Top 50 Canucks players of all time: #15 – Alexander Mogilny

Join us this summer as we count down the top 50 Vancouver Canucks players of all time! #15: Alexander Mogilny

Alexander Mogilny ranks 32nd in all-time Vancouver Canucks scoring. But that hardly tells the story of the electrifying Russian’s time with the hockey club. That’s because Mogilny registered his 308 points in just 312 games. When framed that way, only Pavel Bure and JT Miller have scored at a higher point per game clip.

A ruthless finisher, Mogilny scored 139 goals in his parts of five seasons as a Canuck. That included a 55-goal campaign in his first season in Vancouver, in 1995-96, after being acquired from Buffalo at the 1995 NHL Draft. That remains the second-highest goal total by a Canuck behind Bure, who twice scored 60 in a season. That 55-goal campaign left Mogilny third in the NHL that season behind only Mario Lemieux (69) and Jaromir Jagr (62).

In Canucks history, Mogilny’s 107-point season in 1995-96 has only been bettered by Bure (110) and Henrik Sedin (112). While his time in the Canucks organization was brief, Mogilny’s impact was immense. He is tied for 19th in all-time goals scored and is tied for fourth in short-handed goals with 13. As terrific as Mogilny was, he arrived at a time of transition for the hockey club and only appeared in the playoffs once. And in a six-game loss to the Colorado Avalanche, Mogilny led the Canucks with a goal and eight assists.

With the Canucks in the midst of yet more organizational turmoil at the turn of the millennium, the club dealt Mogilny to the New Jersey Devils for Brendan Morrison and Denis Pederson in March of 2000. The trade worked out for both teams, with Morrison eventually becoming part of the West Coast Express, while Mogilny went on to win the Stanley Cup with the Devils just months after the deal.

After years of being overlooked, Alex Mogilny finally earned his rightful spot in the Hockey Hall of Fame when he was announced as part of the Class of 2025 earlier this year. He will be enshrined in November.

Our previously ranked top 50 Canucks of all time:

#50 – Curt Fraser
#49 – Dave Babych
#48 – Martin Gelinas
#47 – Chris Oddleifson
#46 – Jannik Hansen
#45 – Ivan Boldirev
#44 – Gary Smith
#43 – Jacob Markstrom
#42 – Orland Kurtenbach
#41 – Harold Snepsts
#40 – Darcy Rota
#39 – Thatcher Demko
#38 – Geoff Courtnall
#37 – Dennis Ververgaert
#36 – Petri Skriko
#35 – Dan Hamhuis
#34 – Doug Lidster
#33 – Patrik Sundstrom
#32 – Brendan Morrison
#31 – Richard Brodeur
#30 – Sami Salo
#29 – André Boudrais
#28 – Kevin Bieksa
#27 – Don Lever
#26 – Bo Horvat
#25 – Brock Boeser
#24 – Dennis Kearns
#23 – Ed Jovanovski
#22 – Greg Adams
#21 – Cliff Ronning
#20 – JT Miller
#19 – Tony Tanti
#18 – Jyrki Lumme
#17 – Elias Pettersson
#16 – Alex Burrows