WJC: 2025 Team Sweden Roster Talk

[Hockeyfrilla]

Gameday! Sweden-Germany 21:00.

Anton Wahlberg in the lineup?

 

[Prntscrn]

Gameday! Sweden-Germany 21:00.

Anton Wahlberg in the lineup?

The boys are gonna miss uppesittarkvällen

 

[EK47]

No stream?

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

Jack Berglund out for the tournament with injury

 

[m4tt145]

Dower Nilsson in? Or is Hävelid replacing grit with grit?

I hope Dower Nilsson gets the spot. We have grit.

 

[BearNorth]

I’m guessing zether for size and can play In the middle.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Dower Nilsson in? Or is Hävelid replacing grit with grit?

I hope Dower Nilsson gets the spot. We have grit.

Call in Frondell.

 

[BearNorth]

Call in Frondell.

You have to high hopes on hävelid doing the right choice

 

[hockeyprospects9]

Has to be Dower Nilsson

 

[Eye of Ra]

Has to be Dower Nilsson

Probably. But should be Frondell.

 

[stl76]

So Kostandinski is added to the preliminary roster

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.

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.

They might need to break up the Lindstein - Willander pairing and put ASP with Lindstein to cover for his defensive mistakes.

 

[m4tt145]

Maybe Hävelid gives Alriksson a call, could fill Berglunds role.

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

Prime opportunity to add a good player to the roster:

Anton Frondell
Noel Nordh
Melvin Fernström
Simon Zether

Dower Nilsson in? Or is Hävelid replacing grit with grit?

I hope Dower Nilsson gets the spot. We have grit.lsso

Dower-Nilsson was not good in the tournament in Finland.

 

[Kabetogama]

I think they would have added Zether to replace Berglund, but Zether is injured. Preferably they should add a c/fw, but the names mentioned play predominantly fw. Maybe Frondell, but I think Alriksson is the best guess.

 

[Lampedampe]

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.

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.

 

[VictorLustig]

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 has been excellent defensively in two straight tournaments. Lindstein is definitely not more sound defensively.

 

[stl76]

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.

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.

I think ASP is way overrated as a prospect and that he owes much of his success last tournament to Lindstein - Willander pairing taking the tough defensive assignments. Frankly, I thought he was the third best defenseman on that team (likely this team as well).

ASP has been excellent defensively in two straight tournaments. Lindstein is definitely not more sound defensively.

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.

 

[hockeyprospects9]

It’s about time to call in a replacement now…

 

[Eye of Ra]

Hävelid being the idiot he is will probably not call in anyone.

 

[Eye of Ra]

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.

I think ASP is way overrated as a prospect and that he owes much of his success last tournament to Lindstein - Willander pairing taking the tough defensive assignments. Frankly, I thought he was the third best defenseman on that team (likely this team as well).


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.

Not everything is about wjc. Ever heard of Leauge play?

 

[erikhamren]

Just select Frondell, is not rocket science ffs

 

[erikhamren]

''we need that little extra'' -Hävelid

Yea agree, so in with Frondell. Everyone wants to see him and its great experience for him. And we need a skilled goal scorer.

I will lose it if he either brings someone else or no one at all

 

[Lampedampe]

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.

I think ASP is way overrated as a prospect and that he owes much of his success last tournament to Lindstein - Willander pairing taking the tough defensive assignments. Frankly, I thought he was the third best defenseman on that team (likely this team as well).


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.

Definitely agree that Lindstein-Willander was the best pairing last year. And ASP never stood out that much last year, so yeah it'd be fair to say he was the 3rd best.

I don't agree that he's a defensive liability though. It's just hard to judge a players defensive capability in WJC when it's for the most part controlled chaos out there.

 

[EK47]

All Swedish junior coaching since Rönnberg has been utter trash. Knowing that Hävelid probably won’t even make up for the Frondell mishap here either.

 

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