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Originally Posted by 89blkcivic
Well, to be fair to the Canadian team, they were not expected to be gold medal contenders. They over achieved in this tournament. The boys went all out at the beginning of tonight's game - played with great energy and emotion. Nothing left after that. The Russians are a better team. Our boys gave it their all. Had the fans behind them and they got the big lead. Russians pull their goalie and say, "Enough is enough. It's time to turn the Canadians around and fuck them up the ass."
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No shot at you, but only to that sentiment:
But I think that sentiment is just 100% media marketing BS. Whether you collect your pro-am allstars or not, Canada will always be a hockey heavy-weight in the international stage. The problem with Canadian hockey is that we think we have such ownership and entitlement to the sport that we assume we can waltz into any tourney and own it.
The Sweden loss did lots to tighten up that attitude as was seen vs. the US win and at the very least, the first 40 minutes with Russia.
Additionally, the Russians were'nt the better team than Canada IMO; just more hungrier as the game went on, and Canada, less so after getting the 3 goal cushion. Pulling off such an upset was such a monumental task.