JackSlater
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Oh I know. I don't take the WC very seriously, and I know that most countries don't. USA definitely takes it the least serious.
World Cup: What if Russia doesn't medal in the World Cup
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Oh I know. I don't take the WC very seriously, and I know that most countries don't. USA definitely takes it the least serious.
That's only 2 less than the number of Olympics they've won. Do they not take that seriously?
Macman
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Russia suffers from the hate factor? As opposed to how Canadian teams are universally loved and admired when they play overseas? I've gotta hand it to you, at least it's a new excuse.
So they take it as seriously as they take the Olympics?
I find the correlation between wins and seriousness flawed. Canada's never done anything at the WBC or the Olympics, but we take baseball pretty seriously.
Alexander the Gr8
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If you expect Russia to medal, you should lower your expectations. Russia has enough firepower offensively to pull off upsets in elimination games. Russia will be a top 3 hockey nation if they manage to fix their defense in the future but by that time, the current Russian superstars will be declining. Ovi and Geno will be 35 years old by the time Russia has a legit defense, and Datsyuk/Kovalchuk will be retired.
To say that Russian hockey program failed because they lost one single elimination game is very interesting, to say the least.
I am sure that USA take very serious the last 3 or 4 WC. They playing with much energy with good attidude.
In the recent WC the US-Team are very serious
!Must be why they win Major tournaments so often. What are we at, 5 in the last century?
JackSlater
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I am sure that USA take very serious the last 3 or 4 WC. They playing with much energy with good attidude.
In the recent WC the US-Team are very serious
I don't doubt that the players who go to the tournament are serious. They get a ridiculous amount of refusals though.
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It actually explains a lot of the odd opinions that various Swedish posters have expressed over the years.
jj cale
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Yeah, that is where it all came from.
Based on a pretty long history between those two teams in hockey.
Can you point me to what year? Great britian once won olympic gold in hockey also.
Speak for yourself. I don't care about who wins in the NHL. I don't care much about Canada Cup=NHL Cup with NHL rules, refs and bias.
I do care about the World Champonshup held by the only eligible international organization to regulate international hockey. If Canada doesn't send their best players to the tournament it's not my problem, it's Canada's.
Its not that easy. It even took them quite long to win gold in WHC. Sure Russia is the top country and this will stay as it is. Any other conclusion would be absurd.But saying that is just about talent is quite misleading imo. You need that cherry/gold on top to prove you are the best. And Russia desperately needs it.
Bear12Good
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I am sure that USA take very serious the last 3 or 4 WC. They playing with much energy with good attidude.
In the recent WC the US-Team are very serious
It's not a question of those 23 players who are chosen to the World Championships, whether they take the tournament seriously or not. Of course they do and want to win. The question is how the USA Hockey, as a whole body, takes the tournament seriously. Every year there is plenty of quality players available for the US to make a team that could be even comparable to Team Canada on paper, but if we called that particular team as "A" team, what USA usually sends into the World Championships is a "C" or "D" team. That's just pretty ridiculous. They are always an underdog, and winning any medal is a success. If they had their "A" team (of who they could have from those 14 teams eliminated from the playoffs), they would be constand gold-medal co-favorite.
