Athletic named Russian hockey player Pavel Bure as the 36th best player in National Hockey League history.
“Pavel Bure remains one of the greatest goalscorers in NHL history and one of the stars who left behind the greatest feeling of inadequacy to date.” opens InoProSport review of the American edition.
“The air of glamor and mystery surrounding Bure has accompanied every phase of his career, from the legitimacy of the 1989 NHL Entry Draft to the public trade demand of 1998. His name has not left the pages of the yellow media throughout the nineties. When Pavel ended his career, the fog around his figure intensified even more. By the time he finished playing in the NHL, he was unprecedentedly unavailable.
“Bure was aggressive on the ice and wanted to win, but did not suppress individuality in his game. His ability to create something special on the ice brought him to significant heights. His ability to show people what they had not seen before, to make fans jump from their seats – all this motivated him and he saw this as his main job, ”says the material.
The dynamic sniper, who played overseas for the Vancouver Canucks, Florida Panthers and New York Rangers throughout his career, scored 779 (437 + 342) points in 702 regular season games in the NHL. He also won 70 (35 + 35) points by playing 64 matches in the Stanley Cup.
With Vancouver, he reached the Stanley Cup final in the 1993/94 season, where his team lost to Rangers in seven games.