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Siberian said:
I think you'll see a lot of them available after the Olympics. Now they are sold only in Bosco stores for about 1100 rubles, pretty steep.
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I'd pay a $1000 to have one!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

:sarcasm:

Those on the Japanese websites aren't like this one!!! I want the white Torino 2006 Cheburashka!!! :cry:
 
I agree, Spezza (though his points basically tell the story of Heatley's offense), but Staal should've been there.

Doan is a bit of a goon though, but plays with heart and that's respected.
Kariya should've been there as well.
 
Congrats Russia. You were the better team and deserved to win. The early whistle non-goal is a complete non-issue to me. It was a bit of a bad break for Canada, but I can't blame to ref for blowing the whistle and I wouldn't consider the play controversial at all.

I thought the Canadians worked very hard individually, but still did not play as a team. For a change, the Russians were more organized, determined, and disciplined (mostly).

I think the blame falls on the players for not performing, and on the coaching staff for not getting them to play as a team. This team had more than enough talent to go all the way, or at least score a few goals, so I don't think it was Gretzky's fault. I thought guys like Doan, Smyth, and St. Louis (whom many would have replaced with Crosby, Spezza, and Staal) were among Canada's only good forwards.
 
Caz said:
Here too. Eurosport showed the replay, and the puck was clearly behind Nabokov's bu*tt. I expectred an outcry from the CAN fans, but I didn't read any coments about it.

Anyways, entertaining game. Over to SVK-CZE now.
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Well I guess something was different in Europe. The Canadian announcers of CBC did not have a problem with that goal being waived off. It was quite evident in the actual play and the replay that the whistle went while Nabokov had the puck and then it got poked in 1-2 seconds after the fact.
 
Nemchinov13 said:
I'm very proud of Team Russia. I'm proud for the veterans who never refused Russia's call: Alexei Kovalev, Alexei Yashin, Darius Kasparaitis, Sergei Gonchar, the Markovs, Kharitonov and Sushinsky. I'm very proud for Vitali Vishnevski, Anton Volchenkov and Fedor Tyutin. It is their first tournament of such magnitude and all three of them are 25 and younger. I'm very proud of Ovechkin and Malkin. 20 and 19 years old respectively. These kids can play in 3 more Olympics. Special thanks to Evgeni Nabokov. Born and raised in Ust' Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan, he always wanted to play for Team Russia. If it wasn't for him, I woldn't be writing these words. I'm very proud of and thankful to the Coach Vladimir Krikunov and General Manager Pavel Bure for assembling such passionate and hungry, if not the most skilled team. To the players of Team Russia - thank you for accepting Motherland's call to defend its Olympic honor - all of you (even the mindless sprinter Afinogenov) has given all. All of you have played with enthusiasm, sacrifice and dedication, even if not always smartly. Now, I will be disappointed if you will not win gold, but I will not be mad as long as you would continue to play the way you played today against Canada. To Samsonov, Zubov, Fedorov, others who refused the honor - **** you and eat ****, ****ing losers, ****ing cancers.

To Canadian fans - your team has given it all and non of your players refused to play for your country. All of them have given their best effort. What more can you want? Be thankful that nobody refused the honor to defend Canada's Red and White.
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Nabokov moved from Kazahstan to his native Russia at about the time he was 3 months old, no?
 
Hedberg said:
Canada just never found a way to break the trap. We all saw this coming :cry:
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I thought Russia played uptempo offensive hockey and forechecked and it was Finland and Sweden that trapped... :amazed: :confused:
 
I don't think there either team played a trap

it's just that they were very responsible defensively, and for the most part of the game the defensemen (both teams) were sitting deep into their own zone.

it was meant to be a one goal game from the start, and they both knew that the 1st goal would be deadly.
 
This board will be a better place for the next four years because of this loss. Good to see someone else get a shot at the gold... the way it should be.

:handclap:

Hats off to all the teams and countries.
 
shawn_kemp said:
thanks ;)

it's Cheburashka, a cartoon character, very popular in Russia, especially in the 1970's and 1980's. But people still love him today!!! :D
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I liked "Krokadil Gena" way better!!! :sarcasm:

And I was going to say something about a blue boxcar.... but yeah, you know.
 
"Cheburashka" is a new FSB project. It is actually a voodoo doll that allows you to control the other team. But you have to know how to use it. ;)
 
BeLeafer87 said:
And you're the guy who called himself neither a Bertuzzi fan or apologist? :eek:

Unless youre missing this from your post --> :sarcasm: , I think you're crazy!!

Brodeur was amazing!
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Yes indeed I was missing sarcasm. FYI I was kidding ;)
 
Slitty said:
I liked "Krokadil Gena" way better!!! :sarcasm:

And I was going to say something about a blue boxcar.... but yeah, you know.
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as a matter of fact, Crocodile Gena was my favorite character too! :D :bow:

http://movies.nnov.ru/Covers/Krokodil%20Gena%20i%20ego%20drus'ya.jpg
 
Icekube said:
"Cheburashka" is a new FSB project. It is actually a voodoo doll that allows you to control the other team. But you have to know how to use it. ;)
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:biglaugh:

octopi said:
Brought teddy to the game? I told you this team was young :D
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:biglaugh:
 
This was probably the best game I've watched. It was exciting to the very end. I'm so proud of Pasha...he's really done quite a good job. It was surprising to see him on the PK as much as he was, and maybe this is a foreshadowing of what he might do when he comes back to us to play. If he's got a broken finger (and there goes piano playing for a while :sarcasm: ), he sure didn't let it affect him at all. Fantastic job by Team Russia.

Team Canada never did seem to be that coherent a group, which I found to also be true of Team USA. There just didn't seem to be a harmony in there, and it hurt them.

Now let's hope Russia beats the living snot out of Finland on Friday! Go get 'em guys! Spasiba for the great effort!
 
I could not believe it when I saw Pasha playing such a physical game!
Since when he became a pwr fwd ? :)
man, he's skilled and what a team player. though he mishandled two passes on the same shift in the offensive zone :)
 
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