Favourite Russian Hab player

[donghabs98]

Inspired by the articles below and the promise of potentially having a homegrown Russian star player, who are some of your favourite Russian players to play for the Habs?

Great Montreal Canadiens Russians: Alexei Kovalev

Our collective prayers have been answered, and the Montreal Canadiens drafted an offensive superstar from Russia, Ivan Demidov. So in honour of this outstanding

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Great Russian Montreal Canadiens: Ilya Kovalchuk

The Montreal Canadiens finally drafted their next offensive superstar, Ivan Demidov, and he comes from the way off land of Russia. Demidov is poised to be the n

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[Seb]

If Markov isn't the unanimous vote I'll be extremely disappointed.

 

[GoodKiwi]

Dadonov obviously.

 

[MakeTheGoalsLarger]

Petrov

 

[Redux91]

If Markov isn't the unanimous vote I'll be extremely disappointed.

Sorry bud

I do 100% love The General too tho, bigtime

 

[Treb]

For their time on the Habs:
Andrei Markov
Alexei Kovalev
Vladimir Malakhov
Alexander Radulov
Alexei Emelin

For their NHL career:
Ilya Kovalchuk
Sergei Gonchar
Alexei Kovalev
Andrei Markov
Mikhail Sergachev

 

[Canadiens Ghost]

Markov

 

[Zilo44]

Demidov

 

[Habs10Habs]

Gotta be the General, with Kovalev a close 2nd.

 

[boompuffboom]

We LOVE Andrei Markov

 

[themilosh]

Gotta be the General, with Kovalev a close 2nd.

Nothing beats Kovalev for excitement, but gotta stick with Markov. Petrov close.

 

[Skip Bayless]

The General, although Kovalev is a close 2nd.

 

[JianYang]

1) Markov - he had it all, and he spent his entire career in montreal

2) Kovalev - there were ups and downs but he was must watch TV and the most skilled player I have seen in a habs uniform. He always brought it in the playoffs.

3) Petrov - he was an energizer bunny with high energy. His hands didn't keep up with his pace, but he was inspiring to watch

4) Radulov - basically a bigger and more skilled petrov. Loved his intensity but his tenure was too short to have him up further on the list

5) Malakhov - It ended badly, but this guy was smooth as silk and was a tremendous blend of talent and strength when he was in the mood.

 

[Sookind]

Markov the best russian, not even close. Kovalev 2nd, not long and left us for Ottawa for more money...but if he would have been drafted here or spend a decade with us it would have changed a lot of things.The crowd drive him,like subban.Kovalev was the most talented but Markov hands down.

 

[KevSkillz4]

Radulov, AK46 (underrated) and Markov!!

Markov #1
Radu #2
AK46 #3

 

[JianYang]

Radulov, AK46 (underrated) and Markov!!

Markov #1
Radu #2
AK46 #3

Technically speaking, AK is not russian

 

[KevSkillz4]

Technically speaking, AK is not russian

He still got both nationality

 

[ChesterNimitz]

1) Markov - he had it all, and he spent his entire career in montreal

2) Kovalev - there were ups and downs but he was must watch TV and the most skilled player I have seen in a habs uniform. He always brought it in the playoffs.

3) Petrov - he was an energizer bunny with high energy. His hands didn't keep up with his pace, but he was inspiring to watch

4) Radulov - basically a bigger and more skilled petrov. Loved his intensity but his tenure was too short to have him up further on the list

5) Malakhov - It ended badly, but this guy was smooth as silk and was a tremendous blend of talent and strength when he was in the mood.

Malakhov.

In the almost 70 years that I have followed this fabled franchise the two most talented players that I ever watched play for the Canadiens were Malakhov and Richer. They weren't the two best players, but in this writer's opinion, they were the most pure talented players and would have starred in any era. One can't say that about many of my old heroes.

 

[the]

Le Dieu du Stade Alexei Kovalev all-time GOAT and should be in the Hall of fame.

Almost 18 years later and nobody came close to dethrone his scoring title. He’s due to have his number retired for his 2007-08 legendary season.

 

[habsfan92]

No love for Perezhogin?

 

[Kaiden Ghoul]

Markov obv... also Kovalev and hopefully Demidov

Perozhogin was also someone i think off

 

[Michelangelo]

Ivan Demidov

Alexander Avtsin

 

[donghabs98]

For their time on the Habs:
Andrei Markov
Alexei Kovalev
Vladimir Malakhov
Alexander Radulov
Alexei Emelin

For their NHL career:
Ilya Kovalchuk
Sergei Gonchar
Alexei Kovalev
Andrei Markov
Mikhail Sergachev

Watching highlights of Radulov's lone season here and man do I wish we got more of that. He was such a force.

 

[Treb]

Watching highlights of Radulov's lone season here and man do I wish we got more of that. He was such a force.

He was great. Such a career wasted by Nashville.

 

[Naslundforever]

Tretiak

7th round 1983.

1983 NHL Entry Draft -- Vladislav Tretiak

Kovalev made me trip out more than Markov.