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Originally Posted by SixtySix
I disagree. Russia has a sick team, with a couple world class D-men in Gonchar and Markov. In a 1 game elimination tournament, how can you tell me that Russia (with Ovechkin, Datsyuk, etc. up front), is not a team capable of going head to head with Canada? Sure, they got schooled by Canada, but it's silly to even suggest that Russia was playing anywhere near their potential in that one game.
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In 2014 Gonchar will be 39 and Markov will be 35.
They have no one in the pipeline who can even match the Canadian defense. Plus we schooled them on offense.