The NHL did a lot of things right, I will give them that. This game was great and tons of credit to Sweden who was basically written off by all the pundits. People claiming this is the greatest Canada team of all time etc.
The one thing I thought was cheap and stupid and made the tournament feel less prestigious/important was the club team sticker on everyone's helmet. That was very ASG and a stark reminder that this is just an NHL event and nothing more.
Imagine players in other sports' major national competitions wearing their club team logos? So dumb.
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