golfortennis
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- Oct 25, 2007
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Now yes, there are many what-ifs we can say about this tournament, in particular Patrick Roy perhaps, or some of the cuts Canada made, so I'd like to acknowledge that upfront, but not have the thread derail through all the different possibilities. But watching TSN replay the final the last couple days made me wonder something.
Looking at the standings, Canada, USSR and Sweden all won 3 games. Sweden defeated the Soviets in the round robin 5-3, only to have that result flipped, 4-2 in the semis. Canada defeated Sweden 5-3 in the round robin. So Sweden was a tough team.
Acknowledging also that the Canada-Soviet matchup was very likely the greatest collection of talent on ice at one time, how much of a monkey wrench does Sweden throw into things if Pelle Lindbergh is in net, rather than the unfortunate events that actually took place? Was Lindbergh good enough that his presence changes how things play out in this tournament?
I was not old enough to form my own opinions of Lindbergh other than it seemed he sure played really well in 1985 prior to things, but it could also be mythologizing that time can do.
Apologies if this has been discussed before, I just didn't see it on a search.
Looking at the standings, Canada, USSR and Sweden all won 3 games. Sweden defeated the Soviets in the round robin 5-3, only to have that result flipped, 4-2 in the semis. Canada defeated Sweden 5-3 in the round robin. So Sweden was a tough team.
Acknowledging also that the Canada-Soviet matchup was very likely the greatest collection of talent on ice at one time, how much of a monkey wrench does Sweden throw into things if Pelle Lindbergh is in net, rather than the unfortunate events that actually took place? Was Lindbergh good enough that his presence changes how things play out in this tournament?
I was not old enough to form my own opinions of Lindbergh other than it seemed he sure played really well in 1985 prior to things, but it could also be mythologizing that time can do.
Apologies if this has been discussed before, I just didn't see it on a search.