Playing for a hockey-crazed country, Team Canada has one mission in the forthcoming World Cup.
Finishing second is "not even a question," Flyers center Claude Giroux said.
In other words, nothing less than a gold medal is acceptable to the players and their fans.
Giroux is on a Canada team that is so deep that he is expected to play on the fourth line.
And Corey Perry, a six-time 30-goal scorer who had 32 tallies for Anaheim last season, may not even crack the lineup.
Oh, Canada.
When the eight-team tournament begins next Saturday - it runs through Oct.