My original comment on all this was about how goaltending is the name of the game and I stand by that. When one goalie outplays the other by a wide margin and gets the win people will always comment on it, or quailfy it I guess. Basically it was a one goal difference, the 5th goal you got was an empty net one and maybe the nicest I've ever seen. Until then there was quite a flurry in your end so it was far from a ho hum we won by 2 goals kind of game. I'm a Canucks fan so I was happy to see Kessler get that goal, he's turned into quite a player.
I was shocked to see the poor effort by the Russians, they're goaltending certainly didn't help their cause. I was expecting a close game but we beat them in all areas without them putting up any fight. While winning is always what you want, a closer game is far more exciting.
I fully expect the US, should we meet in the final and I hope we do, to play a far more inspired game than the Russians did. The last game was truly a great game to watch and I'm sure every player on the US team knows they'll have to play far better than they did in the last one if they expect to win. If Luongo keeps playing well Miller will have to be even better than he has been and that's a tall order.