The ex\u002DCanucks winger changed the game by defecting from the Soviet Union and was one of the elite right wingers in the NHL in the 1990s.
And no, Naslund never quite figured out how to copy Mogilny’s technique.Mogilny was a player so good, you wondered at times if the game bored him. But if it did, he never showed it off the ice. His old teammates have only positive things to say.Alex Mogilny with the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2004.
Mogilny joined the Buffalo Sabres for the 1989-90 season, the team that had drafted him in the fifth round in 1988, knowing full well that it would be exceedingly difficult, if not impossible, to pry a young star away from the Soviet national team. The Soviets were allowing older players to move to North America, but not their next wave of talent.Article contentMogilny was an instant hit, scoring 20 seconds into his first game with the Sabres.
Quinn had hoped Mogilny would lead the Canucks into a new era, but the roster proved to be too stale and their results went south. Mogilny wouldn’t play in the playoffs for the Canucks again, as the team’s results only got worse over the next three seasons.
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