2forsbergaura1 said:
its the OPPOSITE...some people here give Russia too much credit, mainly the people who are big fans of Russia. I am honestly a huge fan of Russia and i want them to win. However, I am also REALISTIC about their team. they have maybe two of the best forwards in the tournament in OVECHKIN and MALKIN...but what else do they have???? NOT MUCH. their goalie is VERY average, sometimes below average. whats worse is their DEFENSE, or the lack of it. sometimes their defense looks like that of a high school team...
I think if you take out Ovechkin and Malkin, you just described the USA in the past few games. I think anyone who predicts the Russians will only score one goal is really betting on double zero (to use a roulette analogy)... the Russians will get their goals. This game hinges on how Khudobin and Montoya play... right now they are equal (which shows you how badly Montoya has really played).
Prediction...
russia 7 (ovechkin [3], shirokov, voloshenko, rykov, lisin)
usa 5 (stafford [2], brown, kessel, suter)
Also, on one other note, i'd be interested to know how many people in Canada would prefer the Russia/USA game over the Giants/Cowboys game... i'd like to be optimistic and think that it's gotta be close seeing how most nfl fans have no interest in this game. I'm a huge nfl fan, and i want nothing to do with this game.