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Originally Posted by SixtySix
I disagree. Russia has a sick team, with a couple world class D-men in Gonchar and Markov. In a 1 game elimination tournament, how can you tell me that Russia (with Ovechkin, Datsyuk, etc. up front), is not a team capable of going head to head with Canada? Sure, they got schooled by Canada, but it's silly to even suggest that Russia was playing anywhere near their potential in that one game.
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They weren't exactly stellar in their other games.
They didn't just have one bad game and were out, they were mediocre all tournament long.