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Russians made the entire tournament their bitch this year. They definitely sent their A squad, Datsyuk, semin, Malkin, Ovetchkin, etc. All their heavies. They didn't just win, they owned it. Slovaks have nothing to feel bad about, they were hosed by the best and they also finished ahead of some very good teams.
Finland just didn't have the chops this year though. They only seemed to bring their A game in about half the games. The rest they just looked bad. Congrats to the Czechs.
Very entertaining tournament though, as always, Canada or no Canada. There's always next year but with the NHL playoffs happening at this time it'll be the same thing all over again, with 60% of the players asked are either still in the playoffs or they're injured or afraid of injury.... thus it's a rare thing for us to actually send our absolute best of the best.
Anyway congrats to the winners.
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