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Originally Posted by GenericCheesecake
Quick question - how did Sweden play against Slovakia?
Was Slovakia outworking and outhitting them a la the US against Canada, or did Sweden come out really weak and Slovakia just got lucky?
I ask this because I'm still a bit shocked that Slovakia beat Sweden. The Swedish roster was, from my perspective, a really good team and for Slovakia to beat them it either means (a) Sweden played badly and Slovakia took advantage of that, or (b) Slovakia outplayed them and shut them down.
If it's (a), then Canada should be alright. But if it's (b), I'd be quite worried. Canada faced very little fight and resistance from Russia, but were beaten earlier by a very hard nosed American team and were nearly beaten by a weaker but very determined Swiss team. A hard working and overachieving team is, in my opinion, what Canada is weakest against.
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Much more a than b. But they weren't as badly outplayed like say the Swiss or US against Canada
Once Slovakia got the lead they chipped the puck out and held on for dear life.
They made a lot of mistakes and the Swedes failed to capitalize on them.
The commentator (can't remember if it was Pierre or Ferraro) said that they were really laid back on the bench with like 2 minutes left as though they expected they would just win. To me that is how they played all game as though all they had to do was show up and the game was theirs.