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Originally Posted by troutman
One game in a knock-out tournament against a team playing rope-a-dope, tells you nothing about your team or its players.
Who could compete with Canada in a 7 game series? Maybe only the USA or Sweden.
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I don't think you can say it tells you nothing. But yeah, it's not the same as a series at all. A lot more possibilities for upsets.
I would actually put Finland ahead of Sweden right now, but yeah, The top four this year are all very good. Was worried Russia might be a bit overrated too. Though, people will say the same about us if we lose this game.
Canada, USA, Sweden, Finland, and Russia all could have won gold this year. Almost a (five sided) coin flip in this type of tournament.
If Canada does get knocked out though, (knock wood, cross fingers and toes) I'll be cheering for Latvia.