VanIslander
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Look at this ENTIRE REAL LIFE ELITE LEVEL PLAYING SOVIET NATIONAL TEAM TRIO: +1 Anatoli Semenov, C with his two wingers +1 Sergei Svetlov, RW and +1 Sergei Yashin, LW. Check them out. Semenov was a Soviet league first team all-star (1985) and on the national team from 1981-90 scoring 33 goals in 120 international matches. His linemate Svetlov scored an impressive 57 goals in 154 games on the national team between 1980-88 (including some big goals). Their linemate Yashin scored 35 goals in 109 games between 1982-89. The Moscow Dynamo trio have longterm chemistry at the league and international level. (I'll post more later today)
The blueline duo of +1 Igor Stelnov, D and +1 Sergei Starikov, D are the Soviets third great pairing of the eighties on the national team, and the second pairing longterm on the fabled Red Army team. they played together internationally on the Soviets greatest team from 1982 until 1988, Starikov debuting internationally in 1978 and the bit younger Stelnov continuing until 1990. Stelnov has 13 goals in an impressive 153 games played on the national team in the eighties (top-6 dman in Russia indeed!) and Starikov even more with 186 games.
+ 1 Josef Stumpel, C was twice top-5 in assists
+1 Jude Drouin, C had 68 NHL playoff points in 72 playoff games
"effective two-way player"
-1 Mike Sillinger, C I have to give a minus-1 for his lack of footspeed and journeylike career performances, hardworking but average NHLer doesn't make the jump to higher level competition imo.
(I'll get to the wingers later.)
+1 Igor Romishevsky, D was a three-time Soviet first team all-star (1968, 1969, 1971) and was one of the big stars who didn't play in the '72 Summit Series.
+1 Marcus Ragnarsson, D the big responsible dman always impressed me, was a mainstay on the swedish national team, played in the nhl all-star game, would be a quality third pairing guy or extra dman.
The blueline duo of +1 Igor Stelnov, D and +1 Sergei Starikov, D are the Soviets third great pairing of the eighties on the national team, and the second pairing longterm on the fabled Red Army team. they played together internationally on the Soviets greatest team from 1982 until 1988, Starikov debuting internationally in 1978 and the bit younger Stelnov continuing until 1990. Stelnov has 13 goals in an impressive 153 games played on the national team in the eighties (top-6 dman in Russia indeed!) and Starikov even more with 186 games.
+ 1 Josef Stumpel, C was twice top-5 in assists
+1 Jude Drouin, C had 68 NHL playoff points in 72 playoff games
"effective two-way player"-1 Mike Sillinger, C I have to give a minus-1 for his lack of footspeed and journeylike career performances, hardworking but average NHLer doesn't make the jump to higher level competition imo.
(I'll get to the wingers later.)
+1 Igor Romishevsky, D was a three-time Soviet first team all-star (1968, 1969, 1971) and was one of the big stars who didn't play in the '72 Summit Series.
+1 Marcus Ragnarsson, D the big responsible dman always impressed me, was a mainstay on the swedish national team, played in the nhl all-star game, would be a quality third pairing guy or extra dman.
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Nanne is the NCAA all-star defenseman who captained the 1968 Olympic team and two world championship squads for team USA and was alternate captain of the 1976 Canada Cup team, a natural leader of the North Stars for 10 NHL seasons and IIHF HOF inductee.
