It's Hard To Trash Talk Sweden, But We Gave It Our Best Shot

Unlike during the showdown with Team USA, Canadians found it difficult to trash talk Sweden during the gold medal game Sunday.

Your system of government is just & your twitter feed is gracious! #hardtotrashtalkSweden #GoCanadaGo
— Megan Leslie, MP (@MeganLeslieMP) February 23, 2014

Hey @sweden your accents in English are both adorable and alluring, even when a puppet chef only pretends! #hardtotrashtalksweden
— Formerly Shaggy (@postshaggy) February 23, 2014

Hey @sweden: you have high rates of gender equality and an your people are tall and good looking. Also IKEA #hardtotrashtalkSweden
— Katie Winstanley (@klw_kat) February 23, 2014

Women hold nearly half the seats in legislature & your elections are proportional #hardtotrashtalkSweden #GoCanadaGo http://t.co/76UToE7S9U
— Kennedy Stewart, MP (@kennedystewart) February 23, 2014

hey @Sweden your international bestselling trilogy was an anti-corporate feminist manifesto #hardtotrashtalkSweden
— Rachel Staycation (@rachelmack) February 23, 2014

Hey @sweden - only 7 of the 8 Skarsgard siblings are attractive and talented! #hardtotrashtalksweden #stupidsexyswedes
— Kate (@katevmurphy) February 23, 2014

But there was one angle of attack that seemed to occur to every Canadian on the internet. That angle was Ikea. The results were glorious.

#TeamSweden right now is all pic.twitter.com/yZWGkjflvD
— John Bowman (@johnbowman) February 23, 2014

I kicked all my IKEA furniture on the way out this morning. pic.twitter.com/YVeME64qqN
— robyndoolittle (@robyndoolittle) February 23, 2014

We threw in a few Swedish chef jabs for good measure.

This @Ikea thing is getting old...there is plenty of ammo out there EX: pic.twitter.com/hDKDRUkVx2
— Trevor McManus (@trevormcmanus) February 23, 2014

And after getting rid of Bieber, it looks like we're going to get to keep Darwin. Hockey really is the best.