The point is not about hockey gods. The question is whether the players had the mental strength needed to win a tournament of this difficulty. Over celebrating meaningless goals could imply a lack of focus and so you wondered if they’d play their best when it mattered most.
They didn’t.
There are a bunch of great teams in this tournament and there are no guarantees. So that could be just one factor for the early exit but I don’t know how anyone can dismiss it so easily.
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