So, herewith, and without consulting one another are our picks — a few bold ones in there. We’ve also picked our tournament MVP and a players we expect to surprise you — maybe for good or bad. Amy selected two possible MVPs — we’ll let her get away with that, but just this once. She also selected a second set of winners — BEEP — not gonna happen. You gotta go with your gut. So for the purposes of this table, it’s first instincts. For the record, Goddess Amy said her table would look different if the goalies wigged and stunk. For the purposes of our exercise, we are assuming everyone is firing on all cylinders. Maybe we’ll do the all-oops team picks tomorrow. Ha ha!

Anyway, let’s see who comes closest … and see if you agree with our picks. If not, tell us why.

	Gold	Silver	Bronze	MVP	Surprise
Amy	Russia	Canada	Sweden	Jarome Iginla or Alex Ovechkin	Bobby Ryan
Kaat	Canada	Russia	U.S.A.	Canadian fans	Ryan Miller
Sasha	Sweden	Canada	Russia	Peter Forsberg	Loui Eriksson
Savvy	Russia	Canada	Czech	Evgeni Nabakov	David Krejci
** It should be noted all picks were in before the men’s tournament began.
** Kaat selected the people of Canada as MVPs. Not only being a proud kid of a Canadian mom, but also she thinks they will push the Canadian team past the Red Machine. Selecting a player, she’d go with Sidney Crosby. How Cliché !