Because Malkin was so great.
Yup.
Finland has 11 euro players nothing to do with that
Great defensive game by the finns and Rask.
But Russia lacks a game plan and should get a coach that plays modern hockey.
If the game was about circling around in full speed in solo raids instead of scoring goals Russia would no doubt be the best in the world .
Also Rask >>>> Varlarmov
Granlund a great player and Selanne still a fantastic player !
KHL D not even on par with AHL D
Where's that guy that said you couldn't get Malkin for the two best Americans?
Wanna make that trade yet?
Malkin was at least trying, Ovi not so much.
Ovechkin shows some class and does an interview with Friedman.
He looks like someone just died.
It is not his fault. I feel terrible for the guy.
Malkin was at least trying, Ovi not so much.
this Russian team didn't really impress for the most part, as the tournament went along I didn't think they had a chance to medal let alone win gold, just not good enough fron them
One game where Varlamov played behind a defense worse then the Avs defense? Good job coming to that conclusion.
Finland has 8 KHL players and 2 FEL players on the roster FYI...
CBC crew complaining that Russians took the wrong players because of "politics", picking KHLers instead of quality NHLers. What is this, 2010? Medvedev was perhaps their best defenceman, and the Kovalchuk-Datsyuk-Radulov line had a decent tournament.
Ovechkin shows some class and does an interview with Friedman.
He looks like someone just died.
It is not his fault. I feel terrible for the guy.