Comments on: What Went Wrong With Team Russia?

By: dimi19

dimi19 — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:29:53 +0000

kovalev should have been on the team and should have been captain, he would have made the powerplay MUCH MUCH MUCH better, and he is much better in shoot outs than ovechkin 3 times

zubov should have been on the team

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:02:05 +0000

@Stephen, 1976? You’re old. How about “the greatest conglomeration of hockey talent people without replacement hips may ever see?”

By: Jordan

Jordan — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:17:52 +0000

Semin, Ovechkin, Gonchar and Malkin were all on the same line. Not sure if this matters much, but it could, IDK.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:17:44 +0000

‘For the greatest conglomeration of hockey talent we may ever see, Team Russia played like amateurs. ‘

Um… check out the roster of Team Canada 1976 – 16 Hall of Fame players, including Orr, Hull, and Lafleur. Or 1987, with ten hall of famers and the two greatest players to ever play the game. Or the USSR’s 1981 Canada cup team, the best team they ever assembled and one which beat Canada 8-1.

If you think this Russian team was a great collection of players, even with the laughable inclusion of the overmatched KHL players instead of players like Kovalev, you haven’t watched much hockey.

By: Katie

Katie — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:15:41 +0000

I place a lot of blame on the coach. When he sent Ovi out 3 times during that shootout when everyone knows he doesn’t have a great shootout record and other team members who do better at shootouts weren’t sent out at all, I became officially worried. What a letdown. I had such high hopes.