Former Russian national team coach Vladimir Pluschev expressed the opinion that the national team could not have reached the semi-finals of the World Hockey Championship, which took place in the Czech Republic.
The Czechs became the winners of the tournament, beating the Swiss team in the final (2:0), the Swedes won bronze, beating the Canadians (4:2).
— When the strongest teams in the world come together, even without any, any specialist is interested in seeing the trends in modern hockey, how it is developing. I was interested in Scandinavians and North Americans.
I think the Russian team would have reached the playoffs, but I doubt they would have progressed further. I wouldn’t even make it to the semi-finals. The hockey that our players are showing now is in many ways different from what I saw at the World Championships. All the management teams play in the same vein: aggressive, powerful and tough hockey. It’s been a long time since we played this type of hockey. According to this logic, the Russians would not be able to compete,” Metaratings.ru quoted Plyushchev as saying.
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