wilka91*
08-19-2004, 05:12 PM
Russia's lineup from the first 2 practices :
Green
SAMSONOV – V. KOZLOV – KOVALEV
KASPARAITIS – GONCHAR
Red
KVASHA – YASHIN – OVECHKIN, PETROV
TVERDOVSKY – VISHNEVSKI
White
KOVALCHUK – DATSYUK – ZUBRUS, KOVALENKO
KHAVANOV – VOLCHENKOV
Blue
FROLOV – CHUBAROV – AFINOGENOV, AFANASENKOV
MARKOV – KALININ
Alfons
08-19-2004, 05:36 PM
Why are they playing Ovechkin with Chubarov and Afinogenov? Think they should have a good center for Ovechkin for example Yashin or Datsyuk. I only like the line Samsonov - Kozlov - Kovalev. I´d rather see
Samsonov-Yashin-Kovalev
Kovalchuk-Kozlov-Kvasha
Ovechkin-Datsyuk-Frolov/Zherdev
Zubrus-Chubarov-Kovalenko/Frolov
arrbez
08-19-2004, 06:06 PM
yeah, im kinda curious as to why yashin is down on the 4th line...seems like a bit of a waste of his talents down there, especially when the team has already lost a couple important skill players up front
Chainshot
08-19-2004, 06:16 PM
Here are the lines that skated at Russia's first practice, yesterday in Kloten, Switzerland :
Kovalchuk - Datsyuk - Zubrus
Samsonov - Kozlov - Kovalev
Ovechkin - Chubarov - Afinogenov
Kvasha - Yashin - Petrov
Afanasenkov
Frolov took part in the practice only partially because he arrived early in the morning.
Kovalenko hasn't arrived yet.
Any info on the defense pairings? Thanks!
rival
08-19-2004, 06:19 PM
Why are they playing Ovechkin with Chubarov and Afinogenov?
Dynamo connections. The coach knows all 3 players very well.
wilka91*
08-20-2004, 01:29 PM
Here is the full lineup from the 1st 2 days of training camp.
The team split into 4 teams of 5 or 6 players, competing against each other.
The best unit proved to be Samsonov, Kozlov and Kovalev, followed by Yashin's line.
SAMSONOV – V. KOZLOV – KOVALEV
KVASHA – YASHIN – OVECHKIN, PETROV
KOVALCHUK – DATSYUK – ZUBRUS, KOVALENKO
FROLOV – CHUBAROV – AFINOGENOV, AFANASENKOV
KASPARAITIS – GONCHAR
TVERDOVSKY – VISHNEVSKI
KHAVANOV – VOLCHENKOV
MARKOV – KALININ
Gainey23
08-20-2004, 02:05 PM
Kovalchuk - Datsyuk - Zubrus
Samsonov - Kozlov - Kovalev
Ovechkin - Chubarov - Afinogenov
Kvasha - Yashin - Petrov
Afanasenkov
scary how much of a hockey dork i've become... these lines are almost identical to the ones i set up on PS2 (having guessed the Ovechkin line is highly peculiar...they were basically my 'young Dynamo line'.. :)
and i had Kovalev/Zubrus flip flopped..
Alfons
08-20-2004, 02:43 PM
So Datsyuk/Kovalchuk didn´t work that well? It would be a waste not to get the best out of them, maybe they will find eachother eventually, though I didn´t think they played very well toghter in the World Championchip (at least compared to what you would expekt)
Markov
08-20-2004, 03:02 PM
What's happening with the goaltending situation?
Who are the guys in camp?
SopelFan
08-20-2004, 03:17 PM
FROLOV – CHUBAROV – AFINOGENOV
That line looks pretty good. I'm curious to see how Chubarov plays when reunited with Afinogenov.
Buya89
08-21-2004, 04:50 PM
I hope datsyuk and Kovalchuk Click!