Pavel Bure: A Rocket Through Time - I have created an 85-minute retrospective, montage-style film about Pavel Bure. It features over 300 goals and a plethora of other plays in addition to the voices of many commentators.

[TrickOfShapes]

 

This is a presentation I have wanted to create for quite a long time. I am proud to finally be able to share it with everyone. The film, titled Pavel Bure: A Rocket Through Time, is an 85-minute retrospective about the career of one of the NHL's most dynamic, electrifying, compelling figures of all time, Pavel Bure -- The Russian Rocket. There are many hockey films that communicate the history of their subjects through interviews and narration, but often a lack of footage of the players undermines the illustration of their impact on the sport. In the case of Pavel Bure, more often than not, people are only ever told about Pavel's tenacious, mesmerizing ways on the ice; most highlight reels only capture a small fraction of Bure's brilliance. Words and phrases such as "electrifying" and "he could bring people out of their seats" need to be reinforced with a corresponding visual representation. This feature is a non-stop show-and-tell of Bure's abilities as a player and his effect on the hockey world.

Over 300 of his goals at the NHL and international levels are on display here, as well as a plethora of other defining plays and attributes including his end-to-end rushes, assists, explosive body checks, forechecking, creative, improvised plays and intelligent decisions in all three zones. He was the complete package -- a sniper, playmaker, end-to-end rusher and warrior on the ice with a lethal goal-scoring instinct and an ability to elevate his game to even greater heights when the stakes were high. There were many additional nuances in Bure's game that were often overlooked during an era when the odd late-night highlight may have been all that many people saw of him. Many of those lesser-known elements are on display in this presentation.

Each stage of Bure's career is highlighted during the film, from his days with CSKA Moscow to his final days with the New York Rangers. The images are accompanied by a soundtrack of carefully-chosen excerpts from film scores and popular recordings of songs from the 1970s to 2000s designed to reflect the themes and tone of the events throughout Bure's story. It's a soundtrack for a star whose presence and aura transcended the sport. He became an idol to an entire generation and had a transformative influence on the hockey culture of the cities he played for, especially Vancouver. The phenomenon was known as Pavelmania, and the on-ice reasons for it are fully exhibited here.

Pavel Bure was a special player, once called unstoppable. He was the sixth-fastest player in NHL history to score 400 goals and continued to be a dominant force to the very end in spite of the injuries and challenges that robbed one of hockey's all-time greats of consistent opportunities. His jaw-dropping brilliance was a unique gift to the sport, and thus his legacy must not be lost with time.

Enjoy the presentation.

Edited November 24, 2019 by TrickOfShapes

[nuckin_futz]

I've only watched the first 2 minutes and can already tell this is going to be a real blast to watch.

 

Kudos OP.

[King Heffy]

Thanks for posting this!  Will be watching the whole thing tonight after football.

[-AJ-]

Your rep per post is gonna be at an all-time high if you keep this up.

[diesel_3]

Pinned.

[ItTakesAnArmy]

Probably broke some obscure copyright rules, but thanks for trying to remind fans, man he was easily THE BEST forward the Canucks ever had. Like I posted MacKinnon is close to the explosiveness.

Shot better than Boeser, stick handled better than Pettersson, skated better than Hughes, hit like a Russian tank and could drink like a Cossack and party like Van Halen.

 

100 goals a season in today's no hitting game easily.

 

 

Edited November 17, 2019 by ItTakesAnArmy

[HKSR]

He's the most offensively explosive Canuck of all time, no questions asked.  

 

We've had great players on this franchise, but Bure is just that extra step higher.  

 

When people talk greatest goal scorer of all time in NHL history, his name comes into play.  That tells you everything you need to know about how special Pavel Bure was.

 

In my mind, if you merge Connor McDavid and Alex Ovechkin, you get Pavel Bure.  How scary would a player of that calibre be in today's NHL!

Edited November 17, 2019 by HKSR

[TheNewGM]

lol .. looks so good.. miss those jerseys so much.. but man the goalies sucked back then,. scored so many on Kelly Hrudy! LOL

[canuck73_3]

1 minute ago, TheNewGM said:

lol .. looks so good.. miss those jerseys so much.. but man the goalies sucked back then,. scored so many on Kelly Hrudy! LOL

It's why he hates Vancouver. 

[HKSR]

2 minutes ago, TheNewGM said:

lol .. looks so good.. miss those jerseys so much.. but man the goalies sucked back then,. scored so many on Kelly Hrudy! LOL

Nah, Bure just made most of them look worse than they actually were lol

[Kevin Biestra]

55 minutes ago, -AJ- said:

Your rep per post is gonna be at an all-time high if you keep this up.

 

He'll be the 6th fastest to 400 likes.

['NucK™]

what a great job on this.. 

wow I've never seen the goal at 1:15 before. spectacular 

Edited November 17, 2019 by 'NucK™

[Darius]

Still is the greatest player to put on a Canuck Uni. Seeing those jerseys last night almost brought a tear to my eye coz Pavel (amongst some other legends) wore that jersey.. 
 

Cant wait to watch the video, thanks for all of your work. 

[#Canucks]

Wow this is incredible. True love to put that together. Everyone should be liking this video. Wow!

[IBatch]

Admire your dedication to put this together - in the first twenty minutes I think I saw more breakaway goals then the entire league gets in a year or two.   Nobody was good like that.   Of the three (Mogilny-Federov-Bure) he was just one level higher and all those guys were incredible.  Ovis got a grip on top scorer in this era, but he relies on shot volume .... Bure was one of a kind.  Would have been nice to see what he could do in today’s era.   Too bad his knees went too - he was in his prime.

[Silky mitts]

Bure was one hell of a talent, this is a really well done video, great work. On a side note does anyone else here feel that Nazzy is also another one of the biggest what if's? The Moore incident really did some damage and I think in a lot of ways mentally as well. Seeing how close he was to Bert and all the drama that unfolded in that unfortunate circumstance. I personally believe he could have really done a lot more .  

[IBatch]

4 minutes ago, Silky mitts said:

Bure was one hell of a talent, this is a really well done video, great work. On a side note does anyone else here feel that Nazzy is also another one of the biggest what if's? The Moore incident really did some damage and I think in a lot of ways mentally as well. Seeing how close he was to Bert and all the drama that unfolded in that unfortunate circumstance. I personally believe he could have really done a lot more .  

Naslund had an elite  shot and was a great passer too - but rarely did some of the things Bure did with the puck in this video.  I’m sure it affected him (Moore incident) both with the injury he was dealing with and because Bertuzzi was a big part of that line.   Definitely a great player - and I do believe his stats suffered playing when he did - the same way Bures  did - he was in his prime in Florida and crushing it despite the interference and goalies equipment size and the butterfly in full vogue.   The incident torpedoed our playoff aspirations too.  Sucked for sure. 

[Silky mitts]

4 minutes ago, IBatch said:

Naslund had an elite  shot and was a great passer too - but rarely did some of the things Bure did with the puck in this video.  I’m sure it affected him (Moore incident) both with the injury he was dealing with and because Bertuzzi was a big part of that line.   Definitely a great player - and I do believe his stats suffered playing when he did - the same way Bures  did - he was in his prime in Florida and crushing it despite the interference and goalies equipment size and the butterfly in full vogue.   The incident torpedoed our playoff aspirations too.  Sucked for sure. 

Oh of course Bure for sure is in another tier compared to Nazzy. 

[189lb enforcers?]

Nominating OP for post of the year. 

Cool stuff, for us old, computer-unfriendly bastards. 

[189lb enforcers?]

1 hour ago, Silky mitts said:

Bure was one hell of a talent, this is a really well done video, great work. On a side note does anyone else here feel that Nazzy is also another one of the biggest what if's? The Moore incident really did some damage and I think in a lot of ways mentally as well. Seeing how close he was to Bert and all the drama that unfolded in that unfortunate circumstance. I personally believe he could have really done a lot more .  

Nah