Thank god for Germany and Italy

It’s an unusual feeling, watching Canada suck at hockey. I guess this is how countries like Norway and Latvia have felt in the past when they played Canada, as if their team really shouldn’t even be in the same tournament as their opponent. Finland flat out dominated Canada today, in a way that Switzerland didn’t yesterday. The Swiss had a hot goalie; the Finns just beat Canada like a rented mule. Canada couldn’t get into the zone, iced the puck, went offside, lost faceoffs, lost footraces, gave pucks away, and so on, and so on. The Finns, meanwhile, were perfect; as much as I despise the trap for being the most boring hockey tactic ever devised, it wins games. And the Canadians couldn’t even string two passes together, let alone break the trap or win a dump-in. They deserved to lose. The only hope they have for a medal — any medal — is the famous Canadian ability to turn it on when it matters, but so far in this tournament they’ve not even been in the same league as a team like Finland.

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