I think it is pretty overblown and due mainly to Canada being so insanely better than everyone else and now basically the same as others. And if Price keeps this up not sure that anyone other than Finland has
Sweden has Lundqvist and who else? Do they have a goalie that is any better than Price, Luongo, Crawford, Smith, Holtby, Ward etc.? Outside of Quick are any of the American guys any better than those guys mentioned?
Finland likely has Rask and Rinne right now that are top 5 but is Niemi, Lehtonen, Backstrom better than the Canadian guys?
Russia is a mess with Bobrovsky and Varlamov their top guys. Pavelec is awful as the top guy for Czech, Hiller at best in same group as majority of the Canadians mentioned, Halak a step below.
Canada no longer has the clear top 3 guys in the league and 8 of the top 10 like they used but it is still pretty good and comparable to the other countries out there. Like mentioned with Luongo dropping a bit and Brodeur getting old they are missing that elite top 5 guy but Price looks like he could be there and if that is the case they are likely better than Sweden and US and just below Finland.
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