And the USA was without Hughes, he and Makar have the same number of Norris wins. Why would you even make this excuse considering USA was without Hughes/Matthew Tkachuk and McAvoy in the finals? Binnington absolutely played like a God considering his OT saves, there were 3 chances that EASILY could've went in.
I don't think so, but that's extremely debatable.
I never said the US was better, but obviously you're having a hard time reading, I said saying it wasn't close is no longer the case. Canada lost a game, Canada won a game, not counting the EN goal it's 5-5 goals and 1-1 wins to losses. It's close and anybody watching the two games would in no way describe Canada's performance as clear dominance, nor is it any longer the case on paper. For the first time ever the USA is clearly even better at anything, this was never the case but goaltending in Canada has fallen off a cliff.
America was equal with Canada for 60 minutes, that happened. Binnington made 3 grade A saves, that happened, you're living in denial. The gap has narrowed yet again, that's reality.