How far has Ilya Bryzgalov’s stock fallen?
So far that the unrestricted free agent failed to be one of the five goaltenders invited to Team Russia’s preliminary training camp in advance of the 2014 games.
The Russian Hockey Federation announced the 35 players who will make up their preliminary Olympic roster for the 2014 Winter Games on Monday, and it’s a talent-heavy group that includes both the reigning NHL MVP (Alex Ovechkin) and reigning Vezina champion (Sergei Bobrovsky).
Russian hopefuls will gather for summer orientation camp Aug. 23 and 24 in Sochi. The home team will be coached by Zinetula Bilyaletdinov.
Here is Russia’s complete preliminary roster.
Goaltenders: Sergei Bobrovsky, Evgeni Nabokov, Semyon Varlamov, Vasily Koshechkin, Konstantin Barulin
Defencemen: Sergei Gonchar, Anton Volchenkov, Andrei Markov, Fedor Tyutin, Evgeny Biryukov, Vyacheslav Voynov, Denis Denisov, Alexei Emelin, Evgeny Medvedev, Nikita Nikitin, Ilya Nikulin, Eugene Ryasensky
Forwards: Alex Ovechkin, Evgeni Malkin, Pavel Datsyuk, Ilya Kovalchuk, Nail Yakupov, Alexander Semin, Nikolai Kulemin, Alexander Radulov, Vladimir Tarasenko, Artem Anisimov, Michael Varnakov, Denis Kokarev, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Alexander Perezhogin, Alexander Popov, Alexei Tereshchenko, Viktor Tikhonov, Vadim Shipachev
