While you can't fault Lehtonen in any way for the loss, you'd have to think the Finns would have been more confident with Rask between the pipes, and the result may well have been different.
Stupid commies even botched their bio-warfare strategy, and gave Rask the flu 3 days too late. Of course, with how awful the Russians were, I think Kipper could have come out of retirement and beat them without even taking a warmup....and with a smoke hanging out of his mouth the whole time.
This tournament should dispell once and for all the conversation about who the best defenceman in the world is. Karlsson's been a freaking god in this tournament, while Subban has been benched. It'd be funny if it wasn't so sad. Yeah, Norris Trophy winner my ass.
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