There will NEVER be another Datsyuk...
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- Pavel Datsyuk was one of a kind and I was so privileged to watch him play throughout his prime and the playoffs. He was phenomenal at all aspects of Hockey and many NHL'ers agree he was the most gifted and skilled player to ever touch the ice.
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I'm a Bruins fan and Pavel Datsyuk was my favorite player most of his NHL career. Never seen anything like him before or since.
Apparently u never saw Bobby Orr
@@duskopopov77 I think even Bobby Orr would say Datsyuk has better hands lol
@@EthanR01 That's because Bobby is most humble superstar ever!
Flyers fan here and he is also my favorite. Even after what happened in '97 I found myself cheering for Detroit because of him...
Fuck the Bruins tho 😆
@@duskopopov77Pavel Datsyuk and Bobby Orr were both the best ever at what they did, but they did very different things. One does not have to disrespect one to be amazed by the singular talents of the other.
Personally, even as a Red Wings fan, I might have been bedazzled by Bobby Orr if I had been able to see him play live (I am old, but not that old). But I did see Pavel Datsyuk's full career, and I agree with the video: no one before or since has been able to do what Datsyuk did consistently, game after game.
It is hard to add anything new after so many well-deserved praises, but my amateur feeling of Datsyuk's game is one of something extremely relaxed and flowing. I honestly doubt one can acquire that. He is a natural unique talent, an artist rather than an athlete.
1.51 This trick with the collision with the players of Dalas is only in your video, the same moment with the players of the San Jose Sharks has been seen by everyone. For three months now I have been watching everything that You Tube offers about Datsyuk. Special thanks for this rare shot.
Brendan Morrow nailed Jere Lehtinen. Jere was knocked out of the game after that too I believe. Morrow was a heat seeking missile that series.
right and how often do you see 2 players collide hard trying to hit or at least get the puck like it happened vs Dats..awesome
@@mikepetro9679 This year I watched a lot of Stanley Cup matches (because of Ovechkin). Will Gretzky catch up or not? Of course, there are players and individual episodes of skill, but no one can show such magic as Datsyuk.
Agree with this video. The most dynamic player EVER! I truly Miss Datsyuk.
man do I miss him in Detroit. I see all these reaction videos of him and they are great, sure. but I'm glad you highlighted some of his non-scoring moments because it really showcases how absolute genius he was on the ice. when some of the greatest hockey players of all time are saying they don't understand how he does what he does and they "marvel at his skill level" as Brett Hull said, you know this man was a legend. he absolutely needs his number in the rafters in Detroit
Datsyuk is without question the greatest hockey player to ever put on skates!!! Everything you said in the video is well stated and we will never witness another player like Pav. He had no weaknesses and unfortunately he doesn’t get the credit he deserves from main stream media as he didn’t put up the points he could’ve. Datsyuk could’ve easily put up 130-150 points a season but played both ways and being the best all around player was most important to him. That’s why he is a winner and respected amongst his peers as the best player!! I miss watching him so much!!!
This is spot on. There will never be another Datsyuk. He was so unique and is definitely one of the best players in history. He’s my favorite for sure. I watched every single one of his games and he would just pull of the most ridiculous and insane shit I’ve ever seen. His style was so unique.
Дацюк. Прекрасен.
Datsyuk - No 1 in hockey
Thank you for this
Thanks for watcing!
I only saw about 1/3 1/2 his career but so glad I got to watch the Magic Man in action. Such an amazing player. Definitely up there with the greats like Gretzky Howe and some of the other greats regardless of his lack of 100 point seasons
Favourite player all time no question. Made me fall in love with hockey. The closest play style is probably Nico Hischier. But he’s not even close.
Maybe the most complete and highly skilled player all time. As others have said here, every movement he made on the ice was the optimal one and he was dominant in every facet of the game.
Yes!!! You identified a trait that I've never quite understood, but it is "Disguising movement" Jordan does it in a profound way as well. Great great stuff!
Deception. Datsyuk's games are literal masterclasses in the art of making your opponent think you're going to do one thing and then immediately switching it up and doing something you weren't even prepared for in the first place to make it that much more effective.
I don't use the word genius often, only for those who are deserving of that inexplicable label, but Datsyuk was one of those rare few. Every movement he made and every action he committed was calculated; there was a deep intelligence in everything he did on the ice. You could see him analyzing everything during the moment and foreseeing plays before they happened. Watching him play, there is a constant, perpetual inventiveness, a sweeping gaze that analyzes those around him, the direction of the puck, the flow of the play, all so he can make the perfect, right play that's premeditated in three or even four dimensions. Watching Datsyuk, you see the endless depths of the human mind, stretching outward like the horizon and down like the slope of the mountain. "Talent is hitting the target that no one else hit; genius is hitting the target that no one else can see." (Arthur Schopenhauer). There are very few players in the history of hockey to whom that applies, but Datsyuk is one of them, for he changed the way we watch and play the game.
Since eras are such a significant signifier of greatness and determine the level of greatness ("Oh, Gretzky was only so good because he played in that high-scoring era!"), look at the eras and the change in hockey's style across the decades. From Gordie Howe to Conner McDavid, the proto-typical "great" hockey player has changed in its definition and perception. Hockey players come and go, and the greatness that once was is shunned for the greatness in the Now. Who were the players in the 80s and 90s who were renowned and thought to be the heralds of a new game? Who were the names of those who all fans thought would be great and the best? Who were those men fans would die by in their excessive defense of the greatness of those men? I bet many of those names are forgotten-or will be in the coming years. No one speaks nowadays about Rocket Richard or Gordie Howe, not really. Those are just "figureheads" for a rougher, less evolved form of hockey, and we are too petty to perceive them as actual titans of the sport, brushing them aside with the arrogance of the casual bandwagon fans. But there were great players before Rocket and Gordie, and what about them? What about their greatness? What about their names? The greatness diminishes in our minds, reduced in favor of the "new" greatness seen in younger, fresher players, and the cycle will never end. But to play to the limits of your era is a transcendent act, and that is why we ardently defend the names of those rarified few who played to the limits of their eras - because maybe one hockey player in an entire generation, if that, is actually capable of playing to the limits of his generation. These players actively defined their eras by revealing the limits of their eras. Gretzky is the best example of that,t and following him is Gordie. But I think Datsyuk is up there. However, I think Datsyuk actually transcends those limits, unlike the others, for his artistic influence is too immense and creative, burning too brightly, to be snuffed out - because that is genius, an imprint eternalized in the sand that Time's waves can never wash away.
Gretzky is the most intelligent player to ever play, which will never change, but Datsyuk is absolutely the most creative and artistic. To watch Datsyuk in his prime, at his absolute best during a game, was worth any price - for that is what genius means. I would pay a max limit to watch any other player in his prime at his absolute best, having the game of his life - including Gretzky, Howe, Lemieux, Orr, Lidstrom, Crosby, and McDavid, and that price would probably max out at around $1,000 (I'm a cheap guy, what can I say?) - but for Datsyuk, it's different. I can't conceive a price I wouldn't pay to watch Datsyuk in his prime at his absolute best. To see that level of creativity, artistry, dedication, determination, intelligence, and proactive subtlety is priceless; to see genius work in the moment is mesmerizing. His elite influence on both ends of the ice simultaneously was unparalleled. I watch other hockey players who impact on a shift on one end of the ice, but Datsyuk was the only player I've ever seen who was the most impactful player on the ice on both ends of the ice-on the same shift, time and time again! He never took a shift off. He didn't half-ass some shifts in which he would focus on offense and then do the reverse on the next shift, alternating between his focuses. No, every shift was played with critical attention paid to both ends of the ice, and I've never seen that with another player, specifically at his level. Yes, Patrice Bergeron is an excellent two-player, but he noticeably lacks that intrinsic spark-the genius-that Datsyuk so obviously, brilliantly possesses. You always notice Datsyuk on the ice; you always have one eye glued to him, anticipating the moment you watch a creative act that robs you of your breath and stirs your heart with its artistry. He is like a magnet, attracting your gaze, attention, respect, and awe, for he has that "it" factor that no other hockey player has had in such spades - to my amateur eye, of course.
But it is priceless all the same, for you never see that. It takes an exceptional player to do that, and Datsyuk transcends the limits of time and space. Nowadays, people deride Gretzky and Lemieux in favor of Crosby and Ovechkin (or, for a more modern-modern example, McDavid and Matthews), but even fifty years from now, no one can deride a player in favor of Datsyuk for his influence trascendends petty subjectivism. His creativity and artistry are eternal forces that those blessed of us who watched him play live will remember forever and praise until the days we die. There will be another Lemieux (and arguably has been with Lindros and Malkin, albeit not with the long-term impact); there will be another Crosby (and many argue that there already is another Crosby in either MacKinnon or McDavid); there will be another Ovechkin (not in terms of longevity for scoring but the elite impact in the moment, absolutely); and there will be another McDavid. But like Gretzky, there will never be another Datsyuk, not the quantified, conceived whole of him who was exceptional and profound at all levels of the game, lacking any weak area.
I’m not reading that essay 😂
@@UltraTitanzz Your loss
Wow, great analysis of the Magic Man game 👍🏻
Приезжай в Россию, брат! К сожалению, политики окутали нас дерьмом. Но хоккей это объединяющий вымпел в эпоху раздора.
yeah that's the thing he had air force level reaction time, incredible skill, but combined with a savant's mind for hockey. he could beat people mentally on the micro and macro level of the game
he was basically the roger federer of hockey. every movement was pure art and gracefulness. skill at absolute highest level.
I agree! top 10 ever to wear the winged wheel sweater
@MikeGarland22
Can you name, just one player, who was/is, better than Pavel Datsyuk?
He's 7th all-time in scoring for the Wings but definitely was the most fun to watch! @@justplainbrad7713
Cerebral was the word you were working for I feel like, but perceptive is true too of course. You totally get it man, every shift was brilliant. Greatest hockey player for my money too. If a young player wants to be Datsyuk like you’re right it starts with the patience and the patience comes from confidence in one’s puck control ability. His hands and his skill with the puck set his mind free to be calm and poised.
You also see this with Patrick Kane and Kucherov. Players with the best stick handling get to slow the game down. Opportunities in hockey from creating space and time, you either do that through being faster than every one like mcdavid and Mackinnon, or you can do that by being so poised that you slow the game down. Every player’s mind and reaction timing is set to the speed of the game. Space gets created when you change that pace abruptly. Datsyuk would hold things to the last millisecond creating dilemmas for opposing players and goalies.
The Magic Man as he is
I live in Metro Detroit, and played High school, Collegiate, and verious Mens Leagues until i was 44....
I appreciated him SoMuch!
Pavel is the One, the Only, MagicMan!
1:16 Is the best play I have ever seen. The passing, the moving. Such an easy goal at the end of the day but what a play between two great Players. The Euro Twins. We were spoiled in Detroit.
I remember even in EA NHL on PS he was amazing. I would ALWAYS trade for him !!!
One of the most impressive goals he scored doesn’t show up on most highlights but I remember him scoring this goal twice. Coming down the wing with a near impossible angle he scored on a backhand n the more memorable one i remember he put it FAR SIDE corner.
I was a teenager n goalie late 80's and early 90's. BEST HOCKEY 🏒 PLAYERS EVER. HOCKEY WITH HEART FIRST, THEN MONEY 💰.
Datsyuk would do at least 1 thing per game where u would go "WTF these are nhl players he's doing this against"..... and it was always some new sorcery. One of one. Barkov is probably the closest thing to him right now in terms of his 2 way play, but nobody has played with his level of wizardry. Hard to explain to people that didn't watch him live. Miss watching him play.
best in his own right
Every game? Every shift he would do something next level. Dood was different.
I agree there isn't a player like him for sure. Aleksander Barkov is probably the only modern day equivalent showing flashes of that skill. He's also not the fastest but so deceptive with movements, creativity, skill and always finding that space and time and finding players with amazing passes.
There are those that say that it took an entire tree just to make the blade of Datsyuk´s stick.
I can’t recall another time I saw a highlight where a person entered the zone carrying the puck straddling the line. Pulls it back outside the zone and re-enters immediately on attacks. Hockey player conditioning is once past line, get puck deeper. You don’t see this move at all.
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PD is more of a wizard than Harry Potter.
Normally I'm against all that high-tech medical stuff like - "cloning" - but, uh, in Datsyuk's case I think I'd make an exception. I'd love to see another new Pavel play the game - but I truly doubt that I ever will.
This is what is called "soft power". He was as good at it as a cat.
Did Peter forsberg have similar awareness as Datsyuk 🤔
Ilya kovalchuk
Datsyuk was amazing....but dont EVER mention him in the same breath as McDavid again. Thx -Hockey
is he the best Russian-born player then?
For me yes
For your info. Some russian players (including datsyuk) were using my private lessons, trickshots, some other techniques, where I expect compensation for that, Still I hear nothing. I lived there, in Ural, but from 1991 I live in the USA.
I firmly believe Datsyuk is one of the most skilled players ever. He didn't have the crazy numbers so he gets overlooked sometimes, but my god, his deception, vision and wizardry were second to none.
He also played offense second from day one of his career. He's the polar opposite of ovechkin.
He would’ve had 100 extra assists if the scrubs he carried on his line in Detroit knew how to finish. As a detroit fan don’t know how many times i saw abdelkader, cleary, etc. miss and easy goal from one of his passes.
IDK i think true fans of the game realize that this dude won 3 selke's while simultaniously putting up almost 100 pts. Thats pretty remarkable.
This is exactly how I feel about Datsyuk. Born and raised in Montreal, needless to say, I grew up playing hockey from age 3. I’ve never seen a player like this. I’m 50 now.
It's the evolution of the Russian Player. I remember Alexander Mogilny and Pavel Bure. Then there was Fedorov who was amazing to watch but generally considered "soft" because he didn't play the North American game of contact well. Most Russians in the 80's and 90's had that reputation of shying away from contact or outright hating it.I look at Ovechkin today and think "Fedorov" with a mean streak.
I agree with everything you said on Datsyuk. The guy is in the top echelon of the Russian Players who've come over to the NHL. And he may be the best Russian to ever play in the NHL.
"Most Russians in the 80's and 90's had that reputation of shying away from contact or outright hating it" - except Konstantinov
Ваша проблема, как зрителей НХЛ в том, что вас приучили к рубке, в то время, как советская школа воспитывает катание, мысль и чувство локтя в моменте. Ваша лига сегодня стремится именно туда, как ни парадоксально. Потому что хоккей, это искусство и командная работа.
I'd like to append that comparison and say "If fedorov traded his defensive prowess for a mean streak"
A lot like Larionov, but better. A far better stickhandler than Larionov and a bit better in everything else except in the playmaking and passing which goes very even.
For a long time Datsyuk was an underrated player. I think it took until around 2006-2007 before he was generally seen as a one of the best of that time.
Pavel Datsyuk is THE best stick handler to ever play the game. Hands down.
Gen Z Hockey Fan: But could Datsyuk play in today's NHL? The players are so skilled today, much better than before, right?
@@Michael-fw5ef Datsyuk played in today's NHL. A few years isn't a generational change...
@@youarepredictable He stopped playing 8 years ago, in 2015-2016. It is now 2023-2024. A few years isn't 8 years. Give 2024 hockey players the sticks and skates and medicine from the 1970s and give all the 1970s players the modern sticks and skates and medicine and watch who is better.
@@Michael-fw5ef Easy....the modern players .. no question
@@youarepredictable 1990s hockey is better than today's hockey. The hitting in the 1990s was harder, more frequent and better. The players were tougher. The only difference today is the stick tech is better so players can snap pucks harder without even taking a slap shot. Overall though, skill level has gone way down since the 1990s. Who is better today than Federov or Forsberg?
I love your remark, " only player to be amazing EVERY shift"" i agree 1000%
most skilled player ever! most complete player ive ever seen in my life! Pavel Datsyuk
Detroit's my team and when they brought Russians in force it changed hockey. He was the crown jewel, initially he wanted to play pro soccer, and you look at his foot work and see it. In Russian junior hockey he'd drill with weights of a broom stick to build hand/forearm strength, and you look at his wrist shot and see it. The guy saw all the angles, pushed 6'2" 220 lb guys off pucks. He was a gift to the RedWings, miss him.
The first game featuring the Russian Five saw the Calgary Flames held to 8 shots *the* *entire* *game.* Truly enlightened stuff from the scouting staff of the early-mid 80's.
Не reminds me Ronaldinho...)
Yes, Ronaldinho but also from the other kind of football, Barry Sanders. If you don't know him, search for him on TH-cam.
I share your admiration for Dats ability to play!! He was amazing, all the time. The only reason seeing him on tv might have been better than in person is because of the replays!!; otherwise, he is the most exciting player, and in Person!?, there wasnt anything better. He is the only player, as a wings fan, that when he had the puck, i thought, "we r ok!" Lol
His skill away from the puck and his knowledge and vision makes him one of the all time greatest, possibly of all time. A true TEAM playe! No one has played like him before, or since. He had a complete game! Thank you
4:00 cerebral is the word you're looking for.
It wasn't just that he saw the whole rink, thought several moves in advance based on what he saw, but he also knew what everyone else was going to do too, at least it seems that way. He knew how to move to make other players do certain things that he could exploit.
Brett Hull summed it up when he said where does a guy learn to do this stuff my dad is Bobby Hull and I have never seen moves like he does regularly
I'm a Crosby fan, but one of my favorite Datsyuk moments was when he made Sid lose his balance in Game 6 2009 near the end of the 1st period
This is surprising, but if it were not for the draft, Datsyuk would have remained useless in Russia as well. Nobody ever knew about him. He was not invited to the central clubs; he did not play for the national team then. And then the case and Datsyuk became a member of the Golden Club (Stanley Cup + Olympics + World Championship) and there are only 30 such players in the world today
There have only been a handful of athletes I’ve watched in my life that gave you jaw dropping plays every game. Barry Sanders was one. Pavel Datsyuk was another. I feel bad for anyone who didn’t get a chance to see Datsyuk play. He was special.
I compare Datsyuk often to Barry Sanders. They shared many similarities, such as great awareness of where players were, the quick changes of direction, and the never-give-up mentality. They both had very strong legs. Datsyuk worked hard on making his legs strong enough to make those hard cuts on the ice. Both Barry and Pavel were gentlemanly players, too.
The Magician!!! First round HOF, without a doubt.
As a wings fan, I always have a pang of sadness when I watch his highlights. Same as barry sanders, I know he was once in a lifetime.
And then you got to watch Lidstrom retire, and then watch Zetterberg retire shortly thereafter. Truly shambolic times for the Detroit Red Wings fanbase.
The "Magic Man"!!!
Nobody played like him bc they simply couldn’t make the moves he did look as easy as he did. Very skilled player. IMO pound for pound the most skilled player with hands like you wouldn’t believe
Genius, with high hockey IQ
1st one I ever saw shoot the puck between his legs, and he did it at full speed, to change the angle. Tender made great save but it was a high quality chance. Also what is lost by many who did not see him when he was in the NHL was his play when the other Team had the puck, great 200 ft player (3X Selke winner for a reason). Very high on my favorite player of all time list. Also rag-dolled 6'3" Corry Perry when Perry instigated with the 5'11", 4X Lady Byng winner. Datsyuk-Perry, and Potvin-Hextal are two of my all time favorite non fighter, fights.
Nominated six times for a selke he should have won it everytime he was nominated.
I'm pretty sure that was in the WCQF Game 7 against the Phoenix(!) Coyotes of '09. Tendie made the save on the shot, but Darren Helm bolted into the open slot to fire the puck into a gaping maw of a net to go up 2-1. He did it in a *playoff game* almost 15 years ago to the day.
Best Defensive Center in NHL history
The Red Wings Datsyuk games I missed I can count on 1 hand. It was incredible. There were long streaks of games where he did not make any mistakes at his position. It was insane.
There's a little bit of Pavel in a lot of young players today.
the Newton of Hockey!
Да, Паха красавчик был всегда) ПРиятно, что его так любят во всем мире и помнят!
Got to watch Datsyuk all the time and he never stopped pulling tricks out of his bag. Even his teammates would go into saying that even in practice they would be in awe.
Who knows, if we get enough datsyk fans he could com back, i man he did in 2014. He is a Great player but not most people know About him.
If only he was younger 😔
He's getting too old, probably. Idk I can't really ever count that dude out. Even when he's 50 he'd still be able to outsmart everyone on the ice.
Pavel was worth the price of admission alone.
His hands and skates might not have moved at 100mph but his brain was moving at the speed of light.
As for wanting to play like him? Don't. You either have it or you don't and if you don't you'll get knocked on your butt every time.
There are lots of hockey skills that can be learnt and taught and picked up, but pulling the kind of moves he could requires something beyond that.
I always always always felt like Valtteri Filppula tried so hard to do the kind of things Datsyuk did when he was a Red Wing the first time. He was coughing up pucks like that every game. It frustrated the heck outta 14 year old me lol.
One of the best to do it, he is a legend
You can always watch how Datsyuk plays and always listen to how an American commentator comments on his game
No question connor mcdavid is insane. But when it comes to puck handling and creativity, there will never be another datsyuky! He is the secretariat of the hockey world!
He deserves to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Redwings should retire his jersey.
Nope Datysuk was a magician. Ask Siri who is the magic man. Not sure it still works but it did
The soul reason I loved Detroit
ABSOLUTELY AGREE
To me he is the one and only...
Gen Zer says: Datsyuk couldn't even play in today's NHL because today's players are so advanced.
You have got to be kidding😂
Draisaitl is similar to Datsyuk in some ways. Slow, patient. Unbelievably skilled but not in the way of a McDavid, Mackinnon, Hughes, etc where they blow down the ice at max speed. They make NHL players look like children at an outdoor pond with the way they subtly slip the puck into areas where it can't be reached, protect the puck unreasonably well, lift a stick and take the puck away with ease. If you loved Datsyuk watch some Draisaitl film.
Какой Драйзатль😂. И рядом не стоял а плане отбора и владения клюшкой!
Where's my kleenex? I laugh so hard that I end up crying when a Datsyuk reel is cued up. As one guy observed: "This looks like a cartoon!" One of a kind player. So glad we have this recorded for the ages! Cheers!
I dont know if others have noticed, but his stance is consistent; 2 hands on the stick all the time, 3 point contact, all the time. It is almost rare to see him play 1 handed for more than one stride!!
Unless he's at center ice in the middle of pulling the puck from section 217 in between his legs to take a 1-0 lead in the 3rd period against a non-particular Original Six foe in game 1 of the ECQF ;)
@icedo1013yea that goal was insane
Peter Forsberg was one of my favorites to watch his vision was incredible too
You talk about Datsyuk the same way i talk about Konstantinov. Vlady may not have scored any goals; he did own his zone.
As a Detroiter im proud they both wore the sweater.
Side note: Living that close to Windsor..CBC hockey rules!!
What’s great is that the Red Wings also had a player named ‘The Professor’. I was definitely spoiled being born in 1990 growing up watching the Wings.
If he scored goals like Crosby, Ovechkin, or Gretzky, then we wouldn't need to make videos like this to hype him up to the kids born after 2000.. The kids that were born after 2,000 only care about flash and not style.. Pavel's style was Defense first, and once he touched the puck, his offense was to find his teammates like Brett Hull, his rookie year, and set his line mates up where they wanted the puck in certain areas giving them the best opportunity to put the puck in the net.. I think Brett Hull said it best "He doesn't speak English, but he is the sickest player I've ever seen in my life," and his father is Bobby Hull lol.. .
Also continue that to about 2010. Now the game is too corporate and fans are secondary. Mc David didn't even consider the loyal fans when not coming back to the ice to get the conne Smythe from bettman in Florida. Back on the pond we'd call that a cry baby 👶
I always tell people that he is the best hockey player ever. Others scored more, assisted more, but he did everything. Best all round player and a pleasure to watch.
Pavel Datsyuk is the most talented hockey player to ever grace the game. Gretzky, not even Lemieux have anything on this guy in terms of pure natural all around talent. There is a reason why they are called Datsyukian dekes and that there is no such thing as Lemieuxrian dekes. Lemieux was a great deker but he never really invented any special moves, he was just really good at executing existing standard dekes.
👍👍👍 Лучше всех
He was one of the BEST players taking penalty shots. It was really fun watching him play.
i think he's the best hockey player ever. detroit is a team i'm not a fan of too. the stats aren't there, but i'd be willing to bet, theres not a player in the history of hockey that would beat him 1v1.
I think all the greats had ice vision Mario Wayne McDOOGLE Crosby and others
Every once in a while you'll see people do moves that were inspired by Pavel but absolutely *nobody* has his natural instinct which made it look easy.
How can I see the game like him you asked... you can't LOL His upbringing had a big part of it - he talks about playing in Russia poor at community ice areas and there would always be a ton of people and only one (or very few) pucks and from a young age always had to learn how to keep the puck from people. His innate ability to keep it and steal it are deep rooted in how he grew up playing the game recreationally.
His defensive stick was just as skilled as his famous goals.
He didn't try to make the 1-2 move play but knew that most defense I'm the league trained for that so adding in another move or a 4th would throw off goalies and players not ready for it
Mario & Wayne each were great Pavel could stretch a shift
Great video. I’m glad you didn’t only show the plays resulting in goals.
The little magician could undress you with his mits in a phone booth. The Euro Twins was a fun PP to watch.
He has such a great hockey sense! It was believe that had he come back to NHL He wanted to be on the Red Wings, but I believe he’s retired now.
Question time: is #13 worthy of being in the rafters of Little Caesars Arena?