SINCE 12-14-96 UPDATED 8/4/98

POSITION - LEFT WING SHOOTS - LEFT HEIGHT - 6'1" WEIGHT - 202 BIRTH DATE - 10/16/65 BIRTHPLACE - BOROVSK, RUS RESIDES - CALGARY AB, CAN DRAFTED - 1993 CHOICE - 252 NUMBER - 13 STATUS - ON THE ROSTER (AS OF 8/4/98) COMPENSATION - $1,000,000.00 (as of 3/26/98) CAREER INFO: Drafted in the 10th round, 252nd overall, by Calgary in 1993 at age 28. Acquired from Calgary with Todd Hlushko for Ken Wregget and Dave Roche...tallied 45 points in his rookie campaign...played on Soviet Team with Pavel Bure, Sergei Fedorov, and Slava Kozlov...favorite player was Valeri Kharlamnov of KLM fame. PLAYING STYLE: Works hard to get in a good scoring position, then doesn't shoot!...hard to knock off the puck...played wing for Calgary but prefers centre...great hockey sense in all zones...very creative...streaky scorer, lacks night to night consistency...agile skater, but not outstandingly fast...kills penalties well and deserves to be on the top power play unit...will scrifice his body to make a play...needs to play with teammates that play European style hockey instead of the dump-and-chase...should center a line with Alexei Morozov and Robert Dome. Copyright PPHQ ©1996,1997,1998