Forget Salt Lake where Can/USA won gold/silver - it was N.American rinks and clutcn n' grab hockey was still in style.
But again, Canada's hockey people built a team that would do great in the NHL, but outclassed in international hockey. Guys like Doan, Bertuzzi, Smyth, Thornton, Foote, Pronger, etc. are stars but if you're going to build a team for these Olympics names like Kariya, Staal, Crosby should have been here.
It's about speed, skill, finesse - not ground and pound.
Guys like Selanne, Ovechkin, Kovalchuk, Datsyuk are the stars here.
This year, Canada and USA will combine for exactly ZERO men's hockey medals (Canada's women will win gold). You read it here first.
Watch for a Finland / Slovakia final.
