Malkin played 5 times the game Ovechkin did.
Finland has 8 KHL players and 2 FEL players on the roster FYI...
and Ovechkin proves once again you can't win with players like him. Give me Kessel over Ovechkin all day everyday
He was much better than OV. Malkin created space for that line and got some excellent chances. Ovechkin just shot a bunch of pucks into the stands and refused to grind along the boards.
Finland's NHL players on the other hand are carrying the team.
and Ovechkin proves once again you can't win with players like him. Give me Kessel over Ovechkin all day everyday
Wtf is anyone really that shocked by this result. Finland is a great team only ignorant people thought or think this is a massive upset... Finland is always in at the end.
You can't have 9 KHL players and hope to win. KHL is a joke league. Yevgeni Medvedev couldn't make the American Hockey League he has no business on an olympic roster yet he was their 3rd or 4th best defenseman.
After seeing this game I am re evaluating team US, I actually don't think they are all that. It'll be interesting semi's though with Sweden and Finland battling it out in one and (most likely) US Canada in the other.
I wanted the Sweden Finland game in the final but I'll take it.
and Ovechkin proves once again you can't win with players like him. Give me Kessel over Ovechkin all day everyday
Dan Rosen @drosennhl
Malkin had to tell Bilyaletdinov to get Bobrovsky off the ice. Malkin had to tell the coach. I repeat, Malkin had to tell the coach.