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Originally Posted by vilzeh
You guys seem to be forgetting that neither has Canada played any team close to the depth of team USA. It's a coinflip of a match.
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That's true, but I would say that the margin between Finland and Canada is a lot closer than the margin between Russia and Team USA in this tournament. Canada hasn't had to contend with the kind of firepower that the US has in the lineup, but they have played and beaten a very, very good, well coached defensive team. Has any team the US played been well coached? Has any team the US has faced had ANY sort of defensive depth?
All that is to say that I think Team USA's offensive prowess in this tournament is a bit of a mirage. I just finished watching the USA v. Czech semi-final from Wednesday, and was pretty underwhelmed. That was a winnable game for Czech, had they any sort of competent team structure or goaltending.