Your take on the Canucks' Pavel Bure
Posted: Sunday January 17, 1999 06:09 PM
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Bure has refused to play for Vancouver and wants to be traded Ian Tomlinson/Allsport |
CNN/SI asked for your opinion on the Canucks' best trade options for
the disgruntled Pavel Bure. Here's a selection of comments:
I would trade Chelios, Coffey, DuMont and Trefilov and a first round draft
choice for Bure. Chicago needs a scorer to complement Amonte. The Canucks
need good defensive players and a good back-up goalie. Bure, Zhamanov and
Amonte would then be called the Legion of Boom.
-- Casey Guzik,
Chicago, Ill.
Let the Baby rot. The Canucks should keep him until the end of this season
and then let some other team sign him as a restricted free agent. Match
whatever offer is made, then let him sit and rot for the remainder of that
contract. It is time that owners and fans teach these babies a lesson.
-- Michael K. Kato, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Just as the NBA, I'm tired of hearing from these crybabies who will make
more money in one season than I will in three lifetimes. As much as I used
to like Pavel, I have no respect for him or others who have pulled this
stunt in the past. Just let him rot!
-- Paul Van Buekenhout, North
Vancouver, British Columbia
The best scenario would have Vancouver sending Bure, Hirsch, and a 2nd
round pick in 1999 to the Washington Capitals for
Konowalchuk, Tabaracci, Witt, 1st Round pick in 1999, and a 2nd round pick
in 2000. Vancouver gets toughness on the front line (something Keenan
should like), a young, tough defenseman, and a back-up goaltender. The
Washington Capitals get a much needed goal scorer to go along with Bondra.
-- Marcus Washington, Catlett, Va.
Pavel, Pavel, Pavel -- why hast thou forsaken us? For the kind on money
you want, maybe you should play baseball. There is no doubt that you will
put people in the seats and it looks like Los Angeles is the best
destination. In return, how about Jamie Storr (because he may be gone in
the expansion draft anyway) and Lucky Luc? Luc and Messier worked pretty
well together, and the fans in Vancouver need to see a few goals scored
too.
-- Tom Hickson, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
I would think that the team that would benefit most by getting Pavel Bure
would probably be St. Louis because they lost their star attraction in
Brett Hull. In return, the Canucks would get two prospects and probably
Chris Pronger.
-- Matt Bloom, Tampa, Fla.
Pavel should sit the rest of the year. As fans, we can not let rougue
players run the sport we love. He signed a contract, he should honor it.
Sports are going on a downward spiral towards oblivion. Just look around at
the others, basketball in particular.
-- Andy Paqowitz, Boston,
Mass.
I think that the Canucks' best way to deal with Pavel Bure is to let him
play out his career with a club team in Russia, dreaming of what might have
been. While he is a talented player who is certainly capable of big numbers
on the ice, his constant whining and inflated opinion of himself has just
gotten a little tiresome.
-- Tom, Roseneath, Ontario, Canada
With someone like Mark Messier on your team, the time to win is now. Dump
Bure to Rangers for Graves, Beukeboom, and Cloutier.
-- Stevey D,
Rahway, New Jersey
Bure claims he is in the spotlight and wants out. Maybe the Canucks should
let him get lost in Russia!
-- Kelly Desmond, Sackville, Nova
Scotia, Canada
The word around New York is that the Rangers are eventually going to have
to trade for Bure, but it seems to me like that would be an impossible deal
to work out. Specifically, that means Beukeboom, Stevens, Samuelsson,
Tikannen, and perhaps even the newly-acquired John MacLean. I'm sure the
Rangers would also be willing to deal Niklas Sundstrom in a Bure deal.
Among these players, Vancouver might find some combination they feel equals
Bure's value, and since they are one of the few teams who might be willing
to pay for members of that group, it could mean the right deal for both
teams.
-- Jonathan Margulies, New York
Trade Pavel for a new water bottle. The Canucks are a cursed franchise
that will never win a Cup. The NHL has been against the Canucks since day
we booed Team Canada in '72.
-- Paul Harris, Vancouver, British
Columbia, Canada
Trade him like the Gretzky Trade in the 1980's. Get money and some
half-decent players for him. He's a wimp and a whiner and doesn't deserve
to be in the NHL.
-- Andrew Power, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada
Pavel Bure should be traded to the Dallas Stars for Jamie
Langenbrunner and Pat Verbeek. Bure can provide even more spark to the
potent Dallas offense. Verbeek and Langenbrunner do not match the skill and
talent level of what the Stars expect.
-- Jason Rice, Dallas,
Texas
I think that the Canucks should trade Bure to the Phoenix Coyotes. At
Phoenix, he could be paired with JR and Keith Tkachuk, to form one of the
outstanding lines in hockey. Bure would score tons of points and justify
keeping the jerk on my fantasy hockey team too long!
-- Jim
Mckenna, Colorado Springs, Colo.
The Canucks should trade Pavel Bure ASAP. They are robbing the league and
fans of one of the most explosive players on the planet. It seems like
Brian Burke is still doing his old job and setting an example with what he
is doing to Pavel Bure. He should be traded to the New York Rangers for Dan
Cloutier, Niklas Sundstrom, Kevin Stevens, and Jeff Beukeboom.
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Stanley So, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Bure for Osgood and Doug Brown. The Wings' third and fourth lines need
help. Osgood is without question a solid goalie, but needs a revival. Bure
would have chemistry with Fedorov, Larionov, and Kozlov. Vancouver would
solidify in goal, and with the addition of Brown on their wings.
--
Chad Scott, East Lansing, Mich.
What's up with Burke? Just because he says, "Pavel Bure is not my boss"
doesn't mean you have to do exactly what he doesn't want. He was brought in
there to do the best for the team, and this is the worst thing he could
possibly do with the team struggling offensively. Whatever the decision,
figure it out, fast.
-- Emily Teachout, Edina, Minn.
I feel that Pavel Bure should go to the Tampa Bay Lightning. If
he has a problem with the losing record of Vancouver, then maybe he should
know what it's really like to be on a losing team.
-- Joel Treier,
Chicago, Ill.
First of all, Pavel Bure is a great goal scorer, but he is not a player
that is going to make a good team great. Whatever team takes gets him will
have more money problems than he is worth. So with that said, trade him to
the Flyers. They are the best team with giving away money for nothing in
return.
-- Martin Erdei, Buffalo, N.Y.
Trade him to anyone, and make sure that they are obliged to take Mike
Keenan, Mark Messier, and their passel of "Waiver Drafts" with them. Mike
Keenan wouldn't know a good player if he was standing next to him. He has
gutted this team, and brought in a bunch of "plumbers." We're getting to
look more and more like the Boston Bruins every day.
-- Gordon Hopkin, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
Bure to the Rangers for Niklas Sundstrom, Christian Dube and Daniel
Goneau. Canucks will get three young and talented players, two of which are
unjustifiably languishing in the minor leagues. Rangers will get
much-needed scoring threat to compliment Nedved, Gretzky. Bure loves New
York -- he can blow his money in all the new Russian restaurants that have
opened in the Big Apple.
-- Sergei Alschen, New Jersey
Trade Brian Burke for a monkey. The monkey could do a better job, and the
team and the NHL wouldn't have to put up with his ego.
-- Joseph C
Kessler, Buffalo, N.Y.
Philly needs a quick scorer to go along with the big bruisers. In return,
Vancouver could get Forbes, Renberg, and a couple of 1st round picks to
begin (again) rebuild their team trough trades and young draft picks rather
than signing old players with high salaries, ie., Messier.
-- Matt
Wagenhoffer, Everett, Wash.
I see Pavel Bure going to the San Jose Sharks for Marleuo,
Owen Nolan, and Jeff Friesen or a high draft pick. Another place would be
St. Louis for some draft picks, Jim Cambell, Marc Bergiven, and Jamie
Rivers or Chris McAlpine.
-- Joseph Deien, Centralia, Ill.
Trade him to the Bruins for Jim Carey, Dimitri Kristich and a draft pick.
The Bruins need some spark and someone to help the young guys along.
-- Derek, Boston, Mass.
Shoot him and collect the insurance money. Claim he was cleaning his gun
and skating at the same time, a terrible tragedy.
-- Jeff Brereton,
Nutley, N.J.
Bure needs to understand what he has requested. It's not like in Russia he
can just "blend" in. His ego has surpassed his on-ice ability, which is
quite a feat. He is useless to the Canucks at his present position. Let him
sign a contract with a Russia team. Maybe a better solution is trading him
for a dog. At least a dog is loyal to people who treat it with kindness.
-- Eric Lau, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Blackball the little crybaby from the league.
-- Sam, Boston,
Mass.
The Rocket is a hell of a skater. But when he was out, someone had to
replace him. Let me introduce Markus Naslund. Talk about a major
breakthrough. Send him to Iraq, and Saddam is doomed. Honestly! That man
will make wonders happen. Trade Pavel for a couple of picks and let Markus
BLOOM.
-- Kurt Ritter, Gothenburg, Sweden
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