It's the truth. Deal with it. Canada is the pre eminent hockey team on skill and talent alone. It's surprising that players like Domi and Virtanen feel like they have to go rabid dog to try to win. But whatever, me respect for most Canadian hockey players is high. If anything, I undersell the US hockey talent. I guess maybe the US talent is better than I thought if Canada resorts to this. The pity is, more than any other country, Canada can play "the beautiful game" but instead, they resort to this knowing retaliation wasn't going to be equitable. But whatever. Who cares about evolving the sport.
This tends to be the fall-back excuse whenever Canada wins, and I get that. Hell, even some people in our own country do it.
The truth is, talent won the game today. Talent, skill, speed and aggressive fore-checking. What almost cost us was a lapse in defensive play and goaltending.
Full praise to the US for not giving up and making it a game right to the end. And hopefully the fans (who started chanting wayyyy too early) and more importantly the team realizes that a 60 minute game is essential against top flight competition.
I invite you to go back and watch any world junior game, count the scrums, and honestly compare the totals to what you witnessed today. The numbers will be remarkably close, and in most cases Canadian team participate in fewer of them because we know we are under the microscope.
Seriously, rather than leave it to your opinion, back up this claim with some facts. I will be waiting.
