Boo. Boo-oooooo-oo. I'm disappointed but not entirely surprised that Canada lost. I don't really want to talk about it but I can't help myself. Canada never really gelled or adjusted to the international game at any point in the tournament. They didn't skate and they couldn't score for their lives. Being shutout 3 times is just ridiculous considering the players they had. It doesn't matter how much bad luck you have (e.g. the disallowed goal today). They played good for stretches, but that's not enough when there are 7 contending teams. I don't really mind that they lost today. Russia was terrific and they deserved to win. It's just lame how weak Canada was overall. Even if they had all the right players and had been focused and playing as team there is still no guarantee that they would have won today. You have to execute and play mistake free hockey in a tournament format like this. But mistake free hockey is an impossibility for any team with Todd Bertuzzi on it. Although you can't pin the loss on one person, since so many stars were invisible, Bertuzzi's trademark dumb penalty was one of the biggest reasons they lost today. Dumb, dumb, stupid, stupid, dumb. I've long been a supporter of his, but you only get so many chances. I hope he never plays for Canada again and that Vancouver trades him.

On the bright side, Mar-tan Brodeur was great today, Canada won a crapload of other medals today, and the women's team won gold a few days ago. Reverse boo.