Vancouver Canucks: Most Clutch Team in the Olympics

The title above might sound like the ramblings of some hack who had the nerve to predict the Canucks would finish two places higher than the Blackhawks, but please direct yourself to this chart, courtesy of Mirtle:

While the Canucks might not have the most Olympians left among the 4 remaining teams (Slovakia, Canada, USA, and Finland), they're the only team in the NHL to have a player on every team. Chicago/Boston/LA (minus a Finn), Anaheim/Carolina (minus a Slovak), and the Rangers/Tampa Bay (minus a Canadian) are all close, but only the Canucks will host all three medals, along with one fourth-place failure who can go drink his sorrows away with the Sedins. And the four Canucks are all integral parts of their respective teams: Kesler is playing his gritty shutdown game matched up against the opponents' top lines, Demitra sparked the Slovakian run by scoring the crucial shootout winner against the Russians, Salo will be the powerplay quarterback on the Finns until he inevitably tears his knee giving a high-five, and Lou outplayed Brodeur's fat ass all the way to the number one goalie spot.

The Canucks: most clutch team in the Olympics.

UPDATE: Thanks to Lou's incredible save on Demitra in the final seconds, Salo will battle the Slovak for the bronze, and Kes will go head-to-head against the Great 1 (see what I did there?) for the gold.