Quite simply this team was not very good and had zero chemistry. Was the chemistry issue coaching? I'm not sure, players looks selfish the whole tournament. Barzal had a shift where he just skated around making fancy stick handle moves and you could see others on the ice getting upset. Just seemed to kill any momentum Canada had and Finland potted two shortly after that. Same with Virtanen, selfish plays that helped no one. Kid has tools but can't think the game fast enough. I thought that years ago and still think it now.
Tough one but that team wasn't getting anywhere near the gold.
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