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ShyCheetah said:If my memory isn't too faulty I believe the deal with Bure was that the scounts weren't sure he'd be able to come over any time soon. He was their golden boy and one of the only stars left. Durring his draft year the number of games he played in Junior dictated he had to be taken in the first (3? or 2?) rounds. The Canucks took him in the 6th and alot of GM's called foul (stories came out later that some other GM's were going to try drafting him later on and the Nucks scouped them). That summer Quinn sent Larionov back to Russia with a suit case full of money to investigate and found a couple of line up cards that legalized the pick. The rest his history. Shy.
Wow. Interesting story.