Zherdev's goal last night

[j bowd 22 0]

Did any of you guys catch Nickys game tying goal last night? One of the sickest goals I have ever seen. The kid has some talent no doubt but just needs to learn how to play a little D now and then.

[JGraz15 53]

Sick and sick...one of the best goals I have seen in a LONG time

[Cavs019 702]

vids anywhere?

[JGraz15 53]

http://rapidshare.de/files/9888840/2005.12...herdev.wmv.html

It is hard to tell, but Z actually put the rebound shot in when he is falling ala Orr to tie the game with less than a minute left

[EBondo 232]

Wow!!!!! Amazing!!!

[gee2626 0]

sweeeeeeeet dangle

[nspeen 0]

his hands impressed me the first time i saw him play this year. once he puts it all together he is going to put up some points.

[mack 44]

When will Kovy_Ribs come in and announce Zherdev as the most talented player now?

[J-Shera 0]

Well since he's russian and has hands, any minute now.

[forsberg91 0]

Haha lol.

[Sven 1]

Amazing.

[Miike 1]

Now thats what you call effort.

[slaw 1]

Thats a beauty. No more to say other then WOW

[Kovy_Ribs_Fedo 3]

Show time!!!

Why this kid isn't in the olympic roster?

[thejackal 46]

That's some good old fashioned Bobby Orr action ;)

[JGraz15 53]

He is Ukranian and they didn't qualify for the games

[Deathmoves 0]

:o WoW! What a goal!!! END to END!!

[all-star 0]

actually he is from russia. columbus had to do so much to get him over here. something about him serving time in the army.

[mack 44]

Though Zherdev is Ukrainian by birth, an IIHF official told ESPN.com Monday that he has a Russian passport and is therefore regarded as a Russian citizen.

From some ESPN article.

[Smith 0]

Birth Country: Ukraine, Keiv

The army thing was just a way they where trying to keep him.

Edit: Nevermind

[ozolinsh_27 3]

Plus he's played for Russia in an IIHF sanctioned tournament (WJHCs) and is supposed to play for them next time he wants to/is invited to.. there is some process he has to go thru if he wants to revert back to the Ukrainian national team. I forget what it was, but Nabokov went thru the same thing & he had to jump thru some IIHF hoops in order to play for Russia in IIHF tournaments because he had previously represented Kazakhstan.

[Kovy_Ribs_Fedo 3]

Wasn't he playing for Russia in the world junior tournament couple years ago?