2014 Russian WJC roster
 

So who are some of the candidates for next year's team?

Grigorenko if not in the NHL, Kamaev, Kuptsov, Shiksatdarov, Shingareev, Vasilevskiy (G), Filipov, Osnovin, Barabanov
huge group of the already known 95's.

Grigorenko - NHL

My roster:

Vasilevsky
Ustinsky



A. Bereglazov - A. Mironov

Lisov - Zadorov

Vasilyev - Tryamkin

Koledov - Lyubushkin




Slepyshev - Yakimov - Zhafyarov

N. Goldobin - Osnovin - Nichushkin

Kuptsov - Buchnevich - V. Zykov

Zharkov - I. Barbashev - Lebedev

Barabanov, Komarov

Good roster! 1st post too :handclap:

Nichushkin and Slepyshev will be the "sharp" edge of the attack. Grigorenko would be insane if not in NHL somehow...

agreed, nice one. perhaps tolchinsky is worth mentioning as well.

some big defencemen there

how does the team look compared to last 3 years ?

Nice list ! But I would take Kamaev in this lineup for sure and Zadorov at Defense too. !

Avtomov should be at least considered as well

hmm, what about Barabanov. Looks really small, but 46 pts in 39 games is not bad. Maybe gifted like Gusev?

Some more considerations:
Shingareev from Magnitka - 48 pts in 38 games, size is OK
Krutikov from MHK Spartak -37 pts in 39 games
Ogurtsov from Red Army - good points for defenseman, a giant too

Good job!

Very weak at center, assuming Grigo is in the NHL.

Yakimov is a nice player but limited offence.

Hopefully Buchnevich can step it up and be the number one center.

what about barabanov? see my post above. same for Shingareev.

weak at center really?

Osnovin is a very good player.

Not weak. Just not as strong as this year. We had the deepest center position in decades.

ye I see it now. They deserve a try, but I didn't have a chance to see most of them play.

Yeah I should have said compared to this year. Maybe inexperienced is a better word.

I hope Buchnevich have a breakout season next year, he could be a good #1 center on this team. Don't think Yakimov can produce enough offensive to be first line center, same with Osnovin i think, but haven't seen him play that much.

For fun here is my roster one year ahead.

Slepyshev-Buchnevich-Nichukhkin
Zharkov-Yakimov- Kamaev
Zhafyarov - Osnovin- Tolshinsky
Lebedev -Barbashev - Zykov

Mironov - Tryamkin
Zadorov- Vasilyev
Koledov - Bereglazov

Vasilevsky
Ustinsky

And then we also have my darkhorse in Evgeni Svechnikov, 96 born highly skilled, was good in u17 tournament this year young but if he develop great until next championship why not take a look.

I am sorry, where's Delnov?

Ya Delnov should be considered, I see Goldobin as pretty much a lock at this point. Maybe some of the 96's if they are strong enough? Lazarev, Nikolishin. Has anybody mentioned Lysenko, Vorobiev, Valiev or Snitsyn yet on defense? IMO Barabanov for sure, very skilled kind of guy, one of the better forwards last year at the U18s.

no 96 are needed, the 94 generation is ok, the 95 is great, whatever the voids are will be feeled in by 95s. Goldobin is 95, so I am not sure he is a lock, but he should be there imho. I agree on Barabanov he's very skilled and a good duo with Avtomov, same as Filipov/Osnovin