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Originally Posted by vilzeh
Nothing beats the line of:
Kasataonov - Fetisov - Makarov
Larionov - Krutov
The chemistry & skill, no one beats it. NO ONE.
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They played together as a 5-man unit for well over a decade.
Take Canada's top 5 (which at that time would have included Gretzky and Lemieux) and play them as a unit for most of their careers, and I think they would be prey good too.
Those guys were great players, but IMO, Kasatonov and Krutov were very fortunate to be playing on that unit and would not be in any discussions I would have about all-time greats.
Fetisov is the only Russian defenseman that I think is in the discussion with the 8 or 10 Canadian defensemen discussed above