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MaxV said:
Are you making this statement because of small ice? Radulov and Kovalchuk both have played on small ice before.

There is no way the top Russian team is made up of strictly NHL players.

Yakupov, Nichushkin, Nesterov, Grigorenko and Zadorov are all too green for such a tournament. Kulemin is meh. Tyutin is too old. Burmistrov, Kalinin, Nikitin, Tikhonov, Plotnikov are all mediocre.

Even guys like Anisimov, Namestnikov and Marchenko aren't necessarily better then some top KHLers.
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No. I am saying that the KHL should attend to its own season and let the NHL conduct its own business. If Russia loses the tournament (not many are listing Russia as the favorite to begin with), so what? This is just a summer invitational exhibition tournament designed to raise money for the NHL and NHLPA. Its not recognized as a world championship, or even as a best on best tournament consistent with how that is described on HF Boards. With all the Under-23 and European All-Star circus, the World Cup is just a joke to begin with.

Why did the NHL decide to resurrect this tournament after 12 years of lying dormant? Some are speculating that the NHL is planning on bailing out of the 2018 and 2022 Olympics in Asia, and the World Cup is being offered up as a substitute for it. There are enough Russians in the NHL to staff a team, and the Russian NHL'ers have a responsibility to support the hands that feed them, the NHL and NHLPA. The KHL, by contrast, gets nothing out of it, and would be wise to stay as far away from it as possible.
 
Yakushev72 said:
Why did the NHL decide to resurrect this tournament after 12 years of lying dormant?
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It's either to replace NHL participation at the Olympics or to make money that might offset the financial losses of staying in the Olympics.

If it's the latter then I'm fine with it. Let the NHL have their event, which will serve as a training ground for the real thing in 2018.
 
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Strange. I thought that KHLers wouldn't go at all.

As far as best possible roster, well I guess it depends on opinions.
 
Bobrovskiy
Varlamov
Sorokin (KHL)


Ovechkin - Kuznetsov - Radulov(KHL)
Tarasenko - Malkin - Kovalchuk(KHL)
Kucherov - Datsyuk -Mozyakin (KHL)
Panarin - Anisimov -Gusev(KHL)
Shipachev(KHL)

Denisov(KHL)- Zaitsev(KHL)
Markov - Emelin
Belov(KHL)-Chudinov(KHL)
Yakovlev(KHL)
 
I would just bring Radulov, Kovalchuk, Zaitsev and Chudinov.

Voynov doesn't look good out there. Mozyakin, Gusev and Shipachyov are all talented, but aren't used to small ice. It's too short of a tournament for adjustments.

Sorokin for 3rd spot is ok for the experience, but it would be a good experience for Vasilevskiy also.
 
I see it the other way around.

Allowing 50% KHL would allow many NHL Russians to skip it and they still field a team.
 
MaxV said:
I would just bring Radulov, Kovalchuk, Zaitsev and Chudinov.

Voynov doesn't look good out there. Mozyakin, Gusev and Shipachyov are all talented, but aren't used to small ice. It's too short of a tournament for adjustments.

Sorokin for 3rd spot is ok for the experience, but it would be a good experience for Vasilevskiy also.
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Considering what happened in the USA, Canada might not grant him a visa, even if Russia wants to take him.
 
The offense is super elite but who cares, we have zero puck moving defensemen. Canada's worst D is way better than the top Russian.
 
Bear12Good said:
Rotenberg said 50% of the players in the Russian team at the World Cup can be of KHL:)

http://www.sports.ru/hockey/1037014573.html
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I would recommend caution in taking these kind of random statements at face value. Its possible that the KHL may be planning on participating, but also possible that he is just making conversation. The World Cup would be held during the KHL regular season, and there is just no obvious explanation as to how the KHL would benefit from participating. KHL players are already jumping ship to go to the NHL as fast as possible as it is. It doesn't make any sense.

If, for some reason, the KHL decides to participate, Mozyakin should be included on the roster. He is getting a bit old, but is still a remarkable sniper who scores a lot of goals. Goals never hurt.
 
My opinion on 16 players, who will be selected in roster before 1st March.

Bobrovsky, Varlamov

Markov(A), Emelin, Kulikov, Orlov

Ovechkin(C), Datsyuk(A), Malkin, Tarasenko, Kucherov, Kuznetsov, Panarin, Anisimov, Kovalchuk, Radulov

I dont want to see Kovalchuk on WC, but he will
 
My team with KHLrs:
Ovechkin(A)- Kuznetsov - Radulov
Panarin - Malkin - Tarasenko(A)
Gusev (or Kovalchuk) - Datsyuk(K) - Kucherov
Zaripov - Anisimov - Nichushkin

Orlov - Zaytsev
Markov - Emelin
Chudinov - Medvedev

Bobrovsky
Varlamov

Without KHLrs:
Ovechkin - Kuznetsov - Tarasenko
Kulemin - Malkin - Nichushkin
Panarin - Datsyuk - Kucherov
Namestnikov - Anisimov - Yakupov

Markov - Emelin
Orlov - Medvedev
Nesterov - Kulikov

Bobrovsky
Varlamov
 
Marchenko should be on the team. Not only because he is one of the few right-handed blue-liners, but also because he plays a smart, conservative game.
 
Ovechkin - Kuznetsov - Tarasenko
Kovalchuck - Malkin - Radulov
Gusev - Datsyuk - Kucherov
Panarin - Anisimov - Dadonov

Markov - Emelin
Orlov - Kulikov
Marchenko - Medvedev

Bobrovsky
Varlamov
Vasilevsky
 
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