Seachd said:If you go purely by the U-18s, then Hanzal, because Trukhno was awful. But, of course, there's more to it than one tourney, so I think Trukhno will end up going higher. Then again, it wouldn't surprise me if Hanzal went first, either.
Red Machine said:The only Russian that stood out for me was Istomin. He really controls the play when he has the puck. He showed lots of skill as well as a little bit of grit. I also heard Buravchikov had a nice tournament however i was more focused on watching Istomin and Zubov then the Russian D-men. Zubov has to be the softest player i have ever watched. I thought he was awful. Does he always play like this?
czechhockeyfan said:Don´t forget two think.
They all played badly in the games they lost, but when they were winning, I thought they were okay (no kidding). They just didn't bother to show up for a couple games.czechhockeyfan said:Don´t forget two think.
Almost all Russians played bad at the WU-18Ch and Trukhno received mostly very little ice time.
Seachd said:They all played badly in the games they lost, but when they were winning, I thought they were okay (no kidding). They just didn't bother to show up for a couple games.
I liked Buravchikov since the moment the puck dropped against Sweden in their first game, and, like you, I didn't think Anikeenko was nearly as bad as some people here are saying.
But players like Zubov, Istomin (kind of), Krysanov, and even Zubarev and Sopin stood out a little. You're right, Trukhno certainly didn't lead his team in ice time, but he did very little with the time he did get.