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A fired-up Valeri Bure slammed the Vancouver Canucks and his former agent-turned GM Mike Gillis, calling them "pathetic" for not retiring his brother Pavel Bure's number.
On Team 1040 to talk about Pavel getting passed over again for the Hockey Hall of Fame, Val took aim at Gillis and ripped the organization for failing to recognize Pavel by retiring his number.
“I think Mike Gillis not retiring his number is pathetic, without him they might not have a GM place now,” Valeri said. “The way that Mike Gillis handled himself when the people asked him why Pavel Bure's jersey is not up he said something like 'I'll decide when his jersey goes up' And I thought who gives you the authority to decide. Who are you? You are an ex-agent who got paid by my brother a lot of money, got paid by a lot of players a lot of money, now those players got you that job and now you've got to decide who's jersey is going up or not. This is just absolutely crazy, crazy talk by him and that's one of the things that bother me.”
"(Gillis) has been great for the organization, and it's not that Markus Naslund's jersey went up, so, well my brother's should go up.
"His jersey should be up for what he's done."
Up to now, it's been unclear whether Pavel even wanted to be honoured. But his brother sure made a strong case he does. Valeri said he didn't have bad blood with Gillis and didn't think there was any between his brother and Gillis.
Val also compared his brother to Wayne Gretzky and suggested the Florida Panthers should also retire his number.
and this
CALGARY — Val Bure slowly burned from his home near the beach in sunny Los Angeles.
Frankly speaking, the Calgary Flames alumnus can’t fathom how the 18 members of the Hockey Hall of Fame induction committee overlooked his big brother, Pavel Bure.
Again.
“My brother, he was so electrifying,” said Val Bure. “He brought people out of their seats every time he touched the puck.
“The way he scored the goals — he just transformed the game.”
On Tuesday the Hall of Fame called four new members for induction in November in Toronto: Doug Gilmour, Mark Howe, Joe Nieuwendyk, and Ed Belfour.
Val said he doesn’t mean to offend any of them in publicly speaking about the exclusion of his brother.
“Who am I to say those guys shouldn’t be in the Hockey Hall of Fame,” Val said. “They’re my heroes. I looked up to them when I played hockey. They’re unbelievable players. There’s not disrespect. It’s disappointment.”
Val is beyond disappointed with Vancouver Canucks — in particular, general manager Mike Gillis — for not retiring his brother’s number.
In his former life as a player agent, Gillis represented both Bure brothers.
“Mike Gillis decided not to do this,” Bure said. “It’s pretty frustrating. I have a problem with this personally. My brother, of course, never does.
“But for me, he’s by far the best player they ever had in their organization. Without him, there wouldn’t be a GM Place (Rogers Arena) where they play now. There would not be the excitement in the sport, period.
“What he did for the organization was phenomenal. For his jersey not to be up, it’s completely wrong.”
As such, Val urged the powers that be to intervene.
“Mike, what have you done for hockey to decide when Pavel Bure’s jersey will go up?” he said. “You’re a general manager and you’re going to decide?
“It’s unbelievable. Unheard of. I wish the owners would step in and do something. Maybe they won’t. It’s very sad.”
The Canucks have retired the jerseys of three players: Stan Smyl, Trevor Linden and Markus Naslund.
“He (Val) seems to be misinformed because I’ve always supported Pavel and will continue to support him,” Gillis said. “I have limited input into these decisions because it would be completely inappropriate for me with my history with Pavel to make such a call alone.
“It’s unfortunate that Val is somehow misinformed about these matters.”
Gillis and the Vancouver management team dined with Pavel Bure the last time the Canucks played in South Florida.
Over a decade in the NHL, Bure collected 437 goals and 779 points in 702 games. He played seven season in Vancouver and scored 254 goals.
The Russian Rocket retired in 2004.
“The stats of my brother speak for them selves,” Val said. “They’re not going to change next year or the year after that. My brother’s stats are always going to be there and everything he did for hockey in Canada, North America and worldwide. At the Olympic Games.
“Ovechkin might not be playing hockey today if it weren’t for my brother. That’s who he looked up to when he was a kid.”
Calgary Herald
With files from the Vancouver Province
Read more: Val Bure shocked brother Pavel excluded from Hall of Fame
A fired-up Valeri Bure slammed the Vancouver Canucks and his former agent-turned GM Mike Gillis, calling them "pathetic" for not retiring his brother Pavel Bure's number.
On Team 1040 to talk about Pavel getting passed over again for the Hockey Hall of Fame, Val took aim at Gillis and ripped the organization for failing to recognize Pavel by retiring his number.
“I think Mike Gillis not retiring his number is pathetic, without him they might not have a GM place now,” Valeri said. “The way that Mike Gillis handled himself when the people asked him why Pavel Bure's jersey is not up he said something like 'I'll decide when his jersey goes up' And I thought who gives you the authority to decide. Who are you? You are an ex-agent who got paid by my brother a lot of money, got paid by a lot of players a lot of money, now those players got you that job and now you've got to decide who's jersey is going up or not. This is just absolutely crazy, crazy talk by him and that's one of the things that bother me.”
"(Gillis) has been great for the organization, and it's not that Markus Naslund's jersey went up, so, well my brother's should go up.
"His jersey should be up for what he's done."
Up to now, it's been unclear whether Pavel even wanted to be honoured. But his brother sure made a strong case he does. Valeri said he didn't have bad blood with Gillis and didn't think there was any between his brother and Gillis.
Val also compared his brother to Wayne Gretzky and suggested the Florida Panthers should also retire his number.
and this
CALGARY — Val Bure slowly burned from his home near the beach in sunny Los Angeles.
Frankly speaking, the Calgary Flames alumnus can’t fathom how the 18 members of the Hockey Hall of Fame induction committee overlooked his big brother, Pavel Bure.
Again.
“My brother, he was so electrifying,” said Val Bure. “He brought people out of their seats every time he touched the puck.
“The way he scored the goals — he just transformed the game.”
On Tuesday the Hall of Fame called four new members for induction in November in Toronto: Doug Gilmour, Mark Howe, Joe Nieuwendyk, and Ed Belfour.
Val said he doesn’t mean to offend any of them in publicly speaking about the exclusion of his brother.
“Who am I to say those guys shouldn’t be in the Hockey Hall of Fame,” Val said. “They’re my heroes. I looked up to them when I played hockey. They’re unbelievable players. There’s not disrespect. It’s disappointment.”
Val is beyond disappointed with Vancouver Canucks — in particular, general manager Mike Gillis — for not retiring his brother’s number.
In his former life as a player agent, Gillis represented both Bure brothers.
“Mike Gillis decided not to do this,” Bure said. “It’s pretty frustrating. I have a problem with this personally. My brother, of course, never does.
“But for me, he’s by far the best player they ever had in their organization. Without him, there wouldn’t be a GM Place (Rogers Arena) where they play now. There would not be the excitement in the sport, period.
“What he did for the organization was phenomenal. For his jersey not to be up, it’s completely wrong.”
As such, Val urged the powers that be to intervene.
“Mike, what have you done for hockey to decide when Pavel Bure’s jersey will go up?” he said. “You’re a general manager and you’re going to decide?
“It’s unbelievable. Unheard of. I wish the owners would step in and do something. Maybe they won’t. It’s very sad.”
The Canucks have retired the jerseys of three players: Stan Smyl, Trevor Linden and Markus Naslund.
“He (Val) seems to be misinformed because I’ve always supported Pavel and will continue to support him,” Gillis said. “I have limited input into these decisions because it would be completely inappropriate for me with my history with Pavel to make such a call alone.
“It’s unfortunate that Val is somehow misinformed about these matters.”
Gillis and the Vancouver management team dined with Pavel Bure the last time the Canucks played in South Florida.
Over a decade in the NHL, Bure collected 437 goals and 779 points in 702 games. He played seven season in Vancouver and scored 254 goals.
The Russian Rocket retired in 2004.
“The stats of my brother speak for them selves,” Val said. “They’re not going to change next year or the year after that. My brother’s stats are always going to be there and everything he did for hockey in Canada, North America and worldwide. At the Olympic Games.
“Ovechkin might not be playing hockey today if it weren’t for my brother. That’s who he looked up to when he was a kid.”
Calgary Herald
With files from the Vancouver Province
Read more: Val Bure shocked brother Pavel excluded from Hall of Fame
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