It sucks. He never got mad at me. He was awesome. He was a great coach but there was no personal… you know what I mean? Louis in , it was a pump up video showing guys fighting and beating the shit out of the other team we were playing against. One notable teammate Aucoin spoke about was Mark Messier, who Aucoin played with in Vancouver for three seasons. He was annoyed at the Canucks presenting him a new contract in the fall of with the figures suddenly in Canadian dollars, not American.
Gino Odjick, who had been traded the year before, picked them up and drove them around. They should have been more like Glen Sather in Edmonton.
Is there more to this story? Email [email protected]. Start your Membership Now. Your home for the news shaping Canada's East Coast. Close Search. Subscribe now Sign in My Account Log out. Bure finished his career with goals and points in games. He scored of those goals with the Canucks, but in Vancouver he will be remember as much for the way he scored as for how many.
Blessed with unmatched speed and the ability to shoot in stride, Bure brought fans out of their seats every time he touched the puck. If he had half a step on you, you were done," said Stan Smyl, the former captain whose No. If I did it in practice I would be face first on the ice. Pavel could do that. We've had some unbelievable players come through Vancouver but Pavel was, bar none, a superstar. Bure showed why on the first shift of his first game on Nov.
He didn't score that first goal until his fourth game, but few fans in Vancouver recall that day. On Jan. He was traded along with defencemen Brad Ference and Bret Hedican and a or third-round pick, which became a third-round pick in , and was used to select Robert Fried.
In return, the Panthers sent defenceman Ed Jovanovski, goaltender Kevin Weekes, forward Mike Brown and Dave Gagner as well as a or first-round pick, which turned out to be Nathan Smith who was selected 23rd overall in Bure played only 11 games during the remainder of the season but he then went on to have a goal, 94 point and goal, point seasons.
He played 56 games in the season before being traded on March 18, , to the New York Rangers. Jovanovski went on to become a pivotal defenceman for the Canucks. He spent seven seasons for the Canucks was a three-time All-Star. He scored 57 goals and points with the Canucks and is considered to be one of the best defencemen ever to play for the Canucks.
Also acquired were promising prospect Michael Grabner and winger Steve Bernier. Grabner did not make the Panthers out of training camp and was put on waivers on Oct. He had a goal, point season and was nominated for the Calder Trophy, which must have hurt for the Panthers as they traded for him and let him go for nothing.
Grabner played five years for the Islanders before being traded to the Maple Leafs in
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