seeep
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Toronto is an NHL team?
Yes, they play in the National Hockey League, Northeast division to be exact.
The fact that there a bad team, makes Kulemin look better. He has no one to play with and scored 30 goals against NHL players. His numbers in the NHL and RSL should be enough to warrant a spot in the top-6 on a World Championship roster.
Typical Russian team.
Pretty much the entire Russian roster could have played in the NHL if they wanted to. Morozov and Radulov particulary would handle themselves well in the NHL. Radulov had 80 points in 54 KHL games, that's insane. He'd be a 70+ point winger in the NHL at least. Nikulin and Korneev are a couple of others who probably would do well.
I'd like it too if all the best players were in the NHL, but lets be honest here...
That's not truth. Guys like Gorovikov, Tereshenko, Korneev, Atyushov and Kaigorodov aren't NHL quality. And some guys like Morozov and Zaripov are too soft.
Just a group game.
They can still and might win the whole thing.
Last year, Russia barely beat Germany 3-2 and went on to win the WC. The first game is rarely a clear indicator of how the team will perform the rest of the tourney.
Last year, Russia barely beat Germany 3-2 and went on to win the WC. The first game is rarely a clear indicator of how the team will perform the rest of the tourney.
I'm not sure which tourney you were watching, but it definitely wasn't the WC.
Russia also barely beat Germany 2-1 in the semi final.
I think that's what he means. Russia usually starts out horrendously despite finishing well.Just a group game.
They can still and might win the whole thing.
I watched the entire game.
Unfortunately I think this shows what many have been saying for years. Russian hockey is on a serious decline, which is unfortunate. Canada exposed them at the Olympics. They have extremely poor defensive play and besides a few star players, their overall skill level is not nearly as good as it was in years past.
It's obvious that Russia is no longer in the top 3 nations for hockey, but I do hope they turn it around. They were seriously exposed at the Olympics in not only defense, but teamplay and coaching as well. Bykov is HORRIBLE.
Their players are also now being encouraged to play in a second rate league (KHL) instead of coming over to the top league in the world (NHL) to play against the best players in the world and improve their skill.
If I were to rank the top nations it would obviously be Canada, USA, and Sweden. I'm not even sure that Russia would be #4 anymore but that's likely where they sit right now. Hopefully they don't fall to much further down, but it's obvious that teams like Switzerland and Germany are still improving and that teams like Czechs, etc are all still doing well.