taylor hall is prob going to the closest thing u see for the next few years in terms of being close to bure... and he's not as fast or as good a stick handler, but he's close, but he also plays defense so...
Kessel has Bure like qualities.
Also the Seguin goal the other night reminded me of him.
I've been entertaining myself with Pavel Bure highlights while I wait.
Easily, in my opinion, the most exciting player to ever step foot in the NHL.
Just wondering if anyone thinks this will happen. A player that electrifies the ice every time he's on it. Consistently gets breakaways and has unreal handling at top speed. Pure goal scorer that can blow by anyone on the ice.
There aren't any prospects right now that can amount to this, are there?
Kessel has Bure like qualities.
Also the Seguin goal the other night reminded me of him.
You guys should watch Ilya Kovalchuk more often. Closest thing to Pavel Bure in a long, long time.
Ehhhhhhh. Bure in Vancouver benched more than anyone else on the team. Kessel probably benches less than the trainer. He may have SOME of the scoring touch but he is so far away from Bure that it's not worth mentioning.
Grabner is the closest but he's still behind Bure in speed and nowhere NEAR Bure in terms of hands
Bure is not just one-of-a-kind player. Bure is a one-of-a-kind personality!
In order to have someone even remotely close, you need to have an Athlete with genes of an olympic swimmer(father), uncompromising drive, steel character for 100% of his conscious life and the great guidance that was Red Army.
Bure was the pinnacle product of the Soviet Hockey, having mixed the best of it with the best kind of candidate. Sort of- the elite of the elite.
I just don't think that kids nowadays are pushed that hard to become stars, when a lot of the development happens.
Ovechkin is close in some ways, but his technique is not nearly as polished. His skating, although amazing- is just not as developed technically wise as Bure's, hence he is not as explosive.