Top to bottom, Swedes were better.
Czech secondary scoring is recovering from injuries somewhere in NJ, OTT and NYR... Or just sitting somewhere in NY.
The #1 goalie is recovering in Ottawa.
And Hamr wasn't even picked for the original roster.
They're also the worst team made of NHL players at faceoffs I've ever seen.
Size worked against them too, they couldn't get the puck off the boards. Soft or not, Vyborny, Straka, Olesz, Erat... And even defensemen like Frank Kaberle and Zidlicky will not outmuscle guys like Sundin, Forsberg, Samuelsson, etc... off the puck.
With both teams healthy, I'd still give a very slight edge to Sweden.
As it was, it was never gonna be close. Good game by the Swedes, they did themselves proud, but they were as good as the Czechs were bad.
PS: to my dissapointment, the best Czech in the tournament prior to this game (IMO), Pavel Kubina, had an AWFUL game. It was painful to watch him.
PPS: I said it in the GDT... Czech poor, soft D aside... Axelsson and Alfredsson were doing some of best forechecking I've ever seen. Ever.