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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
^Considering they thought they were out of the tournament 36 hours ago, I think they'll be playing with house money and could surprise. Unlikely, but probably about as unlikely as them even being here in the first place.
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I hope they win but their only real chance to win would be because of an injury to one of the Japanese players. The talent gap between the top players from the Asian countries and NA players is quite large. Canada is ranked 14th in this tournament but if all the countries would be allowed an unlimited number of entries in this tournament they would be ranked lower than 40th. Canada winning this match would be like Japan beating Canada in Olympic hockey.