Some Olympic events are more interesting than others. Any early game of women's hockey involving Canada or the US is bad television and low on entertainment value, and with so many other more competitive events out there, I'll just get my Olympic fix from watching such events even if they don't involve a strong Canadian angle. Instituting a mercy rule wouldn't increase the entertainment value at all. Fortunately, the US/Canada rivalry in women's hockey is one of the best rivalries in all of Olympic winter sports, even if it exists largely because of the lack of competitiveness from the rest of the field, so whatever the tournament lacks in the early rounds, it makes up for in the final.
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