Russia has the better wingers. Pretty much always does.
It's a long-standing philosophical sort of thing, where Russian hockey seems to really emphasize and glamourize those offensively dynamite wingers. Whereas in Canadian hockey, the best players are more often than not, brought up playing Center. The best at that tend to remain there, playing Center through most of their careers in the NHL as well.
It why...if you fire up a "Better Centers" poll, it's an absolute landslide for Canada, who can just pile on the depth of top caliber Centers. You see it illustrated when the Olympics and other "Best on Best" type tournaments roll around, and half the Canadian Forwards are natural Centers, with a bunch of them playing Wing. Like, the last instance at the "World Cup", Canada had what...11 natural Centers on their team?