They’re not booing. They’re saying, “Bure!”
Or, in the case of this pun-seizing highlight package from 1992, they’re saying “Bure!” twice, to music.
We won’t hit you over the head with Pavel Bure stats or explain why hockey’s second-most graceful Pavel fully deserved his Hockey Hall of Fame invitation on Tuesday. (Ian Mendes’ piece
does a superb job of that.)
What we will do is take you back 20 years (kudos, YouTube) and show you what the Vancouver Canucks’ Calder Trophy winner was capable of, and how he took B.C. by storm.
Wow, on so many levels.
And if you happen to be thinking, “Hmm, that ‘Bure Bure’ tune sure is catchy and original,’ sadly you’re only half right.
Not sure if Los Rockin’ Devils cashed in on royalties from the Vancouver Canucks clip, or how much the Mexican rockers actually inspired the Russian winger’s dangles, but here’s the original “Bule Bule.”