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Olympics: Rank the top 10 current countries at the Olympic Level.

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Russia is getting too much respect from those that are choosing to include them. They're no higher than 5. Weak center and defensive depth. You could have the best 12 wings and goalie in the tournament and it doesn't compensate for that. I love Evegeni Malkin but if he's your 1C at his age, you've got a problem, and it only gets worse from there.
 
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DesertPenguin said:
Russia is getting too much respect from those that are choosing to include them. They're no higher than 5. Weak center and defensive depth. You could have the best 12 wings and goalie in the tournament and it doesn't compensate for that. I love Evegeni Malkin but if he's your 1C at his age, you've got a problem, and it only gets worse from there.
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I think the Goalies could be real difference makers for them. I think the C depth is very poor. W's are insane though. I think the D is improving. Feel like every year there is another great looking Russian D coming in and I think Mint will be very good.

But, for sure, C depth is well beind with Big 4 (mostly due to age)
 
DesertPenguin said:
Russia is getting too much respect from those that are choosing to include them. They're no higher than 5. Weak center and defensive depth. You could have the best 12 wings and goalie in the tournament and it doesn't compensate for that. I love Evegeni Malkin but if he's your 1C at his age, you've got a problem, and it only gets worse from there.
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Whether a player is a center or wing matters very little. They have multiple gamebreaking talent at forward. And players that can all easily be the straw that stirs the drink on the line and doesn’t require some Canadian center to set them up in order to be effective. The idea that centers are inherently more important because they are centers is one of those unproven feedback loops as a result of all the best Canadian kids getting put at center.
 
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Whether a player is a center or wing matters very little. They have multiple gamebreaking talent at forward. And players that can all easily be the straw that stirs the drink on the line and doesn’t require some Canadian center to set them up in order to be effective. The idea that centers are inherently more important because they are centers is one of those unproven feedback loops as a result of all the best Canadian kids getting put at center.
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It is and I'll agree to an extent because Czechs are winger based too.

BUT

A centre can play wing if need be and I'd kill to have 9C's in my top 12 and put a few on Wing. Wings don't give that luxury.

But yes, I wouldn't be worried about Kaprizov or Kucherov not able to participate because the C's aren't as strong as them.

Also, Jagr was a winger so I may have a big bias here.lol
 
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It is and I'll agree to an extent because Czechs are winger based too.

BUT

A centre can play wing if need be and I'd kill to have 9C's in my top 12 and put a few on Wing. Wings don't give that luxury.

But yes, I wouldn't be worried about Kaprizov or Kucherov not able to participate because the C's aren't as strong as them.

Also, Jagr was a winger so I may have a big bias here.lol
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Yes, biggest issue for both would be faceoffs, imo. A good amount of Wings *can* play Center and likely switched off a good bit as young players, they just don't have as much experience in the pro games because NHL teams will have like 8 Canadian guys that came up as Centers.
 
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