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Originally Posted by AustinL_NHL
That argument makes sense for countries like Finland or Switzerland. Countries that don't have much depth outside of the NHL.
As for Canada, we're by far the greatest hockey nation on earth and sending our 23 best players outside of the NHL shouldn't drop our expectations. In fact, I would argue the NHL not going should've raised our expectations (minus OAR) if anything considering our talent depth outside of the NHL.
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Actually, Canadian depth outside of the NHL is pretty piss poor. I don't think I realized how bad it was until this roster was named.
I expected Gold would be possible, but would be very tough on such a level playing field and with the team Russia was able to send.