Brady Tkachuk sends a strong message to Team Canada.

Team USA has secured its place in the final of the Four Nations Face-Off tournament with a pair of big regulation wins over Team Finland and Team Canada in their first two games of the tournament, and it is clear that confidence on the American side of the ice is currently at an all time high.

On Monday, members of Team USA spoke to reporters following a skate ahead of their game on Monday night against Team Sweden, and it was during that media availability that Team USA forward Brady Tkachuk sent a clear message to their biggest rivals.

Tkachuk was asked about the explosive start to Team USA's game against Team Canada on Saturday night and he made it clear that the 3 fights in 9 seconds were designed to send a strong message to their Canadian rivals.

"It’s our time now," said Tkachuk on Monday.

It makes sense that Tkachuk would be asked about the message being sent given that it has since been revealed that the explosive start to the game was the work of him, his brother Matthew Tkachuk, and one more Team USA forward, and you could tell by Brady Tkachuk's body language during those moments that sending a message was exactly what they were looking to do.

As you can see in this clip of Brady's fight against Canadian forward Sam Bennett, Brady can be seen taunting the Canadian crowd when Team USA was looking to set the tone early in hostile territory.

This rivalry has been spectacular thus far and I for one am hoping that we get to see it one more time in the final on Thursday.