Men's Hockey Prelim Matchups

[rp889]

CAN, USA, NOR, SWI
RUS, LAT, CZE, SLO
SWE, GER, BEL, FIN

Of the groups, who do you think has the biggest advantage in matchups? I think Canada, Russia and Finland will all get the bye to the quarterfinals, the 4th maybe Sweden or Czech Republic.

[flylock shox]

I reckon Canada, Russia, Sweden, and Finland go through to the quarters with byes. They'll later be joined by the USA, Slovaks, Czechs and Swiss. Canada, Russia, Sweden, and the USA survive to the semis. Then, God willing, Canada and Russia in the Gold medal final, and Sweden and the States fight it out for bronze.

I'm excited to see Canada tomorrow afternoon, but even more excited to see what Russia can do. They've got the most explosive offence I can recall seeing.

[arsenal]

The Russian team scares me.
They have very good goalies, every line the put out will have numerous snipers on it. They will be able to cycle, score of the fly, and basically make any defence look foolish.

They say the best defence is a strong office. I don't think there is any team out there that has a stronger offence.

[HPLovecraft]

Canada's offense is just as strong, I don't see how it isn't.

And Canada's defense will contribute on a far greater level than the Russian one.

[MRCboicgy]

Here's how the full schedule plays out. http://www.iihf.com/en/channels10/ol.../schedule.html

[Jesse834]

My surprise team for the Olympics is not other than Switzerland.

[spydermal]

3$ proline picking SWI, BLR, GER pays 2187$. If I picked two more underdog it would have exceeded the payoff limit lol.