A-Train, Kovalev invited to Russian Olympic Team orientation camp

Prager> Vystotskii, not...but of course I know his music.

How about Grebenshikov and Akvarium?

Congrats to both guys. A-Train will be counted on to shutdown the likes of Crosby, Getzlaf, etc. I wonder how they will partner him with.

Tovarich Prager! Do you believe the Russian team will dominate at the Olympics?



Inquiring hockey minds wish to know your view on this question...

Kovalchuk - Malkin - Ovechkin
Kovalev - Datsyuk - Semin

Pure skill, those 6 guys are probably top 10 in the NHL.

Just to make it simple for everyone to review, here's the list of invited players, per RDS.ca:

http://www.rdsolympiques.ca/hockey/news/newsid=13642.html#la+russie+devoile+alignement+preliminaire?cid=wgrds

Joueurs invités par la Russie :

Gardiens (Goaltenders): Ilya Bryzgalov (Phoenix, LNH), Simeon Varlamov (Washington, LNH), Alexander Eremenko (Salavat Yulayev, RUS), Evgeni Nabokov (San Jose, LNH).

Défenseurs (Defense): Vitali Atyushov (Metallurg Magnitogorsk, RUS), Vitali Vishnevsky (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, RUS), Anton Volchenkov (Ottawa, LNH), Sergei Gonchar (Pittsburgh, LNH), Denis Grebeshkov (Edmonton, LNH), Alexei Zhitnik (Dynamo Moscou, RUS), Sergei Zubov (SKA de St-Petersbourg, KHL), Dmitri Kalinin (Salavat Yulayev, RUS), Maxim Kondratiev (Salavat Yulayev, RUS), Konstantin Korneyev (CSKA Moscou, RUS), Andrei Markov (Montréal, LNH), Ilya Nikulin (Ak Bars Kazan, RUS), Vitali Proshkin (Salavat Yulayev , RUS), Oleg Tverdovsky (Salavat Yulayev, RUS), Fedor Tyutin (Columbus, LNH).

Attaquants (Forwards): Evgeny Artyukhin (Tampa Bay, LNH), Maxim Afinogenov (Buffalo, LNH), Konstantin Gorovikov (SKA St-Petersbourg, RUS), Pavel Datsyuk (Détroit, LNH), Danis Zaripov (Ak Bars Kazan, RUS), Sergei Zinoviev (Salavat Yulayev, RUS), Alexei Kovalev (Ottawa, LNH), Ilya Kovalchuk (Atlanta, LNH), Viktor Kozlov (Salavat Yulayev , RUS), Nikolai Kulemin (Toronto, LNH), Evgeni Malkin (Pittsburgh, LNH), Alexei Morozov (Ak Bars Kazan, RUS), Alexander Ovechkin (Washington, LNH), Alexander Radulov (Salavat Yulayev, RUS), Oleg Saprykin (Dynamo Moscou, RUS), Alexander Semin (Washington, LNH), Alexei Tereschenko (Ak Bars Kazan, RUS), Sergei Fedorov (Metallurg Magnitogorsk, RUS), Alexander Frolov (Los Angeles, LNH).

marakh wrote:Kovalchuk - Malkin - Ovechkin
Kovalev - Datsyuk - Semin

Pure skill, those 6 guys are probably top 10 in the NHL.

If the Russians are smart they separate Malkin and Ovechkin to keep opposing teams more honest. That's a pretty damn good 2nd line though.

davetherave wrote:Tovarich Prager! Do you believe the Russian team will dominate at the Olympics?

Inquiring hockey minds wish to know your view on this question...

I'll cheer on Team Russia against everyone but Canada. I have doubts about Team Canada because I think Yzerman could be making some "rookie" mistakes. We'll see. How well would the Detroit Red Wings to against International competition? Team Russia will not be like *any* NHL team he has ever faced. Same goes for Sweden, USA, Czech and so on.

Hey, just as long as Team USA doesn't win, I'm good. And if the men don't do it, there's always the women. That's the good thing about the Olympics -- there are two Canadian teams going for gold.

davetherave wrote:Prager> Vystotskii, not...but of course I know his music.

How about Grebenshikov and Akvarium?

That's way after my time. I don't follow current Russian songs because, frankly, without reading the lyrics I can barely understand what is being said.

I believe that video was shot in Moscow, in or near Gorky Park. Not near where I lived, but I certainly visited there a lot -- the amusement park, and my great-uncle lived near there, I think.