World Cup: Team Russia

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

I mean Sweden just beat USA and went to OT with Canada, Finland was on par with the U.S. for 40 minutes abd surged against Canada to make it close.

If someone thinks Russia can’t beat these nations in one game that’s a bit weird to say the least

And where did I say they couldn't beat any nation in one game ?

 

[Zine]

I mean Sweden just beat USA and went to OT with Canada, Finland was on par with the U.S. for 40 minutes abd surged against Canada to make it close.

If someone thinks Russia can’t beat these nations in one game that’s a bit weird to say the least

Yea, if Finland can beat Sweden and be competitive with USA/Canada with Jokiharju, Lindell, Matinpalo, Mikkola, Maatta, Vaakanainen, Valimaki on D, and freakin' Saron/Lankinen in G, I'm not worried about Russia's defense.

 

[Czechboy]

I mean Sweden just beat USA and went to OT with Canada, Finland was on par with the U.S. for 40 minutes abd surged against Canada to make it close.

If someone thinks Russia can’t beat these nations in one game that’s a bit weird to say the least

For sure Russia could win a round robin game or 2. Not a tourney though. At least not in the past 30 years and not in the foreseeable future either given they aren't playing. If this were Scrooge.. the ghost of Xmas past is meh and the ghost of Xmas future and present doesn't exist.

 

[ViD]

For sure Russia could win a round robin game or 2. Not a tourney though. At least not in the past 30 years and not in the foreseeable future either given they aren't playing. If this were Scrooge.. the ghost of Xmas past is meh and the ghost of Xmas future and present doesn't exist.

The way I see it

It Russia plays 10 games against each team

Russia beats Finland 7 times out of 10
Russia beats Sweden 6 times out of 10
Russia beats the U.S. 5 times out of 10
Russia beats Canada 4 times out of 10

 

[Summer Rose]

The way I see it

It Russia plays 10 games against each team

Russia beats Finland 7 times out of 10
Russia beats Sweden 6 times out of 10
Russia beats the U.S. 5 times out of 10
Russia beats Canada 4 times out of 10

I think it's more like 4/10 against the USA and 3/10 against Canada, but that's just me, and we're not too far off from each other. Extrapolate it out to out of 100 and it's probably more like 45/100 and 35/100 for me, which is pretty close to your numbers (for one, you'd mathematically round up 4.5 to 5 and 3.5 to 4 since there's no such thing as winning half a game).

 

[Czechboy]

The way I see it

It Russia plays 10 games against each team

Russia beats Finland 7 times out of 10
Russia beats Sweden 6 times out of 10
Russia beats the U.S. 5 times out of 10
Russia beats Canada 4 times out of 10

And how do you feel all those scenarios end in a one game elimination quarter in a best in best?

International hockey isn't played in 10 game series. It's played in round robins, quarters, semis and medal matches.

If you don't want to use past history and feel it's meaningless (not saying you said that but it is an argument being made) then why do you think Russia has improved so much? Because they certainly have a very small history of winning those quarters and medal matches when it counts.