tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818479281667780547.post3470174463636213773..comments2024-03-28T14:35:19.261-04:00Comments on Melrose's Mullet: Greatest Russian Hockey Players of All the Timesbuttershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09326841221096186861noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818479281667780547.post-18696765070898840772010-04-24T22:26:39.985-04:002010-04-24T22:26:39.985-04:00The list is non-controversial except for the puzzl...The list is non-controversial except for the puzzling inclusion of Mikhailov. Any one of Zubov, Makharov, Krutov, Yakushev or Vasilyev would be a worthier choice. In fact, if you were a GM conducting an 'all-time draft' across different eras you would almost certainly select not only them but Malkin, Semak, Gusev, Khomutov, Firsov, Starshinov and half a dozen others before considering Mikhailov.Mark Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04883679460106334048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818479281667780547.post-20914441053673410022009-06-28T01:48:45.335-04:002009-06-28T01:48:45.335-04:00I should clear up the fact that Igor Larionov and ...I should clear up the fact that Igor Larionov and Vyacheslav Fetisov did NOT defect. They even signed their NHL contracts in Moscow under the watch of Soviet sports officials. In fact, Fetisov went through a lot of trouble to make sure his departure from the Soviet Union in 1989 was LEGAL. Mogilny and Fedorov did indeed defect, but thankfully the new post-Soviet Russian Hockey Federation did not consider them as such.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com