Tournament format and Group imbalance

With the 2026 Winter Olympic Games beginning next week in Milano Cortino, Hailey and Sean preview the women's tournament, including their gold medal favorites, who the tournament MVP will be, who the best European player is, and what makes Canada vs the United States so special ahead of game one on February 5th.

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