Posts Tagged ‘Russia’

Feb19th

2 Games Down, Many Lessons Learned

AUTHOR: Eugene Markman | IN: Flyers | COMMENTS: 6 Comments

As of this writing, half of the teams have played 2 games. And right now, there are two pervading themes to this tournament: the favorites have not pulled away from the pack, and goaltending rules.  Case in point: Canada needed a shootout to beat Switzerland, and Russia lost in a shootout to Slovakia.  Meanwhile, the US has taken advantage of Canada’s stumble and sits atop their group. I haven’t been able to watch every game, so here’s a quick review of what I have seen:

Jonas Hiller is incredible. I don’t see many Ducks games, so the Giguere trade shocked me [...]