This team can score, this team can hit, this team can stop pucks and this team has a solid defense. I could see them going all the way. Ovechkin will be motivated.
gurianov and nichuskin are both better than the last 3 centres as players, kind of surprising that russia has nobody good up the middle tbh (even with kuznetsov it's pathetic). i reckon shipachyov has a good chance to make it, russia never brings a full squad of nhlers anyway. it'll be interesting to see if guys make it because of position or if they try to bring the best individual talents and just force one of the wingers to take faceoffs. most likely they bring khl centres like shipachyov though