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Originally Posted by Bob
Canada *had* to win gold. Anything less would have been a major embarrassment. You could see the pressure on the players many times, while the Americans weren't expected to do much of anything, and wanted revenge for 2002.
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I think that until now, that this would not have been an embarrassment though a huge dissappointment. We can't just send an all-star team and just expect to win. Our path to the Gold proves it. I really don't get this USA wasn't expected to do anything. They were Top 3 or 4 in many books at worst.