[C19fan]

Vlad does not look happy in the photo accompanying the photo. If I was a NHL Russian hockey player I would get out of dodge ASAP before Putin confiscates the passports.

[dfwgator]

The sad thing now about the Olympic hockey tournament is that I don’t really even care who wins, I just don’t want the various Dallas Stars players over there to get hurt. Bring back the amateurs.

[wolfpat]

I hope not. We need Alexander Semin back in Raleigh.

[Blackyce]

Russia’s Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir Putin in the stands watching the Russian Olympic hockey team. (twitter photo)

That's actually the most honest photo I've ever seen of him. That's exactly how I feel when my favorite teams lose. Thank God I don't have nukes at my disposal at those times though.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Word is Vlad personally picked the coach. He is surely on the hook for this.

Russia by far played their best game against the US. They really struggled against inferior teams like Slovakia and Norway. Norway particularly stunned me because they are, aside from Mats Zuccarello, a beer league team. Russia just could not score. Maybe that loss to us just took all the wind out of their sails.

Once again Alexander Ovechkin was absolutely M.I.A.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I recall hearing an interview with the the head of the Russian Hockey Federation.

He said, "When I was growing up, there were three horror films I saw from the West; A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday The 13th and Miracle On Ice."