Again, you cannot underestimate the power of the home ice for the Russians. They WILL give it all to win in Sochi. They do have 4-5 top forwards that are among the best in the world and can do a lot of damage. They do have a decent goaltender. My guess, they will play all–out offense to compensate for weak defense, so there will be high-scoring games. Also important, more than half of Russian players are accustomed to playing big ice, which will be a huge detrimental factor for both Canada and US.
So, even though I see the Russian roster significantly worse than Canadian, Swedish, US and Finland's, I don't think they the Russians will be easy to play against at all.
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