What results? 76,72,91,84,2005..................where have you been all these years?
1987,you lost and you have'nt learned to yet deal with it,not our problem.Wishing won't change any result.
make excuses until you're 6 feet under if you want,won't change a thing.
Not a thing.
Noone will change the results but the truth is Soviet hockey was equal to Canadian hockey during the 70's and 80's. The Canadian team never swept the soviets, the games were tight.
And please change your avatar, it is just plain nonsense (remember Canada Cup '81?).
What was the final result now again?
Also at least one of those wins by team Canada was smuthered by dirty plays
In '72 Bobby Clarke slashes Valeri Kharlamov breaking/fracturing his ankle (the soviets were about to walk away with the series until that point). The canadian assistant coach later was quoted that he had requested Clarke to slash Kharlamov, great sportsmanship there.
I'm not pro-canadian or pro-soviet I just know great hockey when I see it.
As for the thread: if Gretzky would have been russian with the same acomplishments he would still be recognized as the greatest player ever, why would his citizenship make a difference? I really hope I'm not being naive with that statement.