The boys are gonna miss uppesittarkvällenGameday! Sweden-Germany 21:00.
Anton Wahlberg in the lineup?
Call in Frondell.Dower Nilsson in? Or is Hävelid replacing grit with grit?
I hope Dower Nilsson gets the spot. We have grit.
You have to high hopes on hävelid doing the right choiceCall in Frondell.
Probably. But should be Frondell.Has to be Dower Nilsson
So Kostandinski is added to the preliminary roster
They might need to break up the Lindstein - Willander pairing and put ASP with Lindstein to cover for his defensive mistakes.Wasn't paying a lot off attention on him particularly, since he is one of the players I wasn't worried/curious about. Solid, felt like he was one of the players who didn't frequently look lost or slow out there. I wish he took some more iniative at times. He can really sling some darts up the ice when he decides to(did a couple times this game), and this team sorely needs that.
Seems like we're keeping last years pairing of him and Willander together. Considering how important they are individually to this team, as well as how well they played last year, I have big expectations and hopes for him this tournament. They have to make up for having a weaker team to work with this year. We'll see once the real tournament starts.
Dower Nilsson in? Or is Hävelid replacing grit with grit?
I hope Dower Nilsson gets the spot. We have grit.lsso
ASP minus 4 from that game by my count. I get that he puts up points and has a good shot for the PP, but I’ve just never seen it with ASP.
They might need to break up the Lindstein - Willander pairing and put ASP with Lindstein to cover for his defensive mistakes.
ASP minus 4 from that game by my count. I get that he puts up points and has a good shot for the PP, but I’ve just never seen it with ASP.
They might need to break up the Lindstein - Willander pairing and put ASP with Lindstein to cover for his defensive mistakes.
I’m not just basing my opinion on highlights and +/-, but I can see how my post might’ve come off like that. I watched every minute of every team Sweden game last WJC and plan on doing the same this year if my schedule allows.Looks like ASP messed up slightly trying to pinch on the first goal, but it was Gustafsson who missed his coverage. But other than that, what kind of defensive mistakes do you see?
Thelin straight up misses the puck on the tying goal, the go ahead goal is a odd deflection off a Swedish player and nothing he could have done on the Cowan goal, he even tied his man up.
Since you like to rely on +/- it's worth mentioning that Lindstein is +5 on a team that is +29 while ASP is +4 on a -1 team.
I like Lindstein, and he's better defensively than ASP... But looking at highlights and +/- is not how you reach that conclusion.
Willander and Lindstein pairing took much tougher defensive assignments last tournament and had better results. Lindstein is absolutely more sound defensively IMO, Willander as well.ASP has been excellent defensively in two straight tournaments. Lindstein is definitely not more sound defensively.