While Brodeur has been rock solid, some of the young Canadian defensman have really stepped up, too. Bouwmeester, Hannan, and Regehr have all played really well over the course of the tournament, helping to keep the quality shots on Marty to a minimum.
As for the US, as long as Tkatchuk keeps his head outta his ass, and Esche holds up, I think it should definitley be a Canada/US final. Their defense has gotten better, and the new team combination seems to have added the jump they needed to actually compete, instead of getting ran out of the tournament.
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