And Mike Harris Calls It

His predictions sound not too far off ours.

The only serious challengers to Team Canada are Norway's Thomas Ulsrud and Sweden's Niklas Edin. There are a couple of other teams with the potential to make the playoffs, but anyone other than Canada, Norway or Sweden winning this championship would be a huge upset.
In a rebuilding year for most of the top teams in the world, Stoughton has had the best season of anyone and was very deserving of the Brier title he captured nearly a month ago by beating Glenn Howard in the final in London, Ont.