Tall_James
03-18-2002, 05:15 PM
NEW YORK -- The New York Rangers acquired forward Pavel Bure in a trade with the Florida Panthers on Monday night.
Bure
New York, which also acquired a second-round pick, sends disappointing defenseman Igor Ulanov and young defenseman Filip Novak to Florida along with the Rangers' first and second-round picks in this June's draft, and a fourth-round pick next year.
The Rangers, who have fallen into ninth place in the Eastern Conference, missed the playoffs the last four seasons. New York trails Montreal in the race for the final playoff spot in the East.
Bure, who will turn 31 later this month, has two years left on a contract that will pay him $10 million per season, as well as an option in the 2004-05 season for $11 million.
The "Russian Rocket" led the NHL in goals each of the last two seasons, but since being traded to Florida from Vancouver in 1999, he has not won a playoff game with the Panthers.
The speedy All-Star right wing has 22 goals in 56 games this season. He had 59 last season and 58 in 1999-00, and established a modern league record last season by accounting for 29.5 percent of his team's production.
Bure has at least 51 goals in each of the five seasons in which he played at least 70 games. He has 406 goals and 323 assists in 11 NHL seasons. Bure is a six-time NHL All-Star and two-time Olympian -- playing for Russia.
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Bure
New York, which also acquired a second-round pick, sends disappointing defenseman Igor Ulanov and young defenseman Filip Novak to Florida along with the Rangers' first and second-round picks in this June's draft, and a fourth-round pick next year.
The Rangers, who have fallen into ninth place in the Eastern Conference, missed the playoffs the last four seasons. New York trails Montreal in the race for the final playoff spot in the East.
Bure, who will turn 31 later this month, has two years left on a contract that will pay him $10 million per season, as well as an option in the 2004-05 season for $11 million.
The "Russian Rocket" led the NHL in goals each of the last two seasons, but since being traded to Florida from Vancouver in 1999, he has not won a playoff game with the Panthers.
The speedy All-Star right wing has 22 goals in 56 games this season. He had 59 last season and 58 in 1999-00, and established a modern league record last season by accounting for 29.5 percent of his team's production.
Bure has at least 51 goals in each of the five seasons in which he played at least 70 games. He has 406 goals and 323 assists in 11 NHL seasons. Bure is a six-time NHL All-Star and two-time Olympian -- playing for Russia.
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