Jason MacIsaac
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Or gives Russia a stronger edge on the rest of the world than Canada had if it was best on best..I prefer the Olympics without the NHL. It mostly screws Canada and I feel it makes it more even.
Or gives Russia a stronger edge on the rest of the world than Canada had if it was best on best..I prefer the Olympics without the NHL. It mostly screws Canada and I feel it makes it more even.
Well that's a good thing.Gritsyuk and Mukhamadullin are 2 of 36 players who were invited in advenced list of Russian Olympic squad.
I don`t actully know) I didn`t read about plans of russian hockey federation. May be they will make half young squad, may be they want to give them only training expirience. May be some young guys will blast in training camp, we never know.Well that's a good thing.
Chances of them actually making the squad?
Olympialaisten suursuosikki! Nämä pelaajat ovat ehdolla Venäjän kisakoneeseen
Russia´s 36-man list have been revealed. I copied this from the finnish website. Names are written in "finnish way" but I guess almost everybody will understand who they are. I was too tired to make a correction.
Goalies: Jaroslav Askarov, Aleksandr Samonov (molemmat SKA Pietari), Timur Biljalov (Ak Bars Kazan), Ivan Fedotov (TsSKA Moskova), Dmitri Shugaev (Severstal Tsherepovets).
Defense: Dmitri Vishnevski, Aleksandr Nikishin (molemmat Spartak Moskova), Vjatsheslav Voinov (Dinamo Moskova), Aleksandr Jelesin (Lokomotiv Jaroslavl), Artem Minulin, Jegor Jakovlev (molemmat Metallurg Magnitogorsk), Shakir Mukhamadullin (Salavat Julajev Ufa), Daniil Pjlenkov (SKA Pietari), Nikita Nesterov (TsSKA Moskova), Sergei Telegin (Traktor Tsheljabinsk), Semjon Tshistjakov, Damir Sharipzjanov (molemmat Avangard Omsk).
Forwards: Sergei Andronov, Mihail Grigorenko, Pavel Karnauhov, Sergei Plotnikov, Anton Slepyshev (kaikki TsSKA Moskova), Anton Burdasov, Nikita Gusev, Andrei Kuzmenko, Kirill Martsenko (kaikki SKA Pietari), Stanislav Galiev, Vadim Shipatshjov (molemmat Dinamo Moskova), Artem Galimov, Dmitri Voronkov (molemmat Ak Bars Kazan), Arseni Gritsjuk, Kirill Semenov (molemmat Avangard Omsk), Aleksandr Kadeikin (Salavat Julajev Ufa), Artur Kajumov (Lokomotiv Jaroslavl), Vladimir Tkatsov (Traktor Tsheljabinsk), Andrei Tshibisov (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
Artyom Anisimov and Konstantin Okulov are missing, which surprises me a bit.
Nothing is official yet. That roster is based on a news outlet's 'insider information'
Probably very similar to what it's gonna be though.
Well someone claimed a Finnish website (ALLEGEDLY) leaked the 36 name list of the Russian roster (got this from Russian Olympics thread from the Tournament Board). Both our boys are listed.
A response to that post:
Of course.There were some reports that Shak likely won't be able to join the camp though, as he has Covid.
There were some reports that Shak likely won't be able to join the camp though, as he has Covid.
McCarthy still out.
When can we expect to see '19 4th rounder Jaromir Pytlik come over? His numbers are hard to follow now that he's in the big Liiga. I hope his offensive game isnt stalling in growth
Also why did '21 3rd rounder Samu Salminen stay with Jokerit's U20 and not come over to UofDenver instead? He seems to have topped out on his numbers in that spot, though went from A to C
Also why did '21 3rd rounder Samu Salminen stay with Jokerit's U20 and not come over to UofDenver instead? He seems to have topped out on his numbers in that spot, though went from A to C
I heard somewhere that it was about academics, that he was simply finishing up school so he attend college.As Triumph said, that seemed to the plan. Sometimes college teams will ask a player to wait instead of joining at 18; Ethan Edwards played his D+1 season in the USHL before joining Michigan for instance.
Usually it's due to not having enough spots and/or no guarantees of playing time so it'd be better for the player to stay in their current league. Taking a quick look at DU's lineup and it seems like their 1st/3rd line centers (Guttman/Stapley) could graduate and turn pro after the season.