By generalized standards, all the hockey teams were jokes. The Russians were a bit better because they actually still have some decent players in the KHL (namely Datsyuk and Kovalchuk who could both still play effectively in the NHL) but that was no guarantee of a gold. Anyone could have won that tournament.
As far as the curling...the women's team shit the bed....not making the medal round is akin to an American 4x100m relay team not making the finals at the Summer games.