2016 Russia World Cup Of Hockey Roster: Vladimir Tarasenko Selected

Russia's World Cup of Hockey team made their first roster announcement at 2am Central. You may have missed it if you sleep like normal people. Blues forward Vladimir Tarasenko was named as part of the team, which isn't a bad looking group of players.

G Sergei Bobrovsky, Columbus Blue Jackets
G Semyon Varlamov, Colorado Avalanche
G Andrei Vasilevskiy, Tampa Bay Lightning

D Dmitry Kulikov, Florida Panthers
D Andrei Markov, Montreal Canadiens
D Dmitry Orlov, Washington Capitals

F Artem Anisimov, Chicago Blackhawks
F Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit Red Wings
F Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning
F Nikolay Kulemin, New York Islanders
F Evgeny Kuznetsov, Washington Capitals
F Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins
F Vladislav Namestnikov, Tampa Bay Lightning
F Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals
F Artemi Panarin, Chicago Blackhawks
F Vladimir Tarasenko, St. Louis Blues

Datsyuk, Malkin, Tarasenko, Ovechkin, Panarin - this team is stacked with offense. So far, the defense and goaltending may not be as strong as the other teams', which leads me to believe that there's going to be a reliance on running the scores up.