Re: Ovechkin takes the blame for the Caps defeat

current nhl 2012 draft rankings (combined Red line report, Future considerations,& International scouting service) have russians as the top 2 ranked forwards. #1 overall Nail Yakupov (sarnia sting), #5 Mikail Grigorenko (cska moscow).NHL scouting service has them ranked 1&2. the next highest ranked foward has dual russian/usa citizenship, #7 Alex Galchenyuk (sarnia sting). highest ranked goaltender at#40 Andrei Vasilevski (ufa). with the availabilty of highly ranked defense for the 2011 draft, again for the 2012 draft (7 of the top 11), no russian defense listed in the top 100 overall rankings.   * we finally got yemelin in a CH