Whats your favourite Datsyuk memories! 👀 Also, sorry if the video seems to jump a bit at 6:01, 17:54, and 15:34. I had to remove those clips due to copyright issues, so apologies for the cuts. Hopefully, the video stays up!
He was amazing to watch live. Incredible offensively and defensively. Hardly ever took a penalty. Certainly one of the greatest of all time. A privilege to have been able to watch him in his prime (i.e. his whole career).
For those that don’t skate or play hockey 🏒, his edge work with his feet was goat status, along with being deceptive on his entry or exit from a crowd , if you want to learn how to skate, he is the poster child and this was coupled with soft silky smooth hands with his puck control. Dangerous combination of skill that hasn’t been matched since he played.❤
Growing up a Sharks fan it was always so scary and simultaneously awe inspiring meeting the Redwings in the playoffs because you knew Datsyuk was going to be there working his magic. What a player.
You're an absolute legend for this one my man. I've said it in many a video comment sections, the silkiest mitts of all time. When people say this player or that player is like him they're wrong, nobody is like him. If you were ever lucky enough to watch him practice or warm up and do the litlle gloves down figure 8 drill, except at the top of one of his 8's whenever he felt like it he'd pick a corner on the backhand without looking with his back to the net. He was on a level other pros only talk about or imagine themselves being. Great timing as well having him just enter the hall.
Agreed for the most part. I've never seen a player with the hands and skill this guy had plus the 200 ft part of his game. The only guy who somewhat reminds me of him is patty kane with how he can handle the puck. Not even close defensively though
Great video. As a Blackhawks fan growing up I always hated those early 2010s Red Wings teams but this video made me appreciate Datsyuk a little more. I also liked how Datsyuk played for a hockey team equivalent to the LA Dodgers 😂.
1. His backhand shot was just as deadly as most players wristers. 2. While he was playing me and my friends just started to call him 'Das-sick' because of the number of times we found ourselves saying it during a game. What a legend and what a video, thank you!✌🏾🤟🏾💯
Really well edited video bro. I love how you tell the story through clips and sprinkle in a few sentences here and there..really lets the substance of the video marinate.
Pavels HOF induction speach is the template of professionalism. Wish i could have watched ice hockey earlier in life so i could have experienced his career first hand. All athletes everywhere should take note.
It was fantastic. Even if he would burn my team The Blackhawks often lol if your team was entering a shootout against Detroit you’d be wishing Datsyuk would mess up and not score
Wow! Way to make a guy feel old, mate! I was already a decades-long hockey fanatic, and thirty-years-old when one of my all-time favourite players was eventually drafted. The Datsyukian Dangle was one of the most entertaining visions in my 50 long years as a more often than not, suffering, lifelong fan of The Canucks, et Les Canadians. P.S., Steve Yzerman, a fellow "BC Boy" is by far my favourite professional athlete of all time.
Excellent video! This is a comment I left on another Datsyuk video - a tribute/memorium to my favorite player. It's certainly biased and hyperbolic in some areas. But I think #13 deserves the best. "I don't use the word genius often, only for those who are deserving of that inexplicable label, but Datsyuk was one of those rare few. Every movement he made and every action he committed was calculated; there was a deep intelligence in everything he did on the ice. You could see him analyzing everything during the moment and foreseeing plays before they happened. Watching him play, there is a constant, perpetual inventiveness, a sweeping gaze that analyzes those around him, the direction of the puck, the flow of the play, all so he can make the perfect, right play that's premeditated in three or even four dimensions. Watching Datsyuk, you see the endless depths of the human mind, stretching outward like the horizon and down like the slope of the mountain. "Talent is hitting the target that no one else hit; genius is hitting the target that no one else can see." (Arthur Schopenhauer). There are very few players in the history of hockey to whom that applies, but Datsyuk is one of them, for he changed the way we watch and play the game. Since eras are such a significant signifier of greatness and determine the level of greatness ("Oh, Gretzky was only so good because he played in that high-scoring era!"), look at the eras and the change in hockey's style across the decades. From Gordie Howe to Conner McDavid, the proto-typical "great" hockey player has changed in its definition and perception. Hockey players come and go, and the greatness that once was is shunned for the greatness in the Now. Who were the players in the 80s and 90s who were renowned and thought to be the heralds of a new game? Who were the names of those who all fans thought would be great and the best? Who were those men fans would die by in their excessive defense of the greatness of those men? I bet many of those names are forgotten-or will be in the coming years. No one speaks nowadays about Rocket Richard or Gordie Howe, not really. Those are just "figureheads" for a rougher, less evolved form of hockey, and we are too petty to perceive them as actual titans of the sport, brushing them aside with the arrogance of the casual bandwagon fans. But there were great players before Rocket and Gordie, and what about them? What about their greatness? What about their names? The greatness diminishes in our minds, reduced in favor of the "new" greatness seen in younger, fresher players, and the cycle will never end. But to play to the limits of your era is a transcendent act, and that is why we ardently defend the names of those rarified few who played to the limits of their eras - because maybe one hockey player in an entire generation, if that, is actually capable of playing to the limits of his generation. These players actively defined their eras by revealing the limits of their eras. Gretzky is the best example of that, and following him is Gordie. But I think Datsyuk is up there. However, I think Datsyuk actually transcends those limits, unlike the others, for his artistic influence is too immense and creative, burning too brightly, to be snuffed out - because that is genius, an imprint eternalized in the sand that Time's waves can never wash away. Gretzky is the most intelligent player to ever play, which will never change, but Datsyuk is absolutely the most creative and artistic. To watch Datsyuk in his prime, at his absolute best during a game, was worth any price - for that is what genius means. I would pay a max limit to watch any other player in his prime at his absolute best, having the game of his life - including Gretzky, Howe, Lemieux, Orr, Lidstrom, Crosby, and McDavid, and that price would probably max out at around $1,000 (I'm a cheap guy, what can I say?) - but for Datsyuk, it's different. I can't conceive a price I wouldn't pay to watch Datsyuk in his prime at his absolute best. To see that level of creativity, artistry, dedication, determination, intelligence, and proactive subtlety is priceless; to see genius work in the moment is mesmerizing. His elite influence on both ends of the ice simultaneously was unparalleled. I watch other hockey players who impact on a shift on one end of the ice, but Datsyuk was the only player I've ever seen who was the most impactful player on the ice on both ends of the ice-on the same shift, time and time again! He never took a shift off. He didn't half-ass some shifts in which he would focus on offense and then do the reverse on the next shift, alternating between his focuses. No, every shift was played with critical attention paid to both ends of the ice, and I've never seen that with another player, specifically at his level. Yes, Patrice Bergeron is an excellent two-player, but he noticeably lacks that intrinsic spark-the genius-that Datsyuk so obviously, brilliantly possesses. You always notice Datsyuk on the ice; you always have one eye glued to him, anticipating the moment you watch a creative act that robs you of your breath and stirs your heart with its artistry. He is like a magnet, attracting your gaze, attention, respect, and awe, for he has that "it" factor that no other hockey player has had in such spades - to my amateur eye, of course. But it is priceless all the same, for you never see that. It takes an exceptional player to do that, and Datsyuk transcends the limits of time and space. Nowadays, people deride Gretzky and Lemieux in favor of Crosby and Ovechkin (or, for a more modern-modern example, McDavid and Matthews), but even fifty years from now, no one can deride a player in favor of Datsyuk for his influence transcends petty subjectivism. His creativity and artistry are eternal forces that those blessed of us who watched him play live will remember forever and praise until the days we die. There will be another Lemieux in terms of the physical gifts (and arguably has been with Lindros and Malkin, albeit not with the long-term impact); there will be another Crosby (and many argue that there already is another Crosby in either MacKinnon or McDavid); there will be another Ovechkin (not in terms of longevity for scoring but the elite impact in the moment, absolutely); and there will be another McDavid. But like Gretzky, there will never be another Datsyuk, not the quantified, conceived whole of him who was exceptional and profound at all levels of the game, lacking any weak area."
My friend if you continue to put out the quality of videos you have so far, that 6k will be 60k will be 600k in no time. Keep up the excellent work and much love
Pioneer and decades ahead of his time. If people would have known what hidden gem there was back in his draft year he would have gone 1st overall but insted he Pavel had to read from papers that he was drafted. There was 0 hype around him, just came into league and rest is history.
Teams would probably have to pull their goalie in the last few minutes of a tied game because of how dangerous he would be. This is the same guy that has went coast to coast and also skated through an entire team before.
Another amazing video man. Love the way these are put together. As a leaf fan, I’d love to see a Wendell Clark video. The man with the most heart to ever wear the maple leaf. Captain crunch.
That is absolutley true Loved that guy , even as a redwing fan , Good players are always loved no mater where they play . Can we get a Scott Stevens video now ?
Great videos homie! Hard to find an actual good UA-camr these days that doesn’t fake shit or do weird content! Raw organic videos love this shit homie keep it up!
I really resent what the new ownership group has done in Pittsburg. Imagine going from Mario to this. I know its cliche but in order to win there needs to be a CULTURE of winning. A mindset. Especially in a really tough league like the nhl. As a pens fan its hard to watch.
@10:45 You're saying Gretzky and McKinnon are "not quite good enough to win one of the major awards"? More likely it's not common to get a super-elite player with low enough penalty minutes.
There’s a little setting icon in the bottom right corner you can adjust it to 1080p, the quality may also be poor at times just because of how long ago some of the games were
Great video on a great player! Could you please change the music though? It feels like you've used the same music on all of your videos, and it's getting old.
Whats your favourite Datsyuk memories! 👀
Also, sorry if the video seems to jump a bit at 6:01, 17:54, and 15:34. I had to remove those clips due to copyright issues, so apologies for the cuts. Hopefully, the video stays up!
I am so lucky to grow up watching him. Those were the best days. Pavel Datsyuk is my all time favorite player in all of sports history.
He was amazing to watch live. Incredible offensively and defensively. Hardly ever took a penalty. Certainly one of the greatest of all time. A privilege to have been able to watch him in his prime (i.e. his whole career).
Miss watching my dude in the NHL. Also, very funny in interviews.
He 100% the guy I wished was on my team during his era.
My god was he special.
He had a bar down goal that was backhanded against my sharks in the playoffs. He let it go damn near at the red line too. What a great player
I remember that, I was watching on espn2😂 that was moment I knew Datsyuk was legend
I see abit of pavel in ep40, great 2 way player, great shot/skating/hands and will to absolutely undress players .
For those that don’t skate or play hockey 🏒, his edge work with his feet was goat status, along with being deceptive on his entry or exit from a crowd , if you want to learn how to skate, he is the poster child and this was coupled with soft silky smooth hands with his puck control.
Dangerous combination of skill that hasn’t been matched since he played.❤
Datsyuk was on another level, maybe the most underrated player of all time.
Growing up a Sharks fan it was always so scary and simultaneously awe inspiring meeting the Redwings in the playoffs because you knew Datsyuk was going to be there working his magic. What a player.
You're an absolute legend for this one my man. I've said it in many a video comment sections, the silkiest mitts of all time. When people say this player or that player is like him they're wrong, nobody is like him. If you were ever lucky enough to watch him practice or warm up and do the litlle gloves down figure 8 drill, except at the top of one of his 8's whenever he felt like it he'd pick a corner on the backhand without looking with his back to the net. He was on a level other pros only talk about or imagine themselves being. Great timing as well having him just enter the hall.
Agreed for the most part. I've never seen a player with the hands and skill this guy had plus the 200 ft part of his game. The only guy who somewhat reminds me of him is patty kane with how he can handle the puck. Not even close defensively though
Marian Hossa said that Datsyuk made him a better player. The GREAT Marian Hossa said that.
Great video. As a Blackhawks fan growing up I always hated those early 2010s Red Wings teams but this video made me appreciate Datsyuk a little more. I also liked how Datsyuk played for a hockey team equivalent to the LA Dodgers 😂.
Fav player of all time
1. His backhand shot was just as deadly as most players wristers.
2. While he was playing me and my friends just started to call him 'Das-sick' because of the number of times we found ourselves saying it during a game. What a legend and what a video, thank you!✌🏾🤟🏾💯
Treat every practice like a game and every game like a practice.
Damn right! He had a huge impact on the game, loved watching him. Nice video
"Magic Man" Pavel Datsyuk = WON ALL 4 Major Championships in Hockey !!!
CAREER:
# NHL drafted: 171st overall pick by Detroit Red Wings, 1998.
# 14 NHL seasons: 953 Games, 314 Goals, 604 Assists = 918 Points / Play-offs: 157 Games, 42 Goals, 71 Assists = 113 Points (Detroit Red Wings).
# 11 RSL/KHL seasons: 406 Games, 90 Goals, 189 Assists = 279 Points / Play-offs: 57 Games, 17 Goals, 22 Assists = 39 Points (6 teams)
# International Competitions: 92 Games, 22 Goals, 58 Assists = 80 Points / 5x Olympics - 7x IIHF WC - 2x WCH = 14 International Tournaments (Russia)
CHAMPIONSHIPS:
# 2x NHL Stanley Cup Champion: 2002 & 2008 + Finals 2009 (Detroit Red Wings)
# Olympic Gold medalist: 2018.
# IIHF World Championship Gold medalist: 2012 + Silver 2010 + 2x Bronze 2005 & 2016.
# KHL Gagarin Cup Champion: 2017 (SKA Saint Petersburg)
# RSL Champion: 2005 (HC Dynamo Moscow)
AWARDS:
# 3X Frank J. Selke Trophy (Best defensive forward): 2008, 2009 & 2010.
# 4x Lady Byng Memorial Trophy (Best sportsman): 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009.
# NHL Plus-Minus Award (Most balance stats): 2008.
# NHL Second All-Star team: 2009.
# 4x NHL All-Star Game Player: 2004, 2008, 2009 & 2012.
# 2x Kharlamov Trophy (Voted best Russian NHL player by Russian NHL players): - 2011 & 2013.
# Triple Gold Club member (2018)
# Selected as one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players (2017).
# Elected to Hockey Hall of Fame (2024)
# 2x KHL All-Star Game Player: 2013 & 2017.
# Sergey Gimayev Prize (Top KHL veteran player): 2021.
his goal against Nashville is the nastiest shootout goal of all time
That was just fantastic, just a great little documentary,
THANKS MAN.
Really well edited video bro. I love how you tell the story through clips and sprinkle in a few sentences here and there..really lets the substance of the video marinate.
Pavels HOF induction speach is the template of professionalism. Wish i could have watched ice hockey earlier in life so i could have experienced his career first hand. All athletes everywhere should take note.
It was fantastic. Even if he would burn my team The Blackhawks often lol if your team was entering a shootout against Detroit you’d be wishing Datsyuk would mess up and not score
The greatest player of all time imo.
The greatest backhand ever no competition.
Sid has a pretty nasty bh
That’s definitely iyo. 😌
Yup
Crosby’s and Kane’s definitely rival it
LMAO ok bud
Wow!
Way to make a guy feel old, mate! I was already a decades-long hockey fanatic, and thirty-years-old when one of my all-time favourite players was eventually drafted. The Datsyukian Dangle was one of the most entertaining visions in my 50 long years as a more often than not, suffering, lifelong fan of The Canucks, et Les Canadians.
P.S., Steve Yzerman, a fellow "BC Boy" is by far my favourite professional athlete of all time.
I can imagine Datsyuk playing in today's NHL and dominating. His skill set was incredible when he played and would still be incredible today
He can play in any era. Hockey IQ dominates any era. Even if you stripped him of most of his skills his hockey IQ was just on another level.
Excellent video! This is a comment I left on another Datsyuk video - a tribute/memorium to my favorite player. It's certainly biased and hyperbolic in some areas. But I think #13 deserves the best.
"I don't use the word genius often, only for those who are deserving of that inexplicable label, but Datsyuk was one of those rare few. Every movement he made and every action he committed was calculated; there was a deep intelligence in everything he did on the ice. You could see him analyzing everything during the moment and foreseeing plays before they happened. Watching him play, there is a constant, perpetual inventiveness, a sweeping gaze that analyzes those around him, the direction of the puck, the flow of the play, all so he can make the perfect, right play that's premeditated in three or even four dimensions. Watching Datsyuk, you see the endless depths of the human mind, stretching outward like the horizon and down like the slope of the mountain. "Talent is hitting the target that no one else hit; genius is hitting the target that no one else can see." (Arthur Schopenhauer). There are very few players in the history of hockey to whom that applies, but Datsyuk is one of them, for he changed the way we watch and play the game.
Since eras are such a significant signifier of greatness and determine the level of greatness ("Oh, Gretzky was only so good because he played in that high-scoring era!"), look at the eras and the change in hockey's style across the decades. From Gordie Howe to Conner McDavid, the proto-typical "great" hockey player has changed in its definition and perception. Hockey players come and go, and the greatness that once was is shunned for the greatness in the Now. Who were the players in the 80s and 90s who were renowned and thought to be the heralds of a new game? Who were the names of those who all fans thought would be great and the best? Who were those men fans would die by in their excessive defense of the greatness of those men? I bet many of those names are forgotten-or will be in the coming years. No one speaks nowadays about Rocket Richard or Gordie Howe, not really. Those are just "figureheads" for a rougher, less evolved form of hockey, and we are too petty to perceive them as actual titans of the sport, brushing them aside with the arrogance of the casual bandwagon fans. But there were great players before Rocket and Gordie, and what about them? What about their greatness? What about their names? The greatness diminishes in our minds, reduced in favor of the "new" greatness seen in younger, fresher players, and the cycle will never end. But to play to the limits of your era is a transcendent act, and that is why we ardently defend the names of those rarified few who played to the limits of their eras - because maybe one hockey player in an entire generation, if that, is actually capable of playing to the limits of his generation. These players actively defined their eras by revealing the limits of their eras. Gretzky is the best example of that, and following him is Gordie. But I think Datsyuk is up there. However, I think Datsyuk actually transcends those limits, unlike the others, for his artistic influence is too immense and creative, burning too brightly, to be snuffed out - because that is genius, an imprint eternalized in the sand that Time's waves can never wash away.
Gretzky is the most intelligent player to ever play, which will never change, but Datsyuk is absolutely the most creative and artistic. To watch Datsyuk in his prime, at his absolute best during a game, was worth any price - for that is what genius means. I would pay a max limit to watch any other player in his prime at his absolute best, having the game of his life - including Gretzky, Howe, Lemieux, Orr, Lidstrom, Crosby, and McDavid, and that price would probably max out at around $1,000 (I'm a cheap guy, what can I say?) - but for Datsyuk, it's different. I can't conceive a price I wouldn't pay to watch Datsyuk in his prime at his absolute best. To see that level of creativity, artistry, dedication, determination, intelligence, and proactive subtlety is priceless; to see genius work in the moment is mesmerizing. His elite influence on both ends of the ice simultaneously was unparalleled. I watch other hockey players who impact on a shift on one end of the ice, but Datsyuk was the only player I've ever seen who was the most impactful player on the ice on both ends of the ice-on the same shift, time and time again! He never took a shift off. He didn't half-ass some shifts in which he would focus on offense and then do the reverse on the next shift, alternating between his focuses. No, every shift was played with critical attention paid to both ends of the ice, and I've never seen that with another player, specifically at his level. Yes, Patrice Bergeron is an excellent two-player, but he noticeably lacks that intrinsic spark-the genius-that Datsyuk so obviously, brilliantly possesses. You always notice Datsyuk on the ice; you always have one eye glued to him, anticipating the moment you watch a creative act that robs you of your breath and stirs your heart with its artistry. He is like a magnet, attracting your gaze, attention, respect, and awe, for he has that "it" factor that no other hockey player has had in such spades - to my amateur eye, of course.
But it is priceless all the same, for you never see that. It takes an exceptional player to do that, and Datsyuk transcends the limits of time and space. Nowadays, people deride Gretzky and Lemieux in favor of Crosby and Ovechkin (or, for a more modern-modern example, McDavid and Matthews), but even fifty years from now, no one can deride a player in favor of Datsyuk for his influence transcends petty subjectivism. His creativity and artistry are eternal forces that those blessed of us who watched him play live will remember forever and praise until the days we die. There will be another Lemieux in terms of the physical gifts (and arguably has been with Lindros and Malkin, albeit not with the long-term impact); there will be another Crosby (and many argue that there already is another Crosby in either MacKinnon or McDavid); there will be another Ovechkin (not in terms of longevity for scoring but the elite impact in the moment, absolutely); and there will be another McDavid. But like Gretzky, there will never be another Datsyuk, not the quantified, conceived whole of him who was exceptional and profound at all levels of the game, lacking any weak area."
My friend if you continue to put out the quality of videos you have so far, that 6k will be 60k will be 600k in no time.
Keep up the excellent work and much love
We miss him dearly in Detroit ! Hope Lombardi gets this good , he surtenly has the hands to get there !
Your favourite hockey players’ favourite hockey player
Ps - excellent vid, MSZ!
Brendan Shanahan is going to be upset if you keep calling him Brandon 😂
It's good there will never be another Datsyuk! Every player is different in their own distinguishable way. Keep it that way. No copy cats
he was the most talented player off all time, know one dangled like him, noone
i love all your videos but the last couple with less background music have been better so far! keep up the grind, champ!
Most skilled player ever
Great video!!! What a legend!!
Pioneer and decades ahead of his time. If people would have known what hidden gem there was back in his draft year he would have gone 1st overall but insted he Pavel had to read from papers that he was drafted. There was 0 hype around him, just came into league and rest is history.
Datsyuk would dominate in 3on3 overtime
Teams would probably have to pull their goalie in the last few minutes of a tied game because of how dangerous he would be. This is the same guy that has went coast to coast and also skated through an entire team before.
Wow great video, new subscriber here. Well done
We love ya
Paveluas!
Ayoo is that the Super Nintendo donkey Kong music
From the water levels 😂
Another amazing video man. Love the way these are put together. As a leaf fan, I’d love to see a Wendell Clark video. The man with the most heart to ever wear the maple leaf. Captain crunch.
That would be a banger 👀
That is absolutley true Loved that guy , even as a redwing fan , Good players are always loved no mater where they play . Can we get a Scott Stevens video now ?
Penguins fan, this guy sucks (I love him)
How do you move like that in the Chel? Wild😮
another banger loving all your vids brother.
Great videos homie! Hard to find an actual good UA-camr these days that doesn’t fake shit or do weird content! Raw organic videos love this shit homie keep it up!
The donkey kong music tho
Datsyuk crossovers were sick like a And 1 mixtape every night
Id take 5 datsyuks vs any line ever
I temper when dstsuke got that blind side hit and it destroyed him
Always surprised he never scored 100 points.
I bet Detroit had no idea what they were getting when they picked him up. The last real Red Wing
The G.O.A.T!!!!!
I really resent what the new ownership group has done in Pittsburg. Imagine going from Mario to this. I know its cliche but in order to win there needs to be a CULTURE of winning. A mindset. Especially in a really tough league like the nhl. As a pens fan its hard to watch.
Forgot the Olympic gold medal....
Kenta Nilsson predated Datsyuk as the 'Magic Man' in the NHL.
Well done
I need to know what music you used cause the selection is phenomenal
Donkey kong country aquatic ambience and el secreto by Yung Logos💯
30:15 past 6000 now ❤🎉
On his day he was just unplayable against.
@10:45 You're saying Gretzky and McKinnon are "not quite good enough to win one of the major awards"? More likely it's not common to get a super-elite player with low enough penalty minutes.
Do one on Larry Robinson
What's the name of the song at the beginning?
Yall ever heard of McDavid? Hes like Datsyuk but with skill and speed
No, never. Who is it?
Pavel Datsyuk, the guy who can put you on a 2 man advantage when there's no one in the penalty box, lol
He's alright, but he's no Lemiuex. Le Magnifique
What's with the quality of the video at 360p? Shame.
There’s a little setting icon in the bottom right corner you can adjust it to 1080p, the quality may also be poor at times just because of how long ago some of the games were
back when professional sports werent rigged due to online sportsbook gambling
Great video on a great player! Could you please change the music though? It feels like you've used the same music on all of your videos, and it's getting old.
Yet crazy that this guy never had a 100 pt season, didn’t reach 1,000 pts and wasn’t even a pt/game player. Great player, though.
He had a season where he was only 3 points away from 100 and he won the Selke that same season. Very short list of guys that can pull that off.
Obviously never watched him play
Donkey Kong vibes
Ivan Demidov
Go watch Mcdavid highlights buds
жаль!..
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как и его недооценка
He’s like the Barry sanders of hockey