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| | Hockey's Future: The #1 Online Prospects Magazine - Covering the WHL, QMJHL, AHL, OHL, College, The NHL Entry Draft, and All Junior Hockey |
 | | This season, aside from Alexander Ovechkin and Konstantin Korneev, none of the ’84-born and younger group received invitations to represent Russia’s senior national team, giving Ishmatov an opportunity to consistently field a squad almost identical to the one he would bring to Finland for the World Juniors. |
 | | Then there is the issue of goaltending, where Konstantin Barulin, after recently stifling the best North American junior leagues had to offer, showed much less confidence and seemed unable to get on track. |
 | | Granted, early on, several of the players, including Nikolai Zherdev and Dmitri Kosmachev, were withheld by their respective Super League clubs, but a number of others simply did not receive invitations. |
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