I was actually expecting Switzerland to put up a little more of a fight (as you may have guessed by my 3-2 prediction). 8-0! The best part to me, was the fact that after mentioning that I thought that they'd have a lot more offense this year, the experts on the panel moaned about how offensively challenged they were, and then they went out and scored eight goals. Take that "experts"!
Of course this was only against Switzerland, and they clearly just couldn't keep up with the Canadians, who were too big, too fast, and too good. But, eight different goal scorers, on eight goals... sounds pretty balanced to me. The goalie sure made a fantastic save in the second too!
The worst part... the commentators couldn't seem to stop going on about the Schenn, Schwartz, Leblanc line, who also seemed to be getting all of the prime offensive situation shifts (including the five on three). It's almost like they didn't notice the Couturier/Foligno line that seemed to control the play every time they hit the ice. Couturier had four points! He's the youngest player, the only undrafted player, and after the first exhibition game, the most talented. Watch for his linemate Marcus Foligno to come up big in the important games. Tomorrow's game against Sweden should be a little more of a challenge (5-3 win). Hopefully you don't mind hockey, because that's all your going to get on game days.
Stay tuned.
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