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[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by moon

If the tournament was run Stanley Cup play-off style there is little chance that the US and Slovakia would be in the final four.

Hard to say.. don't we have silly teams in the final four of the Stanley Cup playoffs every year?

[C_Rush]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

Hard to say.. don't we have silly teams in the final four of the Stanley Cup playoffs every year?

Not unless the Canucks or Oilers make the final four every year...

[Ducay]

As has been said, I don't think Finland is as much of a surprise as the Slovaks are.....I never would have picked them to beat Sweden in a million years.

But thats just the Olympics, anything is possible with such a small sample size.

[amorak]

Originally Posted by Ducay

As has been said, I don't think Finland is as much of a surprise as the Slovaks are.....I never would have picked them to beat Sweden in a million years.

But thats just the Olympics, anything is possible with such a small sample size.

Megatron!

[SebC]

... you like thread titles that actually describe what the thread is about.

If a topic is good, it will be discussed on it's own merit rather than forcing people to open the thread just to find out what it's about.

[moon]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

Hard to say.. don't we have silly teams in the final four of the Stanley Cup playoffs every year?

I don't think there are silly teams in the final four, surprises but not crazy teams.

I also think that the gap in international teams is bigger than at the NHL level.