Which generation is better?

Paxton Fettel

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I was just wondering, if you had to send a team to the final of a best on best to face the best Canadian players, who would you send?

1990-2005 generation : Fedorov, Mogilny, Zhamnov, Bure brothers, Kovalev, Kamensky, Yashin, Zubov, Konstantinov, Gonchar, Kravchuk etc.

2005-present generation : Ovechkin, Malkin, Datsyuk, Kovalchuk, Radulov, Semin, A. Markov, Volchenkov, etc.

I'm pretty sure which generation will win this battle but I wonder what the gap will be.
 

Caser

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If the question is who's better, then probably 1990's generation, especially the blueliners, but if we're asking who would I send for the final game, then probably the 2005's players. The main reason is that I doubt that 1990s would have the right team spirit (Fedorov anb Bure weren't the best friends, you know) and also the right attitude towards NT - a lot of guys from that list weren't really too enthusiastic about it. So that's why my vote went to to 2005s.
 

Yakushev72

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The 1990-2005 team was largely Soviet developed and trained, and the training regimen they went through was far superior to what the more recent players have experienced.
 

obskyr

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The post-lockout generation is a generation of overhyped chokers. The only aspect of the game where they have an edge is goaltending.
 

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