Top 6 is what is really important here and Canada is currently in a 3 way tie for 4th, so mission accomplished so far. They have today completely off and then play their final two games on Friday (Germany and Norway). They should beat Germany which puts them at 8 wins and Switzerland would need to win their last 3 games to get to 8 wins. They've lost 5 of 6, so seems unlikely.
Seems like they are in good position for top 6 and could make some noise in the playoffs. The top teams are all really close in skill - it's not like the top couple of teams are running over everyone else. I think anyone who ends up in the top 6 has a shot at winning it all.
Complete side bar here, but I don't understand how the Russian ban on anything works. If athletes from Russia are still allowed to complete (just not as "Russian" but players from Russia) then what is the point of the ban?
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