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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
Easy there. I may beat you at, say, a game of poker, but if I couldn’t make it and sent my dog over in my place, I’m pretty sure you would do just fine.
Rene Bourque under the leadership of Willie Desjardins. Just saying.
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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.