World Cup, who wins?

[Raimo Sillanpää]

This article says that its pretty much impossible to finland get even in the semis
Alltough i agree with him that on paper finland is the worst (or second worst) team in the tourney.

http://www.thehockeynews.com/news/a...anada-s-chances-but-not-so-bullish-on-finland

What I wonder is, what would advanced stats say 1 week before Torino 2006?
Team play is Finlands strenght.

 

[SaekkiPaelli]

What I wonder is, what would advanced stats say 1 week before Torino 2006?
Team play is Finlands strenght.

Finalnd's team in 2006 was 100x better, Selanne was on fire, s koivu was stilla nr1 C OJ was in his prime, Lehtinen was still relevant. Finalnd had 3 dmen that scored over 0,5PPG and played great defence, Timonen, Salo, Numminen + solid defensive defencemen.

Finalnds national team will be relevant again in 2022 olympics.

Swedens D looks absolutely sick

Canada
Sweden



USA
Russia

Rest

 

[I am not exposed]

The real winners are Guatemala, Mexico, and Cuba ... now they finally have a team to cheer for in North America.