Pavel Bure's First Game

November 5, 1991. After a long wait the Russian Rocket makes his debut.

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[userofahomosite]

Let's put it this way...

if Bure played in the 80's on the oilers he would have more goals than gretzky. maybe even points.

[Reinpret]

The day an entire city fell in love with a little russian. great memories man.

[MegaMic4]

I am from Pittsburgh.. Watched Mario growing up. Still I maintain that Pavel Bure was the best ever to lace 'em up. I will argue that until my dying day. Nobody could touch this kid.period. I believe that he took a lot of cheap shots from guys over jealousy and the fact that he was Russian. Dudes couldn't hang so they let the goon squad take over. Still after how many knee surgeries he was burning folks. Enough said.

[chaseman12]

@userofahomosite and I'm an Islander fan.

[chaseman12]

@userofahomosite you think that flash is greater than smarts. bure was great, Gretzky -- the greatest.bure's skills were the best. unreal. Gretzky's brain was his tool that fooled. and of course, he was highly skilled. but he revolutionized the game. they changed rules because of the way he played the game. almost perfect.

[MrJuha82]

Huge speed, very high emotion though.

[HuPeRcHiLd]

@userofahomosite Let's put it this way, you are a fuckin' idiot.

[Wi3dMaN]

@userofahomosite extremely stupid post, don't know how 18 idiots gave it thumbs up

[Din0might7]

What in the world were the Canucks ever thinking letting this guy go. Pavel was the face of the franchise, not that 70 point checker Trevor Linden. No offence but Bure had rare gifts. Vancouver is were Bure should have ended his career.

[westernfilet]

To be at that game, would have been awesome!

[supercooled]

His talent is his agility. You have guys who are so called danglers in this modern day game who are good with the stick handling like Datsyuk but as Bure demonstrated in this video, his whole body was able to elude the defender and that's a special gift. I think they said he took ballet as a youngster so I wouldn't doubt it. Such a graceful skater. As far as beating records goes, Gretzky's era was a few notches behind Bure's and the current NHL where is even better (or bigger pads).