Sundin goes to town on the Russians on the radio.
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=444379I like Mats but this is pretty fucking funny. Nice to hear the honesty but maybe he should have checked his words a bit. It's like he completely forgot about the 2002 Olympics which featured a Canada-US final on Olympic-sized ice and one of the most spectacular choke jobs of all time.
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"I was almost disgusted by their performance when they played Finland," said the 43-year-old who played 18 seasons in the NHL. "I look at the Finnish team and they're missing key players. They don't have any of their big stars and now [Rask] is hurt and that Russian team is stacked with great players and to come out and have that performance they had in the quarterfinals. It was an absolutely heartless performance.
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Sundin thinks that an unfamiliarity with the larger ice surface is one of the main reasons why Canada's offence has yet to really click in Sochi, despite the team being undefeated.
"The last time the Olympics were around, the tournament was held on a smaller ice surface, an edge to the North American teams, no doubt," said Sundin. "The US and Canada were more comfortable. You look at the tournament right now, you can tell [Canada] is not as comfortable on the big ice surface...with the bigger ice surface, it becomes a little bit of a different game."
The all-time Leafs leader in points acknowledges that an adjustment needs to be made for North American teams playing on the big international ice.