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Originally Posted by Jetfire
I think it has actually been a pretty even tournament overall. Yes there's a huge discrepancy between the very top and the bottom teams resulting in blowouts, but that's not unusual. Each of the top 4 ranked teams have suffered a loss, but to further expand things the top 6 teams in the tournament are playing a pretty close caliber of hockey and the Czech and Slovak hockey programs are continuing to look better and better again with every year, the Czechs with a win over Canada and the Slovaks with a win over the U.S. included. The eliminations are where things get really fun anyway.
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Yeah it's been pretty even all things considered. I think that while Canada is a step above, all of Canada, the US, Finland, Sweden, Slovakia and the Czech Republic could beat one another on any given night. That's not something you can always say for this tournament for so many teams.