Just looking at it neutrally. The Russians abandoned their plan to beat Canada from 2006. They came in thinking their top 6 could blow the Canadians out of the water.
Play run and gun against Canada and die. US and Suisse proved that you have to grind Canada down, limit odd man rushes and control the neutral zone. Russia didn't follow this blueprint and they have guys like Grebeskov on defense.
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