Pav's one liners

[titanium2 867]

I think my favorite has to be the whole awards show ceremony.

After winning the Selke: "I wanted speech longer but my English, short."

The Lady Byng: "When I come to first time I have list I forget because I'm nervous first time now and I have nothing."

Stanley Cup Party: "I remember going to the party, but I woke up at home... I have to ask my wife because I don't remember."

I'm sure a lot of people can relate to my experience when I got his autograph. It's always a different number when I hear other people's stories but after he signed my card he joked and smiled and said, "Good? 50 dollars." I was like, "...Wha?" He just laughed and said, "Joke, just joke."

[finalfilppula 2]

that man i love.

[Wings_Rule_1010 4]

It is usually hard when player's accents are so thick to get a grasp on their personality. But with Pavel, you can just tell he is a funny guy. I love listening to his interviews. He is hysterical.

When I got his autograph it was his rookie year and he spoke no english. He signed my puck D of 13. My cousin asked him to sign the picture to her and he just wrote his entire name: DATSYUK PAVEL, with the help of his interpretor. I felt so bad for him.

Edited February 7, 2009 by Wings_Rule_1010

[shoe 165]

I liked at the awards cerimony,: "hello again". it was simple but funny to me at least

[Peleshob 0]

My personal favourite is from an article from over a year ago. Franzen had just joined a line with Pavel:

"Don't yell," said Datsyuk quietly. "'I know where you are."

[Ms_Hockey 0]

I saw on Red Wings weekly tonight when they were talking about how you don't step on the winged wheel in the middle of the locker room carpet. The reporter made a joke, something to the effect of "So what happens if someone other than a player steps on the winged wheel?" Then the camera tilted down to show his shoes on the edge of the wheel.

They then showed Datsyuk who said "Wanna go outside?"

I just about died.

[FunkedUp 29]

Interviewer: How many people do you see when you have the puck?

Pavel Dastyuk: About 20,000.

[titanium2 867]

I just remembered a couple more.

"What did you do with the puck in which you scored your first goal?"

"I sold puck for three dollar."

He might not have meant this one as a joke but it was still funny.

"Who taught you those moves you use on the ice?"

"My daughter, I've seen how kids play."

[titanium2 867]

My personal favourite is from an article from over a year ago. Franzen had just joined a line with Pavel:

"Don't yell," said Datsyuk quietly. "'I know where you are."

Yep. Definitely a nice one.

http://redwingscorner.blogspot.com/2007/11...sing-fancy.html

[Ms_Hockey 0]

This isn't Datsyuk, but there was a funny line Maltby threw out about Z once.

Z was asked if he's ever been in a fight. Maltby, overhearing the question, responds "Just with his sister."

In response, Z said "World Championship, with Malts. I kicked his ass."

It was pretty funny.

Oh, and here's another Datsyuk one I found.

"You see? I'm good guy. He play joke on me. He try lots of jokes. Sometimes, they're not good jokes."

- Pavel Datsyuk (during locker-room interview while line-mate Henrik Zetterberg is spraying him with water) April 2004

Edited February 7, 2009 by Ms_Hockey

[Kira 451]

From one of the first interviews he gave...

Q: Why did you want to play in the NHL?

A: Because my team in Russia fire me.

I cracked up when I read that.

And then there is the quote from when they went out with the police in Southern California last year. "Shoot first. Ask later who is alive."

I saw the interview on the logo. He said, "You want to try it? You have good insurance?"

My personal experiences have always been fun. I finally got to meet him in 2006 at training camp. I took a picture with me that a friend had taken of him signing a puck in Nashville (I have the picture on the wall next to my bed. The puck sits on a shelf above my bed). I said to him, "I don't know if you remember doing this, but you signed a puck for a friend of mine in Nashville."

"I do remember. And isn't that a nice picture?"

But it's not only his sense of humor that endears him. When asked how he felt after winning the Cup the first time, he said, "It is a feeling you cannot explain. Like seeing the sun coming up in the morning." How poetic.

[Electrophile 3,554]

I'm pretty sure that if his English improves and this whole hockey thing doesn't work out for him, Pavs could have a nice career lined up for him in stand-up comedy. I'd go see it.

[kylee 727]

I TRUST MINE EYE TO DR RHAMANI!!

[Happy Pancake 6]

I feel good!

[SouthernWingsFan 854]

Saw post-Cup stuff after game 6 on CBC on YouTube and they introduced all the players/coaches for the Wings and who their favorite player was going up.

Datsyuk said without any guilt whatsoever - "I don't have a favorite player."

[wingnut40 176]

I thought these were funny. These were from when he was playing in the Olympics.

Reporter: Has your broken finger caused you any touble?

Pavel: Yes. Now I can't pick my nose.

I like this one better though.

Reporter: How did you sleep your first night in Torino?

Datsyuk: First on my right side, then on my left side, then on my back.

God love him.

[Gizmo 21]

Not a quote, put I loved one of the TV guys imitating him in broken English after a take-away during a game: "You have puck.... Now I have puck!!!"

[dat's sick 1,002]

This one is gold :

"I lost stick, I need to be stronger arm"

"You look like you will hold me all night here, you like to talk with me, ok"

Edited February 7, 2009 by dat's sick

[stormboy 47]

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My personal favourite is from an article from over a year ago. Franzen had just joined a line with Pavel:

"Don't yell," said Datsyuk quietly. "'I know where you are."

perfect pavel. funny, but absolutely true. i love that quiet confidence. pavel rocks my face off.

[CanadaBoy 151]

Saw post-Cup stuff after game 6 on CBC on YouTube and they introduced all the players/coaches for the Wings and who their favorite player was going up.

Datsyuk said without any guilt whatsoever - "I don't have a favorite player."

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[TCfan1340 0]

Datsyuk is very funny. There was a thread last year, with a bunch of his quotes, but I couldn't find it. This one was from this summer when he learned that he and Hank would be playing on seperate lines.

"My reaction? I start crying. I can't sleep two days."

[Kira 451]

When he was playing one on one with Trevor Thompson, Trevor said, "Let's see what you got." Pasha looked at him and said, "I don't have nothin'."

As to a favorite player growing up, although he didn't admit to it, it was actually Igor Larionov.

From "What it Means to be a Red Wing"...

"I had my first experience playing golf! I was so good I sent the ground flying everywhere."

"Henrik Zetterberg is a very good friend of mine. He's a good guy, he could only be better if he spoke Russian. Maybe he would consider changing countries?"

[Systemfel 33]

He said something about him and his linemates being a Russian KGB unit who "shoot first, ask later who alive." Can't find the full quote.

[Nev 1,085]

2 years ago I didn't think it would be possible for me to have a greater man-love for someone than the man-love I had for Zetterberg, but Pavs has taken it to a new level. Unbelievable skills, ferocious 2-way play and a personality to die for.

In a bizarre kind of way, the fact that his English isn't brilliant allows him to be even funnier - clearly the slightly geeky/awkward style works for him, and doing it in broken English makes it all the better. Sadly, the NHL and non-Detroit media haven't picked on him and his personality since they're too busy on their knees for Crosby and (to a lesser extent ) Ovechkin.

Whilst searching for a Datsyuk quote, I came across an awesome one from Sammy *points at SIG*

[Konnan511 1,736]

My favorite Datsyuk quote was after a game in March last year after their horrid February:

The interviewer asked: "March seems to be treating you better than February, what's the difference between these two months?"

Datsyuk: "You see, February only has 29 days and March has 31 days, big difference."