You’d think that Canada, the premiere country when it comes to Ice Hockey, would be walking into this tournament with a level of confidence and swagger that rivals the average American ego, but instead it feels like Canada sort of needs this win. Even if only to start believing in their country’s program again.
The obvious selling point for Team Canada as champion is the mere fact that Connor McDavid and Sidney Crosby, at long last, finally get to wear the Red Maple Leaf together; the premiere talent of the sport of the 2000’s and the premiere talent of the modern day, who have been denied the chance to join forces at the international level by the treachery of their own CBA finally getting to right that wrong.