyk gets in. Wtf

[@raymondwildeman2730]

If the Canucks didn't piss off gretzky... Bure Gretzky Mogilny could have been a thing... like jesus fucking christ

[@1dominator]

HOF

[@robertmclean2812]

Almo was just a pleasure to be around

[@denisuhl]

Watching Almo play was equivalent of driving a lamborghini

[@Jinsell37]

Mogilny and Ronning played together in Vancouver during the 1995-96 season. Then the Canucks let Ronning walk into free agency which was a big mistake.

[@denisuhl]

it was awesome in 95-96! Oksiuta-Ronning-Mogilny followed by Tikkanen-Ronning-Mogilny

[@philmckay9973]

I still like hawerchuk changing roles when needed

[@ghostrider-be9ek]

"Almo" as he was called, was extremely moody and played with passion or indifference, if he felt the slightest bit offended ..... super talented but super temperamental

[@denisuhl]

indifference = playing hurt he had metal parts in his hip since 97-98 season

[@matthewburga]

Imagine a shot in focus lol.

[@timw4369]

Smoking. Really cliff???? Pat Quinn died from this. Sorry smoking isn't cool.

[@Fattony6666]

I don't think he's doing it to try and impress you

[@joelouis-arena4061]

You don’t inhale while smoking cigarr

[@b4ds33d]

@@joelouis-arena4061 still gives you mouth/throat cancer.

[@joelouis-arena4061]

@@b4ds33d Possibly, much like the air in modern cities

[@denisuhl]

drinking is much better!