Team Russia (rumoured)

[Knut]

@dchesnokov: It looks like here is team RUS: G: Bobrovsky, Varlamov, Eremenko. D: Belov, Voynov, Emelin, Markov, Medvedev, Nikitin, Nikulin, Tyutin...

@dchesnokov: Rus (cont) F: Anisimov, Datsyuk, Kovalchuk, Kokarev Kulemin, Malkin, Nichushkin, Ovechkin, Popov, Radulov, Tarasenko, Tereshenko, Tikhonov

[JonDuke]

Can't wait until we destroy them.

[sureLoss]

If true Kuzenstov screwed over the Capitals over nothing.

Said he wasn't signing because he wanted to be on the Russian Olympic team.

[East Coast Flame]

No Semin?

[Slava]

No Semin?

[strombad]

Hopefully we can match up against the #1 cop on the force.

[I_H8_Crawford]

No Yakupov?

But Yakupov is something special!!!!!!

[sureLoss]

Official link:

http://fhr.ru/main/news/card/?id_4=8617

	Sergey A. Bobrowski	20.09.1988	COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS	182	77	 
 	 	Varlamov Semen Aleksandrovich	27.04.1988	COLORADO EVALANSH	184	88	 
 	 	Alexander Eremenko	10.04.1980	DYNAMO MOSCOW	179	75	 
 	 	




 
DEFENDERS
 	 	Anton Belov	29.07.1986	EDMONTON OILERS	193	89	 
 	 	Vyacheslav Voinov Leonidovich	15.01.1990	LOS ANGELES KINGS	180	83	 
 	 	Alexei Emelin V.	25.04.1986	MONTREAL CANADIENS	187	97	 
 	 	Andrey Markov	20.12.1978	MONTREAL CANADIENS	183	92	 
 	 	Evgeny Medvedev	27.08.1982	AK BARS	189	87	 
 	 	Nikita Nikitin	16.06.1986	COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS	191	92	 
 	 	Ilya Nikulin	12.03.1982	AK BARS	190	99	 
 	 	Fedor Tyutin A.	19.07.1983	COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS	182	94	 
FORWARDS
 	 	Artyom Anisimov	24.05.1988	COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS	190	80	 
 	 	Datsyuk Pavel V.	20.07.1978	DETROIT RED WINGS	179	95	 
 	 	Kovalchuk Ilya V.	15.04.1983	SKA	187	96	 
 	 	Kokarev Denis S.	17.06.1985	DYNAMO MOSCOW	178	80	 
 	 	Kulemin Nikolay Vladimirovich	14.07.1986	TORONTNO MAPLE LEAFS	185	96	 
 	 	Evgeny Malkin	31.07.1986	PITTSBURGH PENGUINS	191	91	 
 	 	Nichushkin Valery	04.03.1995	DALLAS STARS	194	89	 
 	 	Alexander Ovechkin	17.09.1985	WASHINGTON CAPITALS	188	99	 
 	 	Alexander Popov	08/31/1980	VANGUARD	178	82	 
 	 	Radulov, Alexander V.	05.07.1986	CSKA	186	84	 
 	 	Soin Sergei Viktorovich	31.03.1982	 DYNAMO MOSCOW	182	92	 
 	 	Vladimir A. Tarasenko	13.12.1991	SAINT LOUIS BLUES	178	77	 
 	 	Alexey Tereshchenko	16.12.1980	AK BARS	180	78	 
 	 	Viktor Tikhonov	12.05.1988	SKA	185	75

[bubbsy]

Russia's dcore sucked last olympics, and will be the question mark yet again.

That being said, home ice advantage should play a major role here. Can't wait for this thing to start.

[Roof-Daddy]

This team will need stellar goaltending from their young goalies to have a shot.

I wouldn't be surprised if they failed to medal again, to be honest.

[moon]

That defense is awful.

Who do they play against top lines? Markov-Emelin?

They better hope that Bobrovsky is last years 40 game guy and not the guy he has been every other year.

[PeteMoss]

Did Phoenix give up on Viktor Tikhonov or did he just run off to Russia?

[Coach]

So dumb taking KHL players for obious political reasons. Oh well. They don't scare me as much as Sweden, US or Finland.

[Canada 02]

the European team's taking non-NHLers may work out well as they have spent their whole careers playing on the big ice.

[Handsome B. Wonderful]

Originally Posted by MattyC

So dumb taking KHL players for obious political reasons. Oh well. They don't scare me as much as Sweden, US or Finland.

Would these obvious political reasons be "They don't have a deep enough talent pool to put together a team made from only NHL players?"

[Coach]

Originally Posted by Handsome B. Wonderful

Would these obvious political reasons be "They don't have a deep enough talent pool to put together a team made from only NHL players?"

I guess I'm of the opinion that most anyone in the NHL is better than KHL players, with few exceptions (Radulov, Kovalchuk). Leaving Semin off is a head scratcher.

Also Grabovski. Or is he Belarussian?

[jlh2640]

Where is Sergei gonchar

[GGG]

That is an ugly D-Core. Not to worried about the russians.

US, Sweden, Finland but really sweden.

[Handsome B. Wonderful]

Originally Posted by MattyC

I guess I'm of the opinion that most anyone in the NHL is better than KHL players, with few exceptions (Radulov, Kovalchuk). Leaving Semin off is a head scratcher.

Also Grabovski. Or is he Belarussian?

There's only 13 Russian d-men, 6 Russian goalies, and 12 Russian forwards in the NHL right now and only the top 3 or 4 of each group is any good.

[Puppet Guy]

Originally Posted by I_H8_Crawford

No Yakupov?

But Yakupov is something special!!!!!!

that's a different type of Olympics.