Olympics: My group stage predictions

[Hamilton Bulldogs]

Czech ruined my bracket

 

[Eye of Ra]

Group A

Germany
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Canada
USA
China

Group B

Russia
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Czech
Switzerland
Denmark

Group C

Finland
Slovakia
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Latvia
Sweden


Group A notes :

Canada has the best individual players of group A
however, overall look...Germany has more all around
team for a international tournament, with more
depth and additional scoring and better goaltending

USA's goaltending trio is second or third to worst in this tournament, my opinion.
Their offense looks spirited and fast, with skill, but their defense
and goaltending is just too weak to go far in this tournament

Group B notes :

The obvious, Russia are the dominant in this group and will win
all 3 games. (well, at least they are supposed to be, do that)

I couldn't first decide which i would put to 2nd place, Swiss or Czechs,
but i think Czechs big difference over the Swiss, is the NHL experience
what they have there in this tournament, that offence is super old thou...

Group C notes :

The obvious, Finland wins this group.

Slovakia looks really good, they could give us Finns, if we don't play smart,
some troubles, the first game of the tournament...never easy

Latvia always surprises and gives 110% and tries really really hard, they
finish third, they have your usual suspects team Latvia players there.

I think Sweden have sent their worst ever team to a international
tournament, or if not the worst, one of. And this is not coming from
a "biased" Finn, but rather just by looking at that roster
and gasping out loud; holy shit that looks bad, no offence.

That was my olympic group stage prediction. Thank you.

no comment about the fact that sweden won over slovakia AND latvia? you said sweden is the worst team in the tournament.

 

[Tmu84]

no comment about the fact that sweden won over slovakia AND latvia? you said sweden is the worst team in the tournament.

Just ignore him, that was just a poor, poor prediction by him. It's just like his opinion, man!

 

[member 305909]

Is it head to head which decides at level points? If so then Russia has already won the group.

Btw, why don't they rather eliminate four teams in the group-stage and go straight to the quarter-finals instead of giving four teams a straight road there and letting every other team through from the group?

 

[IceHockeyDude]

I think Sweden will win Finland on sunday. I also hope so. It would show what needs to be improved going forward.

 

[Czechboy]

Czech ruined my bracket

Pfft... They ruined my whole week!

 

[member 305909]

Next Sunday it's going to be a Finland-Canada final once again. We just can't get rid of each other.

 

[ORRFForever]

Next Sunday it's going to be a Finland-Canada final once again. We just can't get rid of each other.

They must only have one arena because the women's/men's games have a lot of gaps.

 

[ORRFForever]

Next Sunday it's going to be a Finland-Canada final once again. We just can't get rid of each other.

I think you might be right.

 

[Eye of Ra]

so sweden, the worst team in the tournament is in semifinals.

beating canada. beating slovakia and latvia. taking finland to ot.

still no reply from the op