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Originally Posted by zukes
This is what I was going to post. The three reasons we lost this tournament. I agree with your three points, though I can't emphasize enough that the #1 reason is coaching.
A good coach would have changed goalies in the Sweden game. Blackwood did not look good at all in this tourney.
A good coach would have benched Virtanen long ago to send a message not only to him, but the rest of the team. In fact, that is why I love that you can dress 13 forwards. I would be using 12 forwards any time there needed to be one guy stapled to the bench.
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That's the reason we lost this game, but not the reason we lost this tournament. Sweden would have dominated this team on Monday even if the Goaltending was on point. This is the least skilled Canadian team I think I've ever seen. Sometimes Canada can make up for lack of skill with effort and tenacity, but this team has none of that either.