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WJC: 2016 — Russia Roster Talk

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Svechnikov must be hurt or something...How can a player of this caliber be so bad?

And watching Vovchenko score every other game in the KHL pains me even more.
 
cska78 said:
Svechnikov must be hurt or something...How can a player of this caliber be so bad?

And watching Vovchenko score every other game in the KHL pains me even more.
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Ill chip in here he is awesome for our local team Cape Breton Screaming eagles ! not sure why he is not "stepping it up"
 
Yakushev72 said:
Congratulations to Bragin! He has coached the team 5 times since 2005 (once as assistant in 2005 and 4 times as primary coach), and they have reached the Gold Medal game every time. Tomorrow let's finish the job!
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wow that's impressive. FIN - RUS is actually a battle between coaches. J Jalonen has been impressive too, and has gold medal coaching A team 2011.
 
If Svechnikov is not injured I would actually blame Bragin fkr the bad pick, iwould rather have taken Guryanov or even Nekolenko..
 
cska78 said:
Svechnikov must be hurt or something...How can a player of this caliber be so bad?

And watching Vovchenko score every other game in the KHL pains me even more.
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Low hockey sense and poor skating means you will be exposed at this level.
 
Am I the only one here who think that our MVPs are Dergachyov and Fazleyev? They do absolutely brilliant job keeping possession.
 
cska78 said:
Svechnikov must be hurt or something...How can a player of this caliber be so bad?

And watching Vovchenko score every other game in the KHL pains me even more.
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I wondered about that. As far as one can tell with the naked eye, he looks healthy as far as I can tell. In fact, as a pure skater, he might be Russia's best. With his wide stance and fluid stride, his style reminds me a bit of Connor McDavid. Hopefully, tonight is his night!
 
Yakushev72 said:
I wondered about that. As far as one can tell with the naked eye, he looks healthy as far as I can tell. In fact, as a pure skater, he might be Russia's best. With his wide stance and fluid stride, his style reminds me a bit of Connor McDavid. Hopefully, tonight is his night!
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Straight ahead speed is decent but his overall skating, in terms of pivoting and turning etc is not that good speaking generously.
 
Namba 17 said:
Am I the only one here who think that our MVPs are Dergachyov and Fazleyev? They do absolutely brilliant job keeping possession.
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Dergachyov and Fazleyev are very good, but unless something extraordinary happens in the final, our MVP is Korshkov, imo.
 
Please lets not exaggerate, Russia at WJC 2016 was not worthy gold medal, deal with it.
Here were no players like Panarin, Kuzya and Tarasenko who would deal with that...

Maybe next year.
 
Another excellent Bragin team. I am disappointed with the result, but mostly pleased to see Russia contending from year to year.

Let's face it - this was not Russia's most skilled team. But they played with heart and came out with the silver medal. Many people expected less.

Like some people, I am also puzzled about the Kamenev call. However Russia did tie the game after that, so I can't say this made the difference.

It is good to see Finland playing well. I thought they would be too green to win the gold, but they showed gumption. I don't think either teams did anything wrong in the match and ultimately something just had to give.
 
No worries, another tournament ended in Silver. The important thing is to learn and grow and be a better player soon either in NHL or KHL. Gold or Silver doesn't matter.

Today probably wasn't your day, but amazing game by Russian. Home tournament always get the advantage no denied that.

Hell we ended in 4th again, Lol.
 
Bragin's team give it all always, always. Simply pleasure to watch. However this may be his fault also because they often run out of steam at the end of the last game simply because there is not enough time to rest.
 
I have to hope my FEL team TPS gives some gind of credit Georgijev aside of Keskitalo. I felt he had a really good tournament, and he didn't lose it for you. Hopefully he has a bright future with our organization, or somewhere else!
 
Is it me, or was this kind of different Russian team then what we are used to?

They didn't have a great deal of offensive fire-power, unlike most other years. But the physical play, forecheck, good penalty kill, defensive positioning were all among the best in the tournament and possibly even the best.

Some of the most recent Russian teams relied on their star offensive player and their goaltenders standing on their heads.
 
MaxV said:
Is it me, or was this kind of different Russian team then what we are used to?

They didn't have a great deal of offensive fire-power, unlike most other years. But the physical play, forecheck, good penalty kill, defensive positioning were all among the best in the tournament and possibly even the best.

Some of the most recent Russian teams relied on their star offensive player and their goaltenders standing on their heads.
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i think the same could be said about the last year's team. I believe that's Bragin's approach to our latest teams that are lacking some star power.
 
Thanks for making it a huge game Russia, on of the all time classics I have seen from tv. If you scored the ot goal you would've deserved, you were that close to it.
 
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