Brother of Valeri WJC-A All-Star Team (1989) Named Best Forward at WJC-A Award (1989) Soviet National League Rookie of the Year Award (1989) Calder Memorial Trophy (1992) NHL First All-Star Team (1994) Best Forward at Olympic Games (1998) NHL Second All-Star Team (2000, 2001) Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy (2000, 2001) Played in NHL All-Star Game (1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001) Traded to Florida by Vancouver with Bret Hedican, Brad Ference and Vancouver's 3rd round pick (Robert Fried) in 2000 NHL Draft for Ed Jovanovski, Dave Gagner, Mike Brown, Kevin Weekes and Florida's 1st round pick (Nathan Smith) in 2000 NHL Draft, January 17, 1999. Missed majority of 1998-99 season after demanding trade (August 10, 1998) and recovering from knee injury vs. Pittsburgh, February 5, 1999. Traded to NY Rangers by Florida with Florida's 2nd round pick (Lee Falardeau) in 2002 NHL Draft for Igor Ulanov, Filip Novak, NY Rangers' 1st (later traded to Calgary Calgary selected Eric Nystrom) and 2nd (Rob Globke) round picks in 2002 NHL Draft and NY Rangers' 4th round pick (later traded to Atlanta- Atlanta selected Guillaume Desbiens) in 2003 NHL Draft, March 18, 2002. Missed majority of 2002-03 due to knee injury vs. Buffalo, December 6, 2002. |