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Betting on Team Canada to Secure Gold?

NHL may be tak­ing a break but the great­est hockey tour­na­ment has begun at the Olympics and Team Canada is the favorite to win the Gold Medal in Van­cou­ver. Cana­di­ans will be bank­ing on their team to prove to the rest of the world that they can win gold at their national sport. Some might say they owe it to Canada after hor­rific per­for­mance at the Torino Games.

There’s a lot of pres­sure on the Cana­dian ath­letes sim­ply because los­ing at home is not an option.  Steve Yzer­man has put together a stel­lar team but there are a few wor­ry­ing issues dog­ging their per­for­mance.  Ryan Get­zlaf is a rock solid team mem­ber and a great scorer but is suf­fer­ing from an injured ankle and if the prob­lem con­tin­ues Jeff Carter, a star in his own right but not of Getzlaf’s cal­iber, may replace him. Also slap shot on the shin on Sun­day has left Sid­ney Crosby limp­ing, although he claims to be fine.

The team is fac­ing is a down­turn in the last NHL per­for­mances of some of it’s super­star play­ers. Goaltender’s Mar­tin Brodeur and Robert Luongo both got pulled recently. Luongo was pulled after giv­ing up five goals in a loss to Min­nesota Wild. Jarome Iginla and Eric Staal are not hav­ing their usual suc­cess either.  Let’s hope the team can regain the strength it seems to have lost over the lost two week.

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