Originally Posted by CDSmith

Always is. NHL'ers are supposed to be the best in the world, and our team is loaded with 100% NHL players. Most of the other teams aren't. Most of them have a few but not all....

And after all, hockey is "Canada's game". Of course we're expected to win.

But many of us are good about losing too, especially to a great hardworking team like the Russians. No shame in that, it was close today but their scoring chances paid off and ours didn't.