Olympics: If Canada had a B team, how would they do internationally?

[KAWAIlllI]

For sure they would be the 2nd, 3rd best team, but I have no idea why people (mainly Canadians) are so fixated with this. I’ve never seen any of the major football powers act like Canada does when it comes to sport. If England would lose to a small country like Sweden, you would never hear them scream like ”Oooooh but we have 5 teams that are better than yours” or ”But we missed our reserve left back that game!”. It’s only Canadians, and hockey. Such a boring world

 

[JackSlater]

The favourite to win the whole thing.

 

[namttebih]

To be honest, the best bet would be to have 24 forwards throw their sticks in a pile, 14 defense into a second and 6 goalies into a third. McDavid and MacKinnon Captain the teams and pick using ball hockey rules.

 

[Summer Rose]

For sure they would be the 2nd, 3rd best team, but I have no idea why people (mainly Canadians) are so fixated with this. I’ve never seen any of the major football powers act like Canada does when it comes to sport. If England would lose to a small country like Sweden, you would never hear them scream like ”Oooooh but we have 5 teams that are better than yours” or ”But we missed our reserve left back that game!”. It’s only Canadians, and hockey. Such a boring world

Huh? I've seen lots of fans from various countries say "well yeah our B team would be a contender too" or something similar.

Australia with cricket is a big offender for this one in my experience.

 

[KAWAIlllI]

Huh? I've seen lots of fans from various countries say "well yeah our B team would be a contender too" or something similar.

Australia with cricket is a big offender for this one in my experience.

Maybe I’m getting to old

 

[ORRFForever]

Maybe I’m getting to old

You are never "too" old for proper grammar. (half joking)

 

[Fish on The Sand]

If Canada had a B team, how would they do internationally? For discussion purposes, please assume the A team selects the best possible team.

Be prepared for a bunch of people to assign Canada's second best goalie to the B team not understanding how this works.

 

[NyQuil]

Be prepared for a bunch of people to assign Canada's second best goalie to the B team not understanding how this works.

Meh, that doesn't really mean what it used to mean.

 

[McHelpus]

Does Hyman really not make the b team?

 

[Reindl87]

In the single game Elimination Format, they d of course contend for the Gold medal, so would Canada C.