Having attended both of Slovakia's games so far, I'd agree that they are an honest to goodness dark horse medal candidate. Their game with the Czechs could have easily gone either way (and was a blast to watch, by the way - far more flags, cheering and general fan craziness in the Czech/Slovak game than in, say, the USA/Swiss game).
But, Pavol Demitra as the game breaker or a team with Gaborik and Hossa? Who'da thunk it.
(And, the Russians had better take the Czech's very seriously. Jagr showed in the Slovakia game that, despite playing outside the NHL for two years, he can still play . . . and murder you on a turnover.)
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