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Remembering Pavol Demitra


As you know, following on the heels of Rick Rypien's passing was the tragic news this morning that a plane crash near the city of Yaroslavl in Central Russia claimed the lives of 43 of the 45 people aboard. Former Canucks winger Pavol Demitra has been confirmed as one of those lost.

Demitra was far from a fan favorite, at least in this neck of the interwebs. Both Sean and I weren't fans of how much money the brittle winger cost. But regardless of how we felt that shouldn't detract from his on-ice product. Over the course of his career Demitra was a skilled threat who ranks as the 154th highest scorer in league history (just behind Sergei Zubov and ahead of guys like Mike Ridley, Russ Courtnall, Greg Adams, Scott Niedermayer, Ziggy Palffy, Petr Nedved and Cam Neely).

Roll the tape back to the 1993 draft (yes the Alexander Daigle knee slapper of a draft) when Demo was selected in the 9th round (227 overall) by the Senators. That alone is worth remembering since 9th rounders rarely pan out; in fact of the 25 players taken in that round only six would go on to play at the NHL level with only three playing above 100 games (Demitra, Mike Grier and Brad Norton). Norton and Grier didn't (or rather haven't) come close to matching Demo's 304 career goals and 768 career points.

Demitra would play sparingly for the Senators before he held out and was moved in November 1996 to St. Louis for Christer Olsson. It was then that Demitra went off, spending eight seasons with the Note, making three All Star Game appearances (1999, 2000 and 2002) and winning the Lady Byng in 2000. He lead the league in game winners in 2001-02 (10) and would finish 6th best in 2002-03 with 93 points. He currently sits as the fifth best scorer in St. Louis history.

Thank you for friendship. I miss Pavol too ...

38-ička ostala navždy v naších srdciach! Česť jeho pamiatke! Paľo navždy ostane legendou! :"(

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Tell me, where is the place of 2:10 minutes of the film?
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