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Originally Posted by ZedMan
Sure Russia won't be able to send their *best* players, but a lot of their *better* players are in the KHL and are eligible.
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"A lot"? Are you sure about that? I see that Ilya Kovalchuk and Pavel Datsyuk are both ripping up the KHL, but beyond these two there is a whole lot of Vladimir Tkachevs and Sergei Shirokovs along with hosts of Linden Veys and Nigel Dawes'. If Russia comes into the Olympics with any sort of competitive advantage provided by the KHL, it will be exceptionally slight, and NOTHING comparable to the disparity in 1984.