WJC: 2025 Team Sweden Roster Talk

[EK47]

Looks like we are facing Finland.

Too much time left, but yeah not looking good for Canada.

 

[FinPanda]

Helloooo! Prepare to lose.. maybe xD

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

Any thoughts on if David Granberg is worth a flyer as a 5th round pick or later? I haven't seen him on Lulea but he looks good in this tournament so far.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Any thoughts on if David Granberg is worth a flyer as a 5th round pick or later? I haven't seen him on Lulea but he looks good in this tournament so far.

Yes he is. Good player. Strong, smart. His Uncle is Mikael Renberg btw .

 

[BearNorth]

Any thoughts on if David Granberg is worth a flyer as a 5th round pick or later? I haven't seen him on Lulea but he looks good in this tournament so far.

Ye I believe he is worth it could be a solid fourth line player.

 

[theslatcher]

Not to worry, Hävelid just extended his contract.

 

[Gazewithin]

Not to worry, Hävelid just extended his contract.

and surely pick 15 06-born and call them his secret cards. Great.

 

[theslatcher]

and surely pick 15 06-born and call them his secret cards. Great.

Gotta find the hidden x-factor players like Dennis Altörn!

 

[BearNorth]

Not to worry, Hävelid just extended his contract.

I really don’t want him to ruin the 07-group

Best age group in ages and we have hävelid as coach.

 

[hockeyprospects9]

Two years in a row we let in soft goals in deciding moments, first Hävelid now Thelin

 

[Prntscrn]

I really don’t want him to ruin the 07-group

Best age group in ages and we have hävelid as coach.

It does not matter who the coach is, it will just be another one who has been molded by the federation. They will continue down the same path as they have year after year after year after year..

When they dare to think outside the box when hiring a coach we might get some hope again. For now we will just continue to suck when it matters.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Hävelid is an idiot. But who would do it better? There are no good Swedish coaches. We need a foreign coach.

 

[Prntscrn]

Seriously, I am still dumbfounded how he decided to ice the 4th line after they had been glued to the bench for the entire 3rd period when Finland iced the puck after a long shift in their own zone. Fkn idiot

 

[Eye of Ra]

It does not matter who the coach is, it will just be another one who has been molded by the federation. They will continue down the same path as they have year after year after year after year..

When they dare to think outside the box when hiring a coach we might get some hope again. For now we will just continue to suck when it matters.

Its crazy its more important for them to hire a buddy than an actual good coach. They dont give a shit. The whole federation needs to be kicked out.

 

[hockeyprospects9]

The guy played Hurtig on the 3v4

 

[Eternalize]

I have followed this tournament for 16 years and during this time, the goaltending have rarely been a weakness for Sweden, even when there have been question marks in goal heading into the tournament. Most of these starting goalitenders have been able to steal at least a game or two for Sweden in a tournament. A bad game can happen to any goaltender unfortunately. I can think of a couple of goalies that stood out as a complete weakness during this time:
Gustavsson in 2012 (came up clutch when it mattered though)
Dansk (stats might not tell the story here, thought he benefitted heavily for playing behind the most dominant swedish junior team ever)
Hävelid (would follow up a good performance with a real stinker… coincidence that it was the coaches nephew?)

But Thelin really is a different kind of bad in this context. He didn’t really have a good game during the whole tournament. Even against Czechia, where he would over commit on shots, or constantly look outplayed on shots on the PK that got blocked. He’s been terrible to a maddening type of level.. and the worst thing is that he kept getting the nod? Like how bad did he have to be to get dropped? No one would have batted an eye if Gidlöf got the call for the Czechia game. It was the obvious, and none controversial decision. I wasn’t overly impressed with Gidlöf against Kazakhstan, thought he lacked composure. But considering Thelins play, Gidlöf deserved another shot without a doubt. Especially since he’s having the much better season, in a better league. Hävelid really shot himself in the foot by refusing to give Gidlöf a chance at this point. The worst thing that could potentially have happened in that Czechia game would have been if Gidlöf played bad as well. But at least it would have been in the f***ing group stage. Hävelid and management clearly wasn't going to drop Thelin no matter how f***ing bad he was, it's evident at this point.

Thelin didn’t clear the eye test, didn’t put up the numbers, and heading into this game, he had the 3rd worst xG against out of all the goaltenders in the tournament. If the guy was a highly touted goalie prospect, then maybe i would understand this level of trust in him. But this guy somehow has the composure of a chihuahua out there, despite constantly meditating in every single break. He's one of the most mentally weak goaltender that i have ever seen at this level. Every single shot against this guy looks like it can go in.

I seriously don’t know what would be worse? Hävelid FINALLY dropping him (way too late), or Hävelid deciding to give him the chance again after yet another predictable stinker that everyone but management saw coming.

 

[Ebbert]

I really don't know why Melker Thelin was the main goalie the whole tournament with his performance, Marcus Gidlof should have been the keeper for Czechia and for Finland games. Why Axel Hurtig is in the ice in 3vs4 PK ? Always should have been Theo Lindstein instead of him... Coach mistakes. Really piss because we had the Big Three to win gold but not gonna happen again.

 

[Zaddy]

Really not a fan at all of what I saw from Thelin in this tournament, was he really the best we had?

Finished the tournament with .885 and only had one game above .900. Meanwhile Rimpinen is .940 and hasn't been below .900 a single game of the tournament. Quite the difference.

Hard to win when you have the 7th best starting goalie in the tournament (only better than Swiss, Slovak and Kazakh goalies).

 

[Seiza]

Really not a fan at all of what I saw from Thelin in this tournament, was he really the best we had?

Finished the tournament with .885 and only had one game above .900. Meanwhile Rimpinen is .940 and hasn't been below .900 a single game of the tournament. Quite the difference.

Hard to win when you have the 7th best starting goalie in the tournament (only better than Swiss, Slovak and Kazakh goalies).

No, he wa almost definitely not the best we had. Gidlöf and Glifford would have been better choices as no. 1. Strahl is a bit more difficult to assess, as he plays in NA.