[PTO] Igor Larionov II not happening

[Infomercial2000]

https://twitter.com/Igor_LarionovII/status/1439724699328475138?s=20

 

Igor Larionov II unfortunatley was not able to get his chance. He also didn't say which team, especially if it was for the Canucks. I know Podz needs a Russian buddy, even then, I always wished Igor can be a Canuck like his dad. 

Edited September 20, 2021 by Infomercial2000

[Captain Canuck #12]

That's too bad!  Will have to set our sights on Igor Larionov III then, I guess.

[DeNiro]

Oh no?

 

I think Petan had a better shot at making the team.

[Rubik]

 

 

so i guess that means it was either with the canucks or the red wings.

[DeNiro]

37 minutes ago, Rubik said:

 

 

so i guess that means it was either with the canucks or the red wings.

Every player dreams of playing for the Leafs didn’t you know?

[Rubik]

1 hour ago, DeNiro said:

Every player dreams of playing for the Leafs didn’t you know?

true, my bad

[Gawdzukes]

6 hours ago, Rubik said:

 

 

so i guess that means it was either with the canucks or the red wings.

Could have been the Sharks, I remember Larionov being out of this world one year in the playoffs. Maybe the most electrifying performance and skill I've ever seen. Against the Wings nonetheless, before they went out and traded for him so they could win some Cups.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Larionov

National Hockey League (1989–2004) — The Sharks then upset the heavily favoured Detroit Red Wings in the opening round of the playoffs and extended the ..

 

 

National Hockey League (1989–2004)[edit]

After eight years of voicing his discontent,^[9] Larionov was allowed to join the Canucks in 1989–90. He left the Soviet Union around the same time as several other Soviet players, including all four of his "Green Unit" teammates. They were sold in order to infuse the cash-strapped Sovintersport (the governing body for sports in the former Soviet Union), which would draw a portion of the players' salaries. Larionov was joined in Vancouver by Krutov, and both struggled initially. While Krutov lasted only one year in the NHL, Larionov played three years for the Canucks and got progressively better as he adapted to the North American game. In the 1991–92 season, he centered the Canucks' top line, which included Greg Adams and rookie Pavel Bure. Larionov took the young Russian star under his wing that season.

 

After his three-year contract with the Canucks had expired, Larionov chose to play a year in Switzerland so that Sovintersport would not continue to draw a portion of his salary. Subsequently, the Canucks put him on waivers and he was claimed by the San Jose Sharks on 4 October 1992.^[10] He went to the San Jose Sharks in 1993–94, where he was re-united with Sergei Makarov and helped the Sharks to a record 59-point improvement over the previous season. The Sharks then upset the heavily favoured Detroit Red Wings in the opening round of the playoffs and extended the Toronto Maple Leafs to seven games in the Conference Semi-Finals before falling. During the 1994–95 season, Larionov served as an alternate captain for the Sharks.

 

During the 1995–96 season, the re-building Sharks traded Larionov along with a conditional draft pick to the Detroit Red Wings for forward sniper Ray Sheppard. Red Wings coach and general manager Scotty Bowman had specifically targeted Larionov for his all-around game, noting his ability to play both the power play and penalty kill with equal success.^[11] Larionov was one of the Red Wings' "Russian Five" in the mid-1990s. He and Fetisov were looked on as father figures by the team's other Russian players, which included Sergei Fedorov, Vyacheslav Kozlov and Vladimir Konstantinov.

 

Larionov was an integral part of the Red Wings' back to back Stanley Cup Championships in 1997 and 1998. That summer, Larionov and his Russian teammates made history by bringing the famed Cup home to Russia for the first time ever.^[6]

In 2000, Larionov signed with the Florida Panthers, where he was re-united with Pavel Bure. It was a disaster, though, and Larionov was traded back to Detroit before the end of the season. He helped the Red Wings to the 2002 Stanley Cup championship, and made his mark on the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals by scoring the winning goal in triple overtime of Game 3 against the Carolina Hurricanes. Detroit would win the series in five games.

He played his final NHL season for the New Jersey Devils in 2003–04, where Viacheslav Fetisov was an assistant coach. He finished his career by playing two games for the Swedish team Brunflo IK in 2005–06, producing one goal and three assists. Brunflo is the same team that his former linemate in CSKA Moscow and the Soviet Union, Vladimir Krutov, ended his career with ten years earlier.

 

 

 

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2014688

3. San Jose Sharks Beat the Detroit Red Wings, 1994

The Underdog

It was San Jose's third NHL season and its first playoff appearance. The Sharks earned just 63 points in 164 games over their first two seasons, and in 1993-94, their 82 points in 84 games was 17th out of 26 teams.

The team was built around Russians and Latvians. Igor Larianov, Sergei Makarov, Johan Garpenlov and Sandis Ozolinsh were all top-five postseason scorers for the team, and Arturs Irbe was the goalie.

The Sharks were without any true superstars. Larionov was the only future Hall of Famer, and Ozolinsh's seven All-Star Game appearances were two more than the rest of the team combined.

The Favorite

Coached by the great Scotty Bowman for the first time, Detroit was four seasons into its current streak of 23 straight postseason appearances.

The Red Wings finished the regular season with 100 points for the second consecutive season, which was good for fourth-best overall. Their 273 combined points over this season and the prior and following seasons would almost double San Jose's 146.

The team boasted four current Hall of Famers (Steve Yzerman, Mark Howe, Paul Coffey and Dino Cicarelli), two who will no doubt be named soon (Nicklas Lidstrom and Sergei Fedorov), two multi-time All-Stars (Chris Osgood and Keith Primeau) and four more players of distinction (Bob Probert, Vladimir Konstantinov, Kris Draper and Steve Chiasson). In short, it was stacked.

What Happened?

Detroit got out to a 2-1 series lead, outscoring San Jose, 11-7, in the first three games. The Sharks won the next two at home before suffering a 7-1 beatdown when the series went back to Detroit. San Jose pulled off the upset with a 3-2 win in Game 7, thanks to a third-period game winner from Jamie Baker.

In the following round, the Sharks were eliminated by the Maple Leafs in seven games.

Though the Sharks beat the Red Wings despite being outscored, 27-21, they would face the Red Wings again the following year after upsetting the highly favored Flames in a first-round series where they were outscored, 35-26. This time, Detroit would eliminate San Jose in a four-game sweep that was dubbed the tennis series—the scores were 6-0, 6-2, 6-2 and 6-2.

Another notable upset in San Jose history occurred five years later when the Sharks upset the Presidents' Trophy-winning St. Louis Blues despite a 27-point gap in the standings.

 

[Ghostsof1915]

If Larionov was still with Vancouver in 1994, I still wonder if that would have been the difference maker in beating the Rangers. 

[Darius]

Is there a Krutov II ?

[Ghostsof1915]

8 minutes ago, Darius said:

Is there a Krutov II ?

Never made it past the Mr. Tube Steak. 

[SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME]

24 minutes ago, Darius said:

Is there a Krutov II ?

There actually is: https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/18459/alexei-krutov

 

Well, Krutov had a son anyway, but not a Vlad Jr.

 

Unfortunately, Alexei Krutov is 37 years old and has been retired for five years.

[Rubik]

14 hours ago, Gawdzukes said:

Could have been the Sharks

 

 

Played the majority of his career with Detriot, while also winning the cup 3 times with them, so that's a no-brainer.

He played 97 games with the Sharks, 210 with the Canucks. Now that's already a sizeable difference, but we also shouldn't forget that it was Vancouver who drafted him, and it was the first city he played for outside of the Soviet Union.

It was his first taste of what it was like to live in a free country, and honestly it can't be overestimated how important was for them to escape that hellhole of a country and to come and live a completely different life in Vancouver. So i'm pretty sure that the city of Vancouver has a very special place in Larionov's (both son and father) heart.

 

also, the red wings and canucks are on the upswing, san jose is the exact opposite. why would anyone want to play on that sharks team? that's like the 2015-16 canucks...

Edited September 21, 2021 by Rubik

[King Heffy]

2 hours ago, Ghostsof1915 said:

If Larionov was still with Vancouver in 1994, I still wonder if that would have been the difference maker in beating the Rangers. 

I also think his leadership might have helped smooth things over between Bure and management.

[Provost]

I still want Larionov (I) to be our new President of Hockey Operations.  The Professor is has about as storied a career in hockey as anyone ever has.  A crap ton of awards as a player at every level and stage, hall of famer, experience as an agent and a coach.

He walks into a room of hockey men, and when he opens his mouth they listen.

[Screw]

12 hours ago, Rubik said:

 

 

so i guess that means it was either with the canucks or the red wings.

or the Sharks

[Dazzle]

I doubt it was the Sharks. Larionov's (the son's) numbers aren't eyepopping good. The only real reason he'd get a PTO from a team is if there was some kind of connection to the player. IMHO, people are right to speculate that it's the Canucks or the Red Wings.

 

Not to dump on the kid though; reading through his twitter feed makes me appreciate his personality. He seems to be well-liked among his followers and he responds with quite a lot of apparent maturity. Hope he gets to live his dream later on.

Edited September 21, 2021 by Dazzle

[khay]

12 hours ago, Rubik said:

 

Played the majority of his career with Detriot, while also winning the cup 3 times with them, so that's a no-brainer.

He played 97 games with the Sharks, 210 with the Canucks. Now that's already a sizeable difference, but we also shouldn't forget that it was Vancouver who drafted him, and it was the first city he played for outside of the Soviet Union.

It was his first taste of what it was like to live in a free country, and honestly it can't be overestimated how important was for them to escape that hellhole of a country and to come and live a completely different life in Vancouver. So i'm pretty sure that the city of Vancouver has a very special place in Larionov's (both son and father) heart.

 

also, the red wings and canucks are on the upswing, san jose is the exact opposite. why would anyone want to play on that sharks team? that's like the 2015-16 canucks...

Ouch...

 

But that's exactly why a fringe player would want to to play for the Sharks, if they are anything like the 2015-16 Canucks.

 

I mean Chaput/Megna/insert name was on the first line at some point during the season.

 

That season should be labelled experience life as Anson Carter season "play on the Sedin line" season.

 

[Captain Canuck #12]

To Igor II I can only say:

[cripplereh]

so the two teams were hartford and quebec

[canucklehead44]

Probably the Red Wings. His dad is a Red Wings legend, he was born in Detroit and played junior in Windsor and in Michigan. Likely would have played in Grand Rapids which is actually a wonderful little city a couple hours away from Detroit. Even a one game call up at some point probably would have been a huge moment for him.