Team Europe may have already accepted their fate as they get ready to open the World Cup final on Tuesday.

The team will be faced with the grueling task of taking down tournament favorites Canada in a best two-of-three series, and Thomas Vanek understands that Europe's chances aren't great.

"We know this is the best team in the world," Vanek said, according to TSN's Mark Masters. "To beat them is going to be tough. To beat them twice is gonna ... It's impossible. So, our mindset is: It's best of three, but we can't look at all three games. We look at tonight."

Of course Canada has already topped Europe in the tournament once in round-robin play, when they bested the club 4-1, outshooting the team by a ridiculous 46-20 margin.

But it's hockey, anything can happen.

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