Regressing to the mean since 2015, it's the Hockey PEDEOCast with your host, Dmitri

Filipovich.

Welcome to the Hockey PEDEO cast. My name is Ditra Filipovich and joining me here in studio, my good buddy Thomas Strands. Tom. What's going on, man?

Not much, buddy. I mean, disappointing. I'm still disappointed, to be totally honest with you, struggling to process the result, especially because Team Canada put together easily their best game of the tournament.

One of the best games, period, we saw from any team at this tournament.

And just a overwhelming mass of missed opportunities ultimately cost them.

They have an extended five-on-three.

They get a Celebrini breakaway.

They get a McDavid breakaway.

They have McKinnon alone in front side of the net.

Helibuck beaten, shoots it wide.

You've got obviously the Devon Taves sequence.

And ultimately, Helibuck made the saves he had to make.

And more.

And more.

I mean, really, I think this could have been a 3-1 Canada win, to be totally honest with you, easily on form. And it just didn't happen. Tough way to lose in 3-on-3 overtime, but man, that was a stellar game, exceptionally exciting, faster than you can ever imagine. I think it lived up to the hype and then some.

And despite putting together and being the more impressive team, Canada gets the silver medal.

Yeah, it had been 12 years. Of course, since the last time we got Best on Best at the Olympics.

It had been a year since the four nations final between these two teams. I think

we had all built up an immense amount of hype leading into this one. And yet it's still not only

lived up to it, but exceeded it, I thought, from a quality of play perspective and the drama

and entertainment level and everything combined. And I think it was the perfect capper for this Olympic end.

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