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hanley6
PickupHockey Pro
Canada
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 Posted - 12/30/2008 : 21:59:39
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Line 1: LW Alexander Ovechkin C Evgeni Malkin RW Alexander Semin
Line 2: LW Ilya Kovalchuk C Pavel Datsyuk RW Nikolai Zherdev
Line 3: Slava Kozlov C Nik Antropov RW Alexei Kovalev
Line 4: Alexei Ponikarovski C Viktor Kozlov RW Alexander Radulov
D1: Andrei Markov and Fedor Tyutin
D2: Denis Grebeshkov and Ruslan Salei
D3: Dmitri Kalinin and Karlis Strastins
Goaltenders
Evgeni Nabokov
Ilya Bryzgalov
Nikolai Khabibulin
They have the potential to win it, what do you think?
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Hustler90
Top Prospect
Canada
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Posted - 12/31/2008 : 08:13:44
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| yes..It's obvious Ovechkin, Malkin, Semin, Kovalchuk and Datsyuk are gonna be on there, other than that who actually cares? |
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Guest0974
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Posted - 12/31/2008 : 08:41:50
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Antropov is from Kazahkstan, so he won't be on that team. You also missed out Frolov and Afinogenov (who is looking pretty bad these days, but does have skill) and then there are the young guns like Kulemin and Filatov who may or may not make it. And they have their whole KHL or SuperLeague to poach from.
On Defence if Zubov or Gonchar are healthy and able they'd be on the team. You also missed Volchenkov as their defensive rock.
And to Hustler... so you only care about your own teams line up? No need to scount the opposition right? And after you go over Canada's (I'm assuming) roster 100 times you're out of Hockey talk? I for one am glad someone brought up another country's lineup, at least its something different to discuss here. |
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Thrasher17
Top Prospect
Canada
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Posted - 12/31/2008 : 10:09:50
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They will also most likely have Yemelin on defence.
They're pretty stacked on offence and in goal. The only question is their defensive ability. Pretty much the same as every russian team. |
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Guest0974
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Posted - 12/31/2008 : 10:19:47
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| On another note, poni is Ukrainian. Also add Artyukhin for some toughness.. |
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wyntyre
Rookie
Canada
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Posted - 12/31/2008 : 10:55:24
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| Karlis Strastins is Latvian....he won't play for Russia either....but he will be one of the only NHLers for Latvia! |
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Beans15
Moderator
Canada
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Posted - 12/31/2008 : 11:00:01
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Nabokov is also from Kazakhstan, but he has played for Russia in past International Touneys. Just because a player is born for a certain country, doesn't mean he played for that country. Heatley was born in Germany Olaf Kolzig was born in South Africa.
As far as this team, I would think that it would be more difficult to acutally have an accurate guess. Us North Americans have little to no visability to the players not in the NHL. OF course, Radulov is close enough to remember but what about guys like Yashin, Morozov, or Zaripov who are all having solid offensive seasons in the KHL.
It's normal for us ignorant North Americans to forget that not all the best players in the world are in the NHL. |
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wyntyre
Rookie
Canada
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Posted - 12/31/2008 : 12:01:15
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Yeah...Nabokov will not play for Kazakhstan...in fact I'm not sure if he ever has....
Morozov could be an option for the Russians too |
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Beans15
Moderator
Canada
8286 Posts |
Posted - 12/31/2008 : 13:30:06
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Nabokov did play for Kazakhstan in the World Junior's in 1994. He had to get permission from the IIHF to play for Russian, which was originally denied. He has since played for Russian.
Another interesting thing on Nabokov, not only is he on a very short list of goalies who have scored a goal, he's the only goalie to score a PP goal.
Check it out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUVlFQIBGkA |
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hanley6
PickupHockey Pro
Canada
674 Posts |
Posted - 12/31/2008 : 18:03:45
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Originally posted by Guest0974
Antropov is from Kazahkstan, so he won't be on that team. You also missed out Frolov and Afinogenov (who is looking pretty bad these days, but does have skill) and then there are the young guns like Kulemin and Filatov who may or may not make it. And they have their whole KHL or SuperLeague to poach from.
On Defence if Zubov or Gonchar are healthy and able they'd be on the team. You also missed Volchenkov as their defensive rock.
And to Hustler... so you only care about your own teams line up? No need to scout the opposition right? And after you go over Canada's (I'm assuming) roster 100 times you're out of Hockey talk? I for one am glad someone brought up another country's lineup, at least its something different to discuss here.
Antropov was born in Vost, Russia. Frolov is a good hockey player but he is a LW and there is no way he is better than Ovechkin, Kovalchuk, Slava Kozlov, or Alexie Ponikarovski. Afinogenov is playig like crap. Their super league is no where near as good as the NHL players. but Radulov will def make the team. Gonchar if he's healthy, but Zubov might retire.
I agree with you it's good to scout the other countries teams to see what possibilities Canada will be going up against |
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Guest0756
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Posted - 01/03/2009 : 12:00:54
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quote:
Originally posted by hanley6
Antropov was born in Vost, Russia. Frolov is a good hockey player but he is a LW and there is no way he is better than Ovechkin, Kovalchuk, Slava Kozlov, or Alexie Ponikarovski. Afinogenov is playig like crap. Their super league is no where near as good as the NHL players. but Radulov will def make the team. Gonchar if he's healthy, but Zubov might retire.
I agree with you it's good to scout the other countries teams to see what possibilities Canada will be going up against
Wtf are you smoking? Frolov >>>>>> Poni and Frolov > Kozlov.
Anyway, Frolov can adjust to different positions if he has to. If the Centers on Team Canada didn't adjust positions, superstars like Getzlaf, Staal and Richards (Mike) would have trouble making the team. |
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Guest5443
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Posted - 01/03/2009 : 14:08:05
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Originally posted by hanley6
Antropov was born in Vost, Russia. Frolov is a good hockey player but he is a LW and there is no way he is better than Ovechkin, Kovalchuk, Slava Kozlov, or Alexie Ponikarovski.
My guess is that you are from the East. Frolov is better than Slava and Poni. Being hidden in LA does not show case one's skills. In about 3 years, fantasy hockey player will know the LA Kings roster like the back of their hands.
What about Yashin?
I don't think Malkin and Ovechkin will play together. They really have a hate on for each other. |
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hanley6
PickupHockey Pro
Canada
674 Posts |
Posted - 01/03/2009 : 15:52:00
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Originally posted by Guest5443
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Originally posted by hanley6
Antropov was born in Vost, Russia. Frolov is a good hockey player but he is a LW and there is no way he is better than Ovechkin, Kovalchuk, Slava Kozlov, or Alexie Ponikarovski.
My guess is that you are from the East. Frolov is better than Slava and Poni. Being hidden in LA does not show case one's skills. In about 3 years, fantasy hockey player will know the LA Kings roster like the back of their hands.
What about Yashin?
I don't think Malkin and Ovechkin will play together. They really have a hate on for each other.
Malkin and Ovechkin will play together for there country just like Sundin and Alfredsson did and they both hate each other with the passion |
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Guest6631
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Posted - 08/13/2009 : 05:13:52
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| what about varlamov and fedorov? |
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Alex116
PickupHockey Legend
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Posted - 08/13/2009 : 07:59:02
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hanley....you're definitely not giving Frolov enough credit. He's an excellent player and will no doubt find himself on the team and likely the 3rd line or maybe even higher if guys get shifted out of position or if he develops chemistry with one of their superstars!
Nobody's mentioned Anton Babchuk. I think he's Russian is he not? I'd take him over some of the others listed here. |
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