Barney Gumble
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Has anyone played a game in the NHL as a current member of the HHOF?
I'll answer this question by sort of involving the Vancouver Canucks:
RIP Lupul....
Has anyone played a game in the NHL as a current member of the HHOF?
Has anyone played a game in the NHL as a current member of the HHOF?
I'd love to see Pavel come back to the Canuck family for his jersey retirement - it will have to have two numbers on it, I guess.
Pretty sure Lemieux did too.
He'd still be a better player than Cam Barker.
While everyone would love to see it happen, I can't see any way it could work.
a) His knees are still probably in rough shape.
b) He himself is probably in rough shape.
c) He'd have to beat out a player, not get awarded a roster spot.
A few preseason games would be awesome, just to see him out there again. Then retire his number.
Sign him to be a pp specialist.
Would love him blasting one timers on the pp.
I'd love to see Pavel come back to the Canuck family for his jersey retirement - it will have to have two numbers on it, I guess.
As for playing, no. I went to see one of his last games (he was a Ranger) in Ottawa, and it was horrible. You could tell that he knew what to do, and had his great sense and hands, but the knees were too far gone, he was almost hobbling. I would not do that to Bure.
4 October, 1997
Bure shelves 96 for old 10
Elliott Pap Vancouver Sun
TOKYO -- After two years filled with injuries, turmoil and poor play, Pavel Bure has dumped No. 96 and is once again wearing No. 10.
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"I was thinking for the whole summer that I should go back to No. 10 and I just decided yesterday," Bure said prior to Friday's regular-season opener against Anaheim. "You guys were always telling me that and so were the fans. I had more luck with No. 10."
Bure had absolutely no luck with No. 96 and never once was completely healthy wearing it. He adopted it two seasons ago, suffered four different injuries and scored just 29 goals. In four seasons wearing No. 10, he scored 174 times, twice hitting 60. In two seasons wearing No. 96, Bure missed 86 games. In four seasons with No. 10, he missed only 13 games.
"I am happy Pavel has switched back," said Canuck vice-president Steve Tambellini. "To me, he was No. 10. He had his best years wearing No. 10 and his introduction to Vancouver and the NHL was as No. 10. As Pavel said, his luck changed dramatically when he went to No. 96. This is a new start for him."
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"Everything is going in the right direction," Bure nodded. "Now we'll find out if changing my number back is going to work."
And what about all those Bure fans who mothballed their No. 10 jerseys for No. 96?
"It's still me," Bure smiled. "If it's 96 or 10, it still has my name on it."
After adopting No. 96, Bure suffered a dislocated finger, torn anterior cruciate ligament, bruised kidney and a serious whiplash problem that dogged him virtually the entire 1996-97 season. He said he now feels fine physically and emotionally.
5 October, 1997
Back to a perfect 10
TOKYO -- After two seasons and at least 96 tears, Pavel Bure was back to a perfect 10 here Saturday.
Bure sacked the No. 96 he's worn the past two troubled seasons and returned to his old No. 10. And it's so far, so good for the Russian Rocket, who scored his first goal of the 1997-98 season here in Game 1.
"I feel good," said Bure, who simply took flight here in Tokyo, firing 11 shots on goal, one of them beating Anaheim Mighty Ducks goalie Guy Hebert at 14:41 of the second period for a 3-1 Vancouver lead. "We won our first game and it feels good."
After beating Hebert, he pumped his fist twice in a celebration that delighted his many fans. After Duck no-show Paul Kariya, Bure is probably the most popular player here in Japan.
"I'm not superstitious but I wanted to make a change," he said.
"The last two years have been bad memories," added Bure who had 23 goals and 55 points in 63 games last year. He scored only six in 15 games the previous season, which ended in November due to a knee injury.
"You guys (media) have always been telling me, go back to 10 so I did," he laughed.
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With the 10 on his back, Bure buried 60 goals in both the '91-92 and '92-93 seasons, and had 20 in 43 games in the '94-95 lockout season.
He was flying here Saturday, although the ice wasn't exactly conducive to warp speed.
"You know the players in the NHL," said Canucks president and GM Pat Quinn.
"The 96 was associated with some bad times in his life. A few years ago he wanted 96, but now he wanted to go back to 10.
"He was great out there. That's the Pavel I coached a few years back."
Bure is not in shape and smoke marb lights. I took this picture two days ago! epic pic for me
omg, i don't even know what to say to this pic! haha bure smoking marb lights? and gino with the mafia boss sweatsuit
Ignoring his age, his injuries would prevent him from playing competitively, IMO.
Would love to see him skate in an alumni or charity game - and I think he would be up for that, too. I also like the idea of having him do a lap whenever our ceremony to honor him is.
I know what you mean! I would've expected Gino smoking and Pavel wearing the mafia boss sweatsuit.
Bure is not in shape and smoke marb lights. I took this picture two days ago! epic pic for me
Bure is not in shape and smoke marb lights. I took this picture two days ago! epic pic for me