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Originally Posted by darthchilli
Canada MUST gel on tuesday or be prepared to pack its bags. The Russians have proven, that one move amongst the lines made the difference and will continue to stick with the line of Ovie, Malkin and Semin. It works, thats a +1 for the Russians
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Russia has the same problem as Canada. It's not about gelling or clicking as both teams outshoot and outchance their opposing teams on all 3 games they've played so far.
The trouble is they both have an over-abundance of skill-players that have no trouble generating that initial shot; but not enough blue collars for follow up plays. Both teams have the players to generate plays and shooting lanes, just not enough players that scrum in front of the net or down low on the boards.
Canada's still the best team in the tourny if they could ever depart from the skill based identity and be more blue collar. Perhaps a healthy balance of both would've been nice.