And it’s this guy.   The International Ice Hockey Federation reported this morning that Oskars Bartulis was named to the Latvian Olympic Team, making him one of only four players on the team who does not already play for the KHL’s Dynamo Riga.   Now the IIHF is trying to frame this as some sort of advantage to the Latvians as they’ll have the only “team” that’s coming into the tournament as a unit. But what they’re overlooking is that this “team” is currently sitting in the bottom third of the KHL standings and will be going up against what is basically the equivalent of NHL all-star teams, not Chris Simon and Darcy Verot.   The Latvians are in a better position to avoid a drubbing the likes of the one their younger comrades received over the weekend, but that might just be because NHL players are older, classier, and more mature. Not because Raitis Ivanans hasn’t totally been ruled out to make the squad.   Spengler Cup In other international hockey news Canada is 2-0 in the Spengler Cup, an international tournament hosted by HC Davos of Switzerland that is open to both club and international teams that are invited by Davos.

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