Swedish defense is indeed ridiculously good, however they were not that great in the group stage, but when it was needed they stepped up to another level and in the GMG, they matched Canada's forecheck and were able to stop them at times, and take over the game... Hedman was monster yesterday.
Canada probably had more pure chances, and I'd say they were the better team if all considered, they had also more shots... but it was incredibly even game, pure joy to watch, such a battle, just wow.
The speed in overtime from both teams was insane. That was 10x times better than 2016 World Cup final. Need to give huge credit to both teams, Sweden surprised me, even Sweden's bottom lines had a great game. Nordstrom, Everberg, J.Lundqvist, W.Karlsson, they were really solid and battled hard.
It is just so sad that such a great game had to be decided by stupid penalty shots, I am so disappointed about it. I was really pissed, and still I am. I was cheering for Canada, so it felt even worse because I believe that if the overtime was longer, then Canada would have taken the Gold.
When I look back on Czech games, and try to compare it to this, it is just embarrasing, don't even want to think about it.
Congrats Sweden, your players were able to match Canada, your defense was best on the tournament, just like H.Lundqvist in the net, so after all, you deserved the Gold. Both teams deserved the Gold Medal yesterday.
Finland's D is absolute crap compared to that and will be for a long time, too bad.
but the tournament's clout and prominence in the hockey world maybe? You obviously skipped over my earlier comments so I'll be glad to repeat them. This tournament will never get the notoriety in North America because is not a best on best, period! I said the same thing the last two years when Canada won. Meh!!
