I'll Take the Fins for a Fin, Please?

Team USA men's hockey... totally blew goats at the Olympics... totally... I'm not all that disappointed. Well, I wanted them to do good... for my country... but I hate Chris Chelios more than possibly any other hockey player... besides Tod Bertuzzi.

Team Canada... gone... They lost to a better Russian Federation team... well, maybe not a "better" team... but Team Canada hadn't looked "on" since the beginning couple games. Seems like they didn't get the puck to Joe Sakic nearly enough... and after he got his face busted (fractured cheekbone, anyway), the gave it to him even less, even though he was on the ice a lot... Sakic is THE MAN, for crying out loud. Crikey!

So... before the Olympics started, my prediction was the Czech Republic taking the gold... they're just deep as deep can get. After the round robin play... they're not looking as good as I thought they would, but they're still doing better than the US and Canada. The other team I'm looking at is Finland... of course. I can remember them being "powerhouses" when I was a youngster... and nothing's changed.

I have to say, though... as crappy as the United States and Canada ended up doing in Olympic hockey, I saw some extremely high-paced, entertaining games... and I'm sure there's a couple more to come.

P.S. - I was kinda joking about a US Curling medal before... but it's a possibility, at this point. Awesome!