Canadians always seem to get down on their own teams and overrate the other teams in international hockey. The Americans (maybe because they are the "new kids on the block") seem to be by far the team we overrate the most. Remember how great they looked in this year's WJHC this year and how awful the Canadians were?
I think it is in part the humble nature of Canadians and in part how high of expectations from the teams that we have but it seems if Canada isn't winning 100-0 nothing people will find issues with the team and get overly concerned.
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