WJC: Increased Parity : Smaller Hockey Nations Improving?

[Slimmy]

Off topic...BUT...Our Boyz won smthg like 30-31 round robin games in a row one time...course they also won 5 Gold Medals in a row...TWICE

Those days are over. I guarantee you that. Still baffles me how Sweden couldn't manage to beat the Finns last year.

 

[torero]

Switzerland plateau'd? Denmark is a nice story and everything, but look up and down the Swiss roster and you'll see remarkable depth and talent.

Switzerland is arguably as talented as the Czechs, THAT is crazy impressive.

We plateau'd in terms of results ... but fundamentaly you are fully right, talent wise Switzerland is on the rise.

 

[czechcanadian]

Czechs don't have all their best players on the team. If they did then theyre better then swiss on paper. BUT Switzerland is young and next year should be a really good team for them. Will be a very exciting team to watch but a lot of other teams will be amazing too. Czechs, Swedes, and Finns are all going to be really good (Gold Medal Contenders) (on paper at least) next year. If people thought this year was tight then wait for next year.