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Hockey Heroes Pavel Bure

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GREAT BOOK ! ANSWERED SO MANY QUESTIONS I HAD. THANK YOU PAVEL FOR THE GREAT MEMORIES... THIS BOOK IS A MUST FOR ANY CANUCK FAN.

yup..i've read it three times, and i'm still speachless. Actually, i think it's quite sad that a godly player like Pavel Bure is currently almost to the point of retirement.

The book itself is AMAZING. It illustrates the life, hard and good times of the career and life of Pavel Bure. Mental and Physical stress clashing, twisted together in this book.

All hockey fans should read it. It's essential! And if you're not a hockey fan, read it anyways...it will truly open you up to the world of hockey.

Although the author really didn't have much access to Pavel himself, he fills in lots of the gaps and dispells a lot of the myths about the most exciting player to put on a Nux jersey (sorry, Markus Naslund...you're great but you don't lift me out of my seat like Pavel did).

This book only confirms my thoughts on beat writers like Al "Barcode" Strachan--guys who never let the facts get in the way of a story. (Sadly. local hockey writing hero Tony Gallagher also does not come across too well. Oh, well, bubble burst.) It also is an eye opener about how Nux management operates and how the Nux WILL NEVER WIN A CUP until they bag this whole Quinn and his acolytes (Burke and now Nonis) hiring policy.

It hurts to read some of this as what management did during Pavel's era is jaw droppingly stupid from bad trades post-1994 to being so chintzy about contract negotiations with key members of that Cup run team and I can now understand why Pavel finally wanted out.

To those out there always talking about how "great" a place to live Vancouver is, read this book and wake up to the fact Vancouver is still a bit of a backwater and not some sort of cultural and enlightened "world-class" city. Put it this way, London, Tokyo or New York do not go around telling the world they are "world class." How about Vancouver try to aim to be even half the exciting city that Barcelona, Sydney or Osaka is?

Face facts, Bure grew up in Moscow. He's not some farm boy from the Prairies or from a small village in northern Sweden. Eventually, any Muscovite is going to outgrow the provincialism that is Vancouver. I'm just glad Canuck fans got him for his prime as he gave us so many thrills that just cannot be measured in words. Better to see a comet for seven shining seasons than a street lamp for twenty.

Ranting aside it's a fantastic book that should be on all hockey fans' shelves. Now when's the DVD coming out of wall-to-wall Pavel Bure highlight reel rushes?

I think that this book is probably the best book out there right now. It tells the reader everything about the Russian Rocket, including his relationship with his father. And if you're a hockey fan like me, you really have to read this wonderful book.So don't delay,order today!

If you're looking as to why Pavel Bure appears to be such a "selfish little (...)" (as quoted by a certain Canadian famous hockey personality), then you should read this. The readers are treated to potential reasons as to why Bure acts like he does. He's got his reasons like anyone else does, one of them being he grew up in the former Soviet Union and their media laws towards sports are very different from that of North Americas. Another one being that he is an introvert that simply doesn't like to be bothered.

I love this book, I can just pick it up and start reading from anywhere because its so well-written. Some of the pictures are neat, like the one of him from the Soviet Union days.

There is also some other notes on other current NHL stars like Alexander Mogilny, Sergei Fedorov, and also delves into the Bure brothers relationship with their father Vladimir-who is now estranged from the family for mysterious reasons not given.

There is even some Russian Mafia rumors in this so if you're into that whole extortion stuff then you might like that too.

Either way, its a very good read.

This book does not shed a lot of light onto Pavel Bure himself, but paints a quality picture of things going on around him, weather it be him growing up in the soviet hockey system or the complete mismanagment of the Vancouver Canucks during the 1990'S, or the NHL in general in the 1990'S.
One of the worst things about this book is that explains why Wayne Gretzky didn't become a Vancouver Canuck, back to mismanagment.
This book is basically about Pavel Bure and his time with the Vancouver Canucks between 1991-1998 to his trade to the Florida Panthers.
I lived in Vancouver during that time and was caught up in Pavelmaina myself.
Pavel Bure was the best Vancouver Canuck of all time and anyone interested in him or the Vancouver Canucks will find this book fascinating.

HIGHLY RECOMENDED
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