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The World Cup of Hockey begins Saturday in Toronto when Team USA faces Team Europe in group play at 3:30 p.m. ET?(ESPN2).?Heres how the eight teams in the tournament stack up entering round-robin play.1. SwedenThe Swedes will miss Henrik Zetterberg,?Alexander Steen?and Niklas Kronwall, but the Tre Kronor are still are the cream of the crop -- especially along the blue line, where they are stacked. Sorry, Canada.2. CanadaNo Tyler Seguin, Jeff Carter or?Jamie Benn??No problem. But the loss of Duncan Keith could prove fatal for the host Canadians, who are surprisingly thin on the left side of the blue line. Is Carey Price the Carey Price of old? Thats the key storyline for a Canadian team heavily favored to win it all.3. North AmericaThe darlings of the tournament are loaded with speed and skill -- and Matt Murray gives them top-flight goaltending. How will they fare against more physical foes? Thats the big question.4. Team USASpeaking of physical, the Americans might be the most physical team in the tournament -- and thats by design. Will the blue line hold up? Is there enough scoring depth? Not many people are picking the Americans to win it all, but Team USA might have biggest chip on its collective shoulders of any team.5. FinlandThe Finns are always a tough out in these tournaments and theres no reason to expect anything different this time. Im looking forward to seeing rookie talent Patrik Laine.?Hell need to have a big tournament for the Finns, who look to be overmatched offensively by pretty much everyone in their pool, to advance.6. RussiaThe Russians are the anti-Finns. Their forward group might be the most dangerous in the tournament, but the defense is thin. Too thin, at least in theory, for the Russians to be a factor. Still, a team that boasts Alex Ovechkin, Vladimir Tarasenko and Evgeni Malkin has to win one of these times, dont they?7. Czech RepublicThe Czechs have been hurt by injuries, but if they continue to get strong goaltending from Michal Neuvirth or Petr Mrazek they wont be pushovers. Still, theyre too thin on the blue line and up front to be considered anything but a long shot.8. Team EuropeTeam Europe looked outclassed by Team North America in pre-tournament action, illuminating a multitude of issues facing this team of players from disparate hockey nations in Europe -- most notably a lack of defensive depth, timely scoring and goaltending. Other than that theyre fine. Will Richardson Jersey . The Americans, skipped by John Shuster, seized the advantage in the eighth end by scoring five points for a 7-3 lead. The Czechs pulled two back in the ninth, but Shusters team of third Jeff Isaacson, second Jared Zezel and lead John Landsteiner ended with another point to secure the last Olympic berth on offer. Cam Robinson Jersey . 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The Czechs pulled two back in the ninth, but Shusters team of third Jeff Isaacson, second Jared Zezel and lead John Landsteiner ended with another point to secure the last Olympic berth on offer. SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Tim Tebows statistics are modest. But the former NFL quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner believes he is making progress with a week remaining in his Arizona Fall League stint.Tebow enters Wednesdays game with the Scottsdale Scorpions hitting .156 (7-for-45) with one double, two RBIs, four walks and 13 strikeouts in 13 AFL games. His batting average ranks 70th of 73 qualifiers in the league.I feel like every day I get a little more comfortable in the field, at the plate, just going through the routine of baseball, said the 29-year-old Tebow, who launched a professional baseball bid in September with the New York Mets after not playing the sport since his junior year of high school. I think my body is getting more comfortable with that -- the everyday routine of it, the little soreness of it, the recoveries. All of those little things.Tebow has been slowed by a cranky right knee, which he originally injured on Oct. 31 on an awkward slide into second base. He returned to the lineup three days later as the designated hitter, then departed for his weekend gig as a college-football commentator. Tebow resumed playing left field on Monday.Its getting better every day, Tebow said. Im feeling better, getting faster.One benefit of Tebow playing in the AFL is that Mets hitting coach Kevin Long lives in the Phoenix area and can provide regular tutelage. Tebow makes daily visits to Long in the mornings before reporting for AFL duty. The ex-quarterback confessed the extra workload has taken a toll on his hands.Lets put it this way: Theres been a lot of bandages on my hands for the last couple of months, Tebow said. Thats for sure.Tebow also has spent this week working at Scottsdale Stadium with Reggie Jackson, a Yankees instructor. They mostly have discussed hitting approach. Mets and Yankees prospects both play for the Scorpions.Hes got a month named after him, Tebow said about Jackson, also known as Mr. October. So its pretty cool.It has been an eventful AFL season for Tebow aside from his on-field play. The opening week, a man suffered a seizure in the stands after a game while seeking an autograph. Tebow stayed with the man -- a Georgia football fan -- until paramedics arrived. Tebow has stayed in touch with the man.Hes doing well, Tebow said. There might have been a little trash talk with the Florida-Georgia thing. But hes doing good.There have beeen light moments, too.ddddddddddddOn Halloween, Scottsdale teammate Aaron Brown -- a Phillies prospect -- dressed as Tebow, including wearing?Denver Broncos?garb.I thought it was really funny, Tebow said. Hes a trip. There were some good costumes. I liked his -- except when he came out and was throwing some different routes to [fellow Phillies prospect Mitch] Walding. There were too many incompletions out there.Mets general manager Sandy Alderson acknowledged Tebows assignment to the AFL is aggressive, given he just resumed playing the sport two months ago. But Alderson noted that the Mets wanted to have Tebow continue to develop by playing games after participating in the instructional league.Assigning Tebow to the AFL, which has a development mission, made more sense for Tebow than a Latin American winter league, where the priority is winning, according to Alderson. Tebow also needed a location that allowed for easy travel to his college-football broadcasting duties with ESPN each weekend. Having Long in the area and Mets coach Tom Goodwin managing Scottsdale made it sensible, too.Look, there was a downside in the fact that everything gets graded in the Fall League, Alderson said. The upside is he needs game competition in order to develop those kind of baseball instincts and peripheral skills that are so important. We actually thought he could hold his own in the batters box. And I think hes largely done that. His strikeout rate is not horrendous. Hes making decent contact and hes getting better.If you go to the Dominican Republic or Venezuela, those arent exactly development leagues. Those are competition leagues. So, all in all, this was the best spot for him.Goodwin said Tebows bat speed has been his biggest improvement through 13 games played in the AFL. His fielding instincts have improved, too, since he face-planted into the outfield wall during the opening week.The bat is coming through the zone, Goodwin said. I think hes recognizing pitches now better than he was then. Hes been facing some tough lefties, too. ... Hes done well. In the outfield hes moving around a lot better on his own. 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