Quote:
Originally Posted by AustinL_NHL
To us, it looks piss poor considering the talent we're used to. But when compared to all the other countries who had to find other players to replace NHL slots, we still looked pretty damn good.
I wasn't expecting us to be able to beat Russia but it should've been pretty smooth sailing to the Gold medal game
|
I saw them as slightly better on paper than Finland, Sweden, Czech Republic, and USA, but all in all on a pretty level field. I definitely didn't expect smooth sailing to a Canada/Russia gold medal game.
With more and more European countries trying to keep their talent developing at home it made it even more level.