Odds of Canada winning the Olympic Hockey Gold Medal

by Hawerchuk on Feb 27, 2010 1:00 PM EST

I suppose I could have titled this "Odds of Team USA winning the Gold Medal," but you gotta make up your mind one way or the other. I hunted around a bit for today's lines on the Gold Medal game. Canada is favored anywhere from 65-69% over the US, unchanged since the 22nd of February. As I've noted before, I think these odds are optimistic - the bookies are trying to limit their downside by discouraging overly-emotional Canadian fans from laying too much money on Canada. So I assume Canada should be a 60% favorite to win the gold.

In the less exciting Bronze Medal game tonight, Finland is a 57% favorite over Slovakia. Both Finland and Slovakia were highly-underrated after the round-robin, but Slovakia was actually a slight (say 51%) favorite over the Finns earlier in the week.

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Gaborik potentially being out affect the odds?

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by Bettman's Nightmare on Feb 27, 2010 4:55 PM EST reply actions

I think listing Canada as even a 60% favourite might be a little much. Miller has proven he can out-duel some of the best goalies of the day (Hiller, Brodeur, Hiller again and Kipper) in this tournament. That being said, if I were a betting man (and being the patriot that I am), I would still bet on Canada.

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by Belligerent Burkie on Feb 27, 2010 6:33 PM EST reply actions