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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
I don't think their struggles stemmed from goaltending at all. They dominated territorial play in every game, but the puck wasn't going in for them. Once the bounces start going their way, they're steamrolling every team, including the US. That game should have ended 4-1. And it wasn't because Helley stood on his head so much as it was that they just weren't connecting on their chances.
MacKinnon scores, and there is no mention of goaltending this week.
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Their struggles didn't stem from goaltending. But the door was open for goaltending to win them the tournament pretty easily and Binnington just isn't good enough to do that.
Canada really didn't struggle at anything but people still question the bottom 6 forward and bottom 4 defense picks. Which is great - Canada shouldn't be accepted medicrity anywhere in the roster. But for some reason, mediocre goalie isn't an issue for lots of Canadians.
If Canada gets elite goaltending as these types of tournaments, it's almost impossible for them to lose unless they get horrendous bounces or it turns into teams trading powerplays. Getting pretty good goaltending opens the door for a lot of these games to flip. If they get elite goaltending, Canada isn't down early in every game and giving the opposition the chance to turtle.