Yakushev72
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Good experience for him and Morozov. They seem to be the 2 guys that are viewed as the future of the NT at that position (at least near future).
At the risk of finger-pointing, Morozov made a rookie error that set up the game-winning goal for Canada. He is obviously not used to playing defense, and he fell for the fake that allowed the defenseman to walk in and pass to a wide open forward at the side of the net. I really like him as a prospect for the future, though.
If you evaluate it from every angle, there is nothing that you could take from this tournament that is in any way encouraging about the future of Russian hockey. So little depth of explosive talent - just average guys skating up and down and failing to generate offensive chances. It is hard to remember a Russian national team that was that offensively deficient. That suggests that the system is producing too few good players to produce any kind of excellence. Except for possibly Barabanov, watching the KHL players, it reminds you why they are in the KHL, and not making the big bucks in the NHL. But then when the NHL stars like Tarasenko come limping in for what turned out to be the last 2 games, they really add nothing. More often than not, the big NHL stars like Ovechkin come in and have no beneficial affect at all. Lastly, was it just me, or did the team seem totally devoid of emotion and passion? A lot of people will blame Bragin, and he clearly deserves no praise, but how do you motivate grown men artificially when they don't feel it on their own?