Rangers get scorer Bure from Panthers

On this night, the New York Rangers were one of the rare winners in the NHL, and they didn&#39;t even take the ice. <br> <br> On a night when half of the six league games ended in ties, the Rangers scored a major victory - they acquired Pavel Bure. <br> <br> New York got the six-time All-Star forward Monday night in a trade with the Florida Panthers. The Rangers only had to part with a young defenseman, a disappointing older one and some draft picks to get him. <br> <br> ``He&#39;s a constant threat,&#39;&#39; Rangers general manager Glen Sather said. ``He&#39;s someone who can score any time he gets the puck on his stick. He&#39;s an artist. He&#39;s a superstar.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> The Rangers received Bure, the league&#39;s top goal scorer the past two seasons, and a second-round pick in this year&#39;s draft for 19-year-old minor leaguer Filip Novak, 30-year-old veteran Igor Ulanov, first and second-round picks in the 2002 draft and a fourth-rounder next year. <br> <br> Bure will make his debut with the Rangers on Tuesday night when the team plays host to Vancouver. New York, which hasn&#39;t reached the postseason since 1997, trails Montreal by two points for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. <br> <br> ``This guy is a world-class player,&#39;&#39; Sather said. ``He&#39;s going to make our team go.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> The ``Russian Rocket&#39;&#39; led the NHL in goals each of the last two seasons, but since being traded to Florida from Vancouver in 1999, he has not won a playoff game with the Panthers. <br> <br> ``Pavel is a wonderful talent,&#39;&#39; Panthers GM Chuck Fletcher said. ``He entertained all of us. But clearly Pavel by himself couldn&#39;t make us win.&#39;&#39;