Clearly, a team like the US has to try to build a team that can beat Canada. The trouble is, whatever aspect you emphasize when putting together your team, Canada's players are still better than you in that aspect.
Every line of Canada's is great at offense, defense, possession, has some grit, size, and are proven high pressure players.
It's tough to beat a team that, even if they didn't take the "best" players, simply doesn't have any weaknesses.
The US lost their first game, it happens. Anything can happen in one game. Then, they were beaten by a better Canadian team.
It's a very short tournament, so it isn't surprising that a good team is eliminated earlier than expected. It's very likely that at least one will. Either Russia or the pretty good looking NA team (or perhaps Sweden) will be another good team to not qualify for the semis.
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