GDT: 2018 WJC • Game 14 • Group B: SWE (7) - SUI (2) F

[Woodhouse]

Group B:

Sweden vs.

Switzerland
Dec. 30 • 14:00 ET • 20:00 CET
HarborCenter — Buffalo, NY
TV: RDS2, SVT, TSN5

Sweden
(Confirmed lineup per IIHF.)

17 Fredrik Karlstrom - 24 Lias Andersson - 21 Jesper Boqvist
19 Alexander Nylander - 16 Linus Lindstrom - 14 Elias Pettersson
29 Oskar Steen - 20 Isac Lundestrom - 8 Tim Soderlund
22 Axel Jonsson Fjallby - 10 Marcus Davidsson - 28 Fabian Zetterlund
12 Glenn Gustafsson

27 Jacob Moverare - 7 Timothy Liljegren
26 Erik Brannstrom - 8 Rasmus Dahlin
23 Jesper Sellgren - 5 Gustav Lindstrom
6 Linus Hogberg

1 Filip Larsson
30 Filip Gustavsson
35 Olle Eriksson Ek

Switzerland
(Confirmed lineup per IIHF.)

11 Marco Miranda - 23 Philipp Kurashev - 10 Guillaume Maillard
22 Nando Eggenberger - 24 Andre Heim - 19 Axel Simic
13 Justin Sigrist - 18 Valentin Nussbaumer - 14 Ken Jager
28 Dario Rohrbach - 9 Nicolas Muller - 20 Sven Leuenberger
26 Marco Cavalleri

17 Elia Riva - 27 Dominik Egli
12 Tobias Geisser - 16 Nico Gross
21 Tim Berni - 4 Simon LeCoultre
8 Davyd Barandun

1 Matteo Ritz
29 Akira Schmid
30 Philip Wuthrich​

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[The Iron Goalie]

Hopefully Pettersson is feeling better. Would love to see a 2+pt game from him.

 

[TheGoldenJet]

Should be a comfortable win for Sweden.

 

[jonas2244]

Matteo Ritz to start for Switzerland.

 

[Slimmy]

Who's the Swiss player who concussed W.Nylander last year? Is he playing this tournament?

 

[VictorLustig]

Who's the Swiss player who concussed W.Nylander last year? Is he playing this tournament?

That was 2 years ago. He's not playing.

 

[Slimmy]

That was 2 years ago. He's not playing.

Ah, right. Time flies.

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

Wonder if SWE will change goalie?

 

[Treasure Island]

I do not think the Sweden’s coaching staff are playing Timothy L. To his potential.
Very limited ice time in games so far. He would be better off playing in the AHL where he was getting a lot more playing time.
Next year when Sweden comes begging for him, I believe the Leafs should just keep him In the AHL.

 

[rickardr]

Wonder if SWE will change goalie?

I hope so

 

[BonAppleTea]

I do not think the Sweden’s coaching staff are playing Timothy L. To his potential.
Very limited ice time in games so far. He would be better off playing in the AHL where he was getting a lot more playing time.
Next year when Sweden comes begging for him, I believe the Leafs should just keep him In the AHL.

Not easy to compete with this D corps for time. Some more PP time would be great but can't see him beat out Dahlin there, especially not with harder games up ahead. In a tournament where 1 game changes everything you play the safer bets.
But I hardly think he is on the same page as you here, WJC isn't some kind of league. Players want to play for their country for other reasons than development

 

[VictorLustig]

I do not think the Sweden’s coaching staff are playing Timothy L. To his potential.
Very limited ice time in games so far. He would be better off playing in the AHL where he was getting a lot more playing time.
Next year when Sweden comes begging for him, I believe the Leafs should just keep him In the AHL.

Swedish HF has an agreement with the NHL which says teams must let their AHL kids go to the WJC. There are probably ways around it but why bother...

Liljegrens career won't be ruined by this tournament, he's averaged around 15 minutes so far and I doubt he would see much more ice time with the Marlies.

 

[Willy Stylez]

I do not think the Sweden’s coaching staff are playing Timothy L. To his potential.
Very limited ice time in games so far. He would be better off playing in the AHL where he was getting a lot more playing time.
Next year when Sweden comes begging for him, I believe the Leafs should just keep him In the AHL.

[MOD] they are two games in and Lilly has been allright. And as VictorLustig said, there is a agreement with he NHL regarding players in the AHL..

 

[DDRhockey]

I do not think the Sweden’s coaching staff are playing Timothy L. To his potential.
Very limited ice time in games so far. He would be better off playing in the AHL where he was getting a lot more playing time.
Next year when Sweden comes begging for him, I believe the Leafs should just keep him In the AHL.

Nobody cares about your leafs in here

 

[helax]

I do not think the Sweden’s coaching staff are playing Timothy L. To his potential.
Very limited ice time in games so far. He would be better off playing in the AHL where he was getting a lot more playing time.
Next year when Sweden comes begging for him, I believe the Leafs should just keep him In the AHL.

Well mate, the competition is to tough. He will not be playing 25 minutes per game with the level of D talent currently on the Swedish roster. He will get his chance to shine when he deserves it.

 

[bottomofthefoodchain]

I do not think the Sweden’s coaching staff are playing Timothy L. To his potential.
Very limited ice time in games so far. He would be better off playing in the AHL where he was getting a lot more playing time.
Next year when Sweden comes begging for him, I believe the Leafs should just keep him In the AHL.

He can earn it.

 

[4thline]

With Liljegren I don't see the situation so much as "needing to earn more minutes on a deep core" as being counted on to anchor the d even strength when Dahlin is not on the ice. Dahlin is justifiably going to get a lot of time, and it's a better d core with them apart than together. It's just the way the cookie crumbles. It's not a situation to put up the numbers but still a good learning experience, and I don't think that Monten values his role lightly.

 

[Burgmania]

I'm your in-house DJ for this game. If you're listening, let me know what you think & how I can get better!

 

[BigRangy]

I'm your in-house DJ for this game. If you're listening, let me know what you think & how I can get better!

As long as Sandstorm comes on for the most dramatic faceoff of the game, the DJ is doing a great job imo

 

[derriko]

How has Brannstrom been? Haven’t been able to follow the WJC so far. Is Brannstrom-Dahlin a new pair this game?

 

[petrishriekandgo]

Swiss better stay out of penalty trouble. If the Swedes get 3+ PP's Pettersson is going to have a MASSIVE game. Need to see more from the kid 5 on 5, especially would like to see him carry the puck more into the O-zone but with time and space he's lethal.

 

[rickardr]

Larsson in goal against SUI.

 

[Woodhouse]

Game lineups: SWE vs SUI .. Larsson vs Ritz in goal.

 

[bukwas]

How has Brannstrom been? Haven’t been able to follow the WJC so far. Is Brannstrom-Dahlin a new pair this game?

He's been okay. Haven't really noticed anything substantial either positively or negatively.

 

[EK47]

Lindström still on the first line. Seriously just f***ing change it up there is a reason the first line has gone scoreless 5v5 and that reason is solely Lindström.