Team Russkie

[forty_three]

Goalies:

Sergei Bobrovsky,
Semyon Varlamov,
Alexander Yeryomenko,

D:

Anton Belov,
Slava Voynov,
Alexei Emelin,
Andrei Markov,
Evgeny Medvedev,
Nikita Nikitin,
Ilya Nikulin,
Fedor Tyutin,

Forwards:
Artem Anisimov,
Pavel Datsyuk,
Denis Kokarev,
Ilya Kovalchuk,
Nikolai Kulemin,
Evgeni Malkin,
Valeri Nichushkin,
Alex Ovechkin,
Alexander Popov,
Alexander Radulov,
Sergei Soin,
Vladimir Tarasenko,
Alexei Tereshenko,
Viktor Tikhonov.



No Nail.

Four Blue Jackets.

 

[dash]

That Russian defense looks highly vulnerable....

 

[mattola]

No Semin. Ill bet he spouts off about that in the news

 

[jstewismybastardson]

No Semin. Ill bet he spouts off about that in the news

i bet he explodes ... showers reporters with his venom

 

[forty_three]

That Russian defense looks highly vulnerable....

Expecting the goalies and forwards to bail them out, I suppose.

Funny that Bryz is not even the third goalie. Or Khabibulin.

 

[dash]

I can't wait for Kovalchuk to score and Radulov to give Kovy a concussion during the goal celly...

 

[element1286]

I know Volchenkov is hurt, but I guess it's serious if they left off the roster.

 

[Comeds]

No Semin. Ill bet he spouts off about that in the news

Yeah, I expect he will make a mess about this.

 

[dash]

Expecting the goalies and forwards to bail them out, I suppose.

Funny that Bryz is not even the third goalie. Or Khabibulin.

Or Nabokov.

 

[pixburgher66]

*stares at roster* For a country that so badly wants to win, they sure let their pride (KHL) get in the way.

 

[mattola]

unless officiating gets in the way do you see this team actually making a medal game?

 

[jstewismybastardson]

*stares at roster* For a country that so badly wants to win, they sure let their pride (KHL) get in the way.

its just like 2010 ... they think theyll showcase how "good" their league is

 

[pixburgher66]

unless officiating gets in the way do you see this team actually making a medal game?

Not with Canada, US, Sweden, and Finland in the tourney. Heck, the Czech's look better.

 

[pixburgher66]

its just like 2010 ... they think theyll showcase how "good" their league is

And this tourney likely ends like that one did...medal-less.

 

[dash]

Looks at Russian roster - Are you Putin me on?

 

[jstewismybastardson]

unless officiating gets in the way do you see this team actually making a medal game?

they have the country on their side ... they know they shit the bed in 2010 (literally ... after excessive drinking the night before)

its the perfect sized ice for them because there is more room to hide

 

[esls79]

*stares at roster* For a country that so badly wants to win, they sure let their pride (KHL) get in the way.

If they already have the refs bought off, no need to worry about player selection.

 

[dash]

Maybe they can get the refs from the '72 Olympic men's basketball final

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

Scary offensively.

 

[Nasty_Magician]

Scary offensively.

Yeah but the thing I've noticed all these years with the Russians is that their talent doesn't compliment one another at all. Basically all of these guys need the puck on their stick to be effective, and since they can't all have the puck all of that talent is negated.