re: Olympic Hockey: Sweden 3, Finland 0 - FINAL

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This is a huge game. Finland and Sweden are elite teams and hate each other. Finland has been especially impressive so far. Coming into the tournament, I thought that 7 teams could legitimately contend for a medal (Fin, SWE, Slov, Cze, Rus, Can, U.S.). The Swiss are a clear step down from those IMO (even with the game against Canada). So it'd be a big deal to get to play them again in the quarters as opposed to facing one of those other teams.

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Completely agree. The #1 seed is going to the semis. I mean, even with the Swiss' great game against Canada, they still lost. Every other top seed will have to play a really top tier team. It's a 7 team tourney, really.

The good news is, Sweden should beat Finland. Rematch of last Olympics' gold medal game, but Sweden is a consistent winner of these tourneys. They were my pre-Olympic pick. Never sleep on the Swedes. They are so deep at center and they have a great goalie.