Team Russia might have a damn good chance at coming out ahead at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey. Look at this roster, a nice collection of both the young and old:
G Sergei Bobrovsky, Columbus Blue Jackets
G Semyon Varlamov, Colorado Avalanche
G Andrei Vasilevskiy, Tampa Bay Lightning
D Dmitry Kulikov, Florida Panthers
D Andrei Markov, Montreal Canadiens
D Dmitry Orlov, Washington Capitals
F Artem Anisimov, Chicago Blackhawks
F Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit Red Wings
F Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning
F Nikolay Kulemin, New York Islanders
F Evgeny Kuznetsov, Washington Capitals
F Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins
F Vladislav Namestnikov, Tampa Bay Lightning
F Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals
F Artemi Panarin, Chicago Blackhawks
F Vladimir Tarasenko, St. Louis Blues
Stalwarts like Datsyuk, Ovechkin and Malkin. Young blood like Kuznetsov, Tarasenko and Panarin. This is going to be a fun team to watch. They definitely need some more beef on their defense, and they might not be the best of the bunch in goal, but offensively this is going to be a very fun team to watch. Easy to root against for Flyers fans though, too.
Here are the uniforms they’ll wear:
Absolutely gorgeous, Россия. These uniforms by @adidas will be worn at #WCH2016 by Russia’s best and brightest. pic.twitter.com/GzYElM9NRT
— NHL (@NHL) March 2, 2016
Those are really, really damn slick. Adidas slipped their three signature stripes in there but did it in such a clean way that it’s impossible to hate.
