Olympics: 2014 — Switzerland Roster (Released, post #1)

[swisdan]

Yes. Let's hope he ll come back in good shape and the question ll be set.

 

[jonas2244]

On the other hand, a big advantage for Sbisa is that he fits well with Streit. And who could replace him? Furrer, Ramholt or Grossmann aren't exactly locks themselves.

The only question mark behind Furrer is his health, otherwise he'll be there, I'm sure. Most of you just select 18 players, Simpson can select 22 (+3 goalkeepers). I'm quite sure he'll take 8 D and 14 F to Sotchi.

I just don't see any NHL-player not getting the call (beside Weber).

 

[ficohok*]

Some observations based on the Arosa challenge:

Not much to say on individual players, although I think Gardner has made a good case for himself and the Ambühl-Bieber pair had some strong efforts on the PK.

Regarding the line up, Simpson kept the i-Hollenstein, Ambühl-Suri and Tachsler-Walker combo from the last WC. It's also interesting to note that he put a physical player with i and Hollenstein, which makes me think that whoever it was who said that Niederreiter would end up on that line may be right. And given the strong defensive play we could expect from a Bieber-Ambühl-Suri line, I wonder if Duga may have been right when he suggested a few pages back that Trachsler may end up out of the team.

If we remember that Romy and Wick played on the same line at the Deutschland cup, maybe this is the line up Simpson has in mind:

Brunner - Romy - Wick
Niederreiter - i - Hollenstein
Moser - Plüss - Gardner
Bieber - Ambühl - Suri

No Baertschi ? Ok ,I know that his stats doesn't look so good, but he is playing on very bad team.

 

[swisdan]

No Baertschi ? Ok ,I know that his stats doesn't look so good, but he is playing on very bad team.

You can also see it as he was demoted from a very bad team.

 

[stv11]

The only question mark behind Furrer is his health, otherwise he'll be there, I'm sure. Most of you just select 18 players, Simpson can select 22 (+3 goalkeepers). I'm quite sure he'll take 8 D and 14 F to Sotchi.

I just don't see any NHL-player not getting the call (beside Weber).

I agree he's likely to be there, I predict the defense to be Josi-Diaz, Streit-Sbisa, Seger-Vauclair and Blindenbacher-Furrer, but there's still a chance Simpson will prefer other depth players. And if Sbisa is out, that would promote Furrer to the 2nd pair, which may be a bit too much for him.

No Baertschi ? Ok ,I know that his stats doesn't look so good, but he is playing on very bad team.

His case has been discussed many times over this thread. He has never played a professional game on the big ice, has no international experience and hasn't built any chemistry with the rest of the team. Those are a pretty huge handicaps, and it's not like he's obviously better than the other wingers. I'm sure Simpson considers him, but he's far from a lock.

 

[sync95]

I'm watching the Swiss juniors playing Canada right now. It's incredible to hear how diverse the team is. For players who are French, German and Italian(Ticino) speakers, they seem to work really well and communicate as a complete team, despite the perceived difference in culture. Really interesting team and country.

 

[Richi]

It seems that Streit is going to be the captain. In an interview Seger said that in the locker room it´s clear to everyone that Streit will be their leader, even though Simpson hasn´t officially announced it yet.

Source: http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/sport/fussball/Die-Guetsli-meiner-Mutter-sind-ein-Gedicht/story/16291040

 

[Leafsdude7]

Did this on page three during the off-season, but didn't really do much research and just picked the top NHL-related talent (drafted or signed an NHL contract at some point) before filling out the extra spots left.

Going through the WC and Euro league numbers along with the NHL stats, here's what I'd go with right now:

L| C| R
22 Nino Niederreiter| 88 Kevin Romy |24 Reto Suri
14 Roman Wick| 12 Luca i| 70 Denis Hollenstein
82 Simon Moser| 28 Martin Pluss 'A'| 96 Damien Brunner
17 Hnat Dominechelli 'A'| 25 Thibault Monnet| 86 Julien Sprunger

Ex: Two of: 27 Sven Bartschi, 61 Patrik Bartschi, 11 Benjamin Pluss, 10 Andres Ambuhl

Not totally confident with the Bartschi's as 13/14. Ambuhl seems to be on everyone else's list, but he's just never impressed me. Hollenstein also doesn't impress me much, but he seems to be on the top two lines of everyone's list, too, so I'm grudgingly putting him on the 2nd line. The other considerations outside of those four would seem to be Ryan Gardner (a little aged) and Julian Walker (inexperienced internationally). Dominechelli is there as a veteran presence up front, which is part of why Gardner seems like a poor selection. I suppose if I had a gun to my head, I'd probably take Ambuhl and B Pluss over the Bartschis, but I'm uncertain at the moment.

Niederreiter has salvaged his career this year and looks ready to be a go-to-guy on the first line. It's not like they have many better options, anyway.

D| D
7 Martin Streit 'C'| 90 Roman Josi
16 Raphael Diaz| 47 Luca Sbisa
57 Goran Bezina| 3 Julien Vauclair

Ex: 6 Tim Ramholt, 77 Yannick Weber

Defense remains mostly the same as I had during the off-season. Replace Sbisa with Felician DuBois if he's not healthy. I have a bit of an obsession with Weber and Ramholt being on this team, but I could see one of them dropped for either Furrer or Blindenbacher, too.

G
1 Jonas Hiller
26 Martin Gerber
20 Reto Berra

Pretty much the only one without question for me. Stephan was the only other option IMO, and he's been underwhelming the past two seasons and had a poor showing in the 2012 WC. Berra's not been much better, granted (and probably notably worse), but he's got a bit more youth and therefore fits better as a 3rd string behind the two veterans. If Gerber's out, then Stephan becomes the backup and Berra remains in the pressbox.

 

[SwissGrog]

Did this on page three during the off-season, but didn't really do much research and just picked the top NHL-related talent (drafted or signed an NHL contract at some point) before filling out the extra spots left.

Going through the WC and Euro league numbers along with the NHL stats, here's what I'd go with right now:

L| C| R
22 Nino Niederreiter| 88 Kevin Romy |24 Reto Suri
14 Roman Wick| 12 Luca i| 70 Denis Hollenstein
82 Simon Moser| 28 Martin Pluss 'A'| 96 Damien Brunner
17 Hnat Dominechelli 'A'| 25 Thibault Monnet| 86 Julien Sprunger

Ex: Two of: 27 Sven Bartschi, 61 Patrik Bartschi, 11 Benjamin Pluss, 10 Andres Ambuhl

Not totally confident with the Bartschi's as 13/14. Ambuhl seems to be on everyone else's list, but he's just never impressed me. Hollenstein also doesn't impress me much, but he seems to be on the top two lines of everyone's list, too, so I'm grudgingly putting him on the 2nd line. The other considerations outside of those four would seem to be Ryan Gardner (a little aged) and Julian Walker (inexperienced internationally). Dominechelli is there as a veteran presence up front, which is part of why Gardner seems like a poor selection. I suppose if I had a gun to my head, I'd probably take Ambuhl and B Pluss over the Bartschis, but I'm uncertain at the moment.

Niederreiter has salvaged his career this year and looks ready to be a go-to-guy on the first line. It's not like they have many better options, anyway.

D| D
7 Martin Streit 'C'| 90 Roman Josi
16 Raphael Diaz| 47 Luca Sbisa
57 Goran Bezina| 3 Julien Vauclair

Ex: 6 Tim Ramholt, 77 Yannick Weber

Defense remains mostly the same as I had during the off-season. Replace Sbisa with Felician DuBois if he's not healthy. I have a bit of an obsession with Weber and Ramholt being on this team, but I could see one of them dropped for either Furrer or Blindenbacher, too.

G
1 Jonas Hiller
26 Martin Gerber
20 Reto Berra

Pretty much the only one without question for me. Stephan was the only other option IMO, and he's been underwhelming the past two seasons and had a poor showing in the 2012 WC. Berra's not been much better, granted (and probably notably worse), but he's got a bit more youth and therefore fits better as a 3rd string behind the two veterans. If Gerber's out, then Stephan becomes the backup and Berra remains in the pressbox.

It's not a bad selection, but Domenichelli is playing really bad. He is invisible and too slow, is only good in power-play. If I have to pick a veteran, then Gardner.
Switzerland doesn't always pick a team based on single point-performance, but pick it as you would pick a normal team. That's why we had a Walker-Trachsler-Bodenmann line as checker line in Stockholm.

Your first three line looks good, but I would switch Brunner and Niederreiter since there is both a chemistry between Romy and Brunner and Moser-Pluess-Niederreiter.

L| C| R
96 Damien Brunner | 88 Kevin Romy |24 Reto Suri
14 Roman Wick| 12 Luca i| 70 Denis Hollenstein
82 Simon Moser| 28 Martin Pluss 'A'| 22 Nino Niederreiter
Ambühl | Gardner | Sprunger

Ex: Walker, Baertschi

We need size and grit in the fourth line. I'm still not sold on Sprunger but he did show up this year with the swiss team (2g 2g 2a).

 

[jonas2244]

I'm quite sure we'll see Trachsler as center of the 4th line. He does an excellent job there and is also a very good boxplay-player.

 

[Kuzya]

I think taking Bärtschi as an extra forward would be a very good idea. He hasn't had a very good season in the NHL, but I think just being around the team at the Olympics and getting a few minutes in the games would be a very good experience for him. And if there is an injury or someone else begins the tournament badly, he could easily step in to the 3rd line.

 

[swisdan]

I think taking Bärtschi as an extra forward would be a very good idea. He hasn't had a very good season in the NHL, but I think just being around the team at the Olympics and getting a few minutes in the games would be a very good experience for him. And if there is an injury or someone else begins the tournament badly, he could easily step in to the 3rd line.

I'm not sure it's a good idea to pick somebody to give him experience. It's the JO and you have to go with the best, and Baertschi isn't imo.

 

[ozo]

We need size and grit in the fourth line. I'm still not sold on Sprunger but he did show up this year with the swiss team (2g 2g 2a).

Pardon my ignorance, who were your team facing and what were the scores?

 

[stv11]

Pardon my ignorance, who were your team facing and what were the scores?

It was at the Deutschland cup. 1G in a 3-2 SO win against Germany and 1G 2A in a 5-4 loss against the USA.

 

[ozo]

It was at the Deutschland cup. 1G in a 3-2 SO win against Germany and 1G 2A in a 5-4 loss against the USA.

How did you fare against the third opponent? And actually, how does your exhibition game schedule looks before the OG's?

 

[stv11]

How did you fare against the third opponent? And actually, how does your exhibition game schedule looks before the OG's?

3-0 win vs Slovakia. Then two weeks ago there was a 4-2 win against Norway and a 3-2 SO loss against Belarus.

There will be games againt Russia and Norway in Sochi right before the Olympics.

 

[BMongrain]

My Team would be:

Wick - Pluess - Niederreiter
Bodenmann (Brunner if healthy) - i - Hollenstein
Baertschi - Ambühl - Suri
Walker - Trachsler - Moser

Josi - Furrer
Streit - Du Bois
Diaz - Blindenbacher
Sbisa - Weber

Hiller
Berra
Gerber

 

[HC Bienne]

today at 4 p.m swiss time(35 minutes) the swiss squad will be announced.

 

[SwissGrog]

I can't find any news anywhere, does somebody knows something? I know it is really not probable but after the great show he put up in the last match I kind of wish Pestoni could be in Sochi. Still he is the third best swiss scorer of the league.

 

[Richi]

live stream (german):
http://www.blick.ch/sport/eishockey/nati/welche-spieler-nimmt-simpson-mit-id2603888.html

lots of useless talk until now. creating a bit of suspense...

 

[Master Radishes]

Watching the stream and typing the names out as I go...

Goalies:
Reto Berra
Jonas Hiller
Tobias Stephan

Defense:
Severin Blindenbacher
Raphael Diaz
Philippe Furrer
Roman Josi
Matthias Seger
Mark Streit
Julien Vauclair
Yannick Weber

Forwards:
Andres Ambuhl
Matthias Bieber
Simon Bodenmann
Damien Brunner
Luca i
Ryan Gardner
Denis Hollenstein
Simon Moser
Nino Niederreiter
Martin Pluss
Kevin Romy
Reto Suri
Morris Trachsler
Roman Wick

 

[Richi]

Swiss roster (in alphabetical order)

Forward:

Ambühl Andres (HC Davos)
Bieber Mathias (Kloten Flyers)
Bodenmann Simon (Kloten Flyers)
Brunner Damian (New Jersey Devils)
i Luca (ZSC Lions)
Gardner Ryan (SC Bern)
Hollenstein Dennis (HC Geneve-Servette)
Moser Simon (Milwaukee Admirals)
Niederreiter Nino (Minnesota Wild)
Plüss Martin (SC Bern)
Romy Kevin (HC Geneve-Servette)
Suri Reto (EV Zug)
Trachsler Morris (ZSC Lions)
Wick Roman (ZSC Lions)


Defensemen:

Blindenbacher Severin (ZSC Lions)
Diaz Raphael (Montreal Canadiens)
Furrer Phillip (SC Bern)
Josi Roman (Nashville Predators)
Seger Mathias (ZSC Lions)
Streit Mark (Philadelphia Flyers)
Vouclair Julien (HC Lugano)
Weber Yanick (Voncouver Canucks)


Goalie:

Berra Reto (Calgary Flames)
Hiller Jonas (Anaheim Ducks)
Stephan Tobias (HC Geneve-Servette)

Sidelist (players who might get the place in the event of an injury, etc.)

Forwards:

Bärtschi Patrick (ZSC Lions)
Baertschi Sven (Calgary Flames/Abbotsford Heat)
Bürgler Dario (HC Davos)
Bykov Andrej (HC Fribourg Gotteron)
Guggisberg Peter (HC Davos)
Liniger Michael (Kloten Flyers)
Monnet Thibeaut (HC Fribourg Gotteron)
Pestoni Inti (HC Ambri-Piotta)
Plüss Benjamin (HC Fribourg Gotteron)
Rüfenacht Thomas (HC Lugano)
Simek Juraj (HC Geneve-Servette)
Sprunger Julien (HC Fribourg Gotteron)
Stancescu Victor (Kloten Flyers)
Walker Julian (HC Lugano)

Defensemen:

Bezina Goran (HC Geneve-Servette)
Blum Eric (Kloten Flyers)
Du Bois Felicien (Kloten Flyers)
Geering Patrick (ZSC Lions)
Grossman Robin (HC Davos)
Ramholt Tim (HC Davos)
Sbisa Luca (Anaheim Ducks)
Von Gunten Patrick (Kloten Flyers)


Goalie:

Conz Benjamin (HC Fribourg Gotteron)
Flüeler Lukas (ZSC Lions)
Genoni Leonardo (HC Davos)
Gerber Martin (Kloten Flyers)
Mayer Robert (Hamilton Bulldogs/Montreal Canadiens (only Back-Up))

 

[FLYguy3911]

What was the point of the side list?

 

[Kuzya]

No Sbisa Big mistake imo. He brings the physical play that we will need against the bigger teams.

 

[HC Bienne]

you change those players for injured players.