Canada 3, Switzerland 2 - We won...barely

What I liked: The sustained Canadian fore-check throughout the game; The Shark-Attack Line; The relatively competent play in our end; Martin Brodeur's performance (for the most part). You can sort of blame him for the first goal which was a great shot. But there's no way he can be blamed for the second. It's not the goaltender's fault when a centering pass is redirected in by his own player's skate (Patrick Marleau); Dan Boyle in both ends (again); Sidney's Crosby's goal in the shootout; Jonas Hiller's performance (from a pure hockey point of view; hated it from a partisan Canadian's POV); That this might have the effect of the Sweden loss in 2002 and knock some sense into these players.

What I didn't like: Canada's play in front of the Swiss net. It seems that our best players forgot the first thing that they were ever taught: Keep your stick on the ice; The officiating. How Crosby is high-sticked in the face and cut open and there's not a penalty called is ridiculous; The power-play. 1-7 on the PP is simply unacceptable for a team with this much talent. I've said it once and I will keep saying it: there was no reason to leave Mike Green off this team. If only to play 7-10 minutes a game as a PP specialist; The weird decisions to move Iginla from line to line. Just keep him Nash and Crosby; Chris Pronger's boneheaded play late in the second period that led to the second goal. Pronger was left out of position after he put Swiss forward Andres Ambuhl into the boards drawing what would have been a penalty and left Boyle and Marleau to play in front. Just dumb; That Canada likely needs to beat the Americans to earn a bye into quarter-finals.

Why we should panic: Because were Canadians and we didn't win 5-0 (or better.)

Why we shouldn't panic: Because we still won; Because Jonas Hiller is a real NHL goaltender who has won a Stanley Cup and backstopped the Ducks to victory in a triple-OT playoff game against Detroit in Detroit; Because there's still plenty of hockey to be played; And we still outshot Switzerland 46-25.