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Canada's Edge in Overtime Win: A Glimpse at Team Dynamics
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2/21/2025
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We've been talking from the outset about Canada's win, and I bet the overtime, I hit it at plus
00:09
390.
00:10
I refuse to take a side, as you know, because I bet on Canada Saturday night, and I said
00:16
that I don't think the USA can beat them twice in a row to you on this show.
00:22
And so I just bet the overtime and cashed it, and I was okay with that.
00:26
Obviously, I was disappointed for the US team, but I never once thought they were better
00:32
than that Canadian team with their talent and roster and speed.
00:37
You know, when it was all said and done, Jordan Bennington was the difference in overtime,
00:42
right?
00:43
The USA were the better team in overtime for the most part.
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Like in the first couple of minutes, they legitimately had four or five scoring opportunities.
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I said the same thing about the US team for the entire tournament.
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They never really had sustained pressure offensively, right?
01:01
They would score in these like out of nowhere.
01:03
They were like flash knockouts if they were a fighter.
01:06
They're sort of standing there, next thing you know, you get kicked in the head and you're
01:09
knocked out.
01:10
The USA really just struck like lightning out like out of nowhere all the time in the
01:16
tournament.
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And then finally in overtime, they actually had some sustained pressure for real.
01:22
The first couple of minutes, they were buzzing, man, buzzing around the net, legitimate scoring
01:27
opportunities.
01:28
You know, there's a fine line, bro, between winning and losing, and that was the case
01:33
last night.
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Canada can, you know, we can flax and exhale and okay, we, you know, we won.
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But I swear, dude, like if you're, if this is a seven game series, they're going to play
01:46
nine games.
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You know what I mean?
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It was that close.
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I mean, after two periods, Scott, it was 2-2 and the shots on goal were 19-18, right?
01:55
It was like, all right, we played 40 minutes, we have the same amount of goals and we have
01:59
the same amount of shots on goal pretty much.
02:02
There really wasn't a lot to take away between the two teams.
02:05
I think just sort of that little clutch factor, right?
02:08
Canada had 14 guys that have won Stanley Cups on the team before.
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That's a lot, right?
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Almost like every guy on the bench last night during the game has been in like a serious
02:21
situation in the NHL before, and I thought that was a difference maker.
02:26
Nobody wanted Bennington, Scott, to be the goalie, right?
02:29
I mean, the fact of the matter is, which is insane, the top three goalies for Canada this
02:35
year technically, like the three Canadian goalies with the best stats weren't on the
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team.
02:42
It was like Bizarro World.
02:44
Like Logan Thompson's the best Canadian goalie in the world right now.
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He wasn't even on the team.
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I mean, the Montreal Canadiens goalie, Montabeau, was on the team, right?
02:53
And it was out of spite, Scott.
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And so one thing with Team Canada, Logan Thompson didn't want to play for them in the World
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Championships once.
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He was tired after the Vegas run.
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All right, we'll remember this down the road.
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You won't be on the team when it matters.
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That's the way they roll, and it was a dangerous way to roll with Jordan Bennington.
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I mean, Bennington hasn't been an elite goalie in the NHL for what, three, four, five years?
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Right?
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But man, did he step up when it mattered most, Scott.
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Like Bennington really, really deserved a lot of credit.
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