World Cup: 4 Nations Tournament - Team Sweden (2025)
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My current depth chart for Team Sweden:
ANNOUNCED:
D Gustav Forsling
D Victor Hemdan
D Erik Karlsson
F Filip Forsberg
F William Nylander
F Mika Zibanejad
VERY LIKELY:
G Jacob Markström
G Linus Ullmark
D Rasmus Dahlin
D Mattias Ekholm
F Jesper Bratt
F Joel Eriksson-Ek
F Adrian Kempe
F Elias Pettersson
F Lucas Raymond
GOOD CHANCE:
G Samuel Ersson
G Filip Gustavsson
D Rasmus Andersson
D Jonas Brodin
D Adam Larsson
D Hampus Lindholm
F Viktor Arvidsson
F Leo Carlsson
F William Karlsson
F Elias Lindholm
F Rickard Rakell
F Fabian Zetterlund
LONGSHOTS:
G Anton Forsberg
G Jesper Wallstedt
D Philip Broberg
D Oliver Ekman-Larsson
D Simon Edvinsson
D Marcus Pettersson
D Rasmus Sandin
F Mikael Backlund
F André Burakovsy
F William Eklund
F Carl Grundström
F Pontus Holmberg
F Nils Höglander
F Marcus Johansson
F Calle Järnkrok
F Isac Lundeström
F Gustav Nyquist
F Victor Olofsson
F Alexander Wennberg
ANNOUNCED:
D Gustav Forsling
D Victor Hemdan
D Erik Karlsson
F Filip Forsberg
F William Nylander
F Mika Zibanejad
VERY LIKELY:
G Jacob Markström
G Linus Ullmark
D Rasmus Dahlin
D Mattias Ekholm
F Jesper Bratt
F Joel Eriksson-Ek
F Adrian Kempe
F Elias Pettersson
F Lucas Raymond
GOOD CHANCE:
G Samuel Ersson
G Filip Gustavsson
D Rasmus Andersson
D Jonas Brodin
D Adam Larsson
D Hampus Lindholm
F Viktor Arvidsson
F Leo Carlsson
F William Karlsson
F Elias Lindholm
F Rickard Rakell
F Fabian Zetterlund
LONGSHOTS:
G Anton Forsberg
G Jesper Wallstedt
D Philip Broberg
D Oliver Ekman-Larsson
D Simon Edvinsson
D Marcus Pettersson
D Rasmus Sandin
F Mikael Backlund
F André Burakovsy
F William Eklund
F Carl Grundström
F Pontus Holmberg
F Nils Höglander
F Marcus Johansson
F Calle Järnkrok
F Isac Lundeström
F Gustav Nyquist
F Victor Olofsson
F Alexander Wennberg
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Its late October and Landeskog is still not back. We can write him off.
Eklund and OEL belongs in good chance.
I like OEL. But the competition for D spots is so tough. Especially for the offensive D role. Karlsson, Hedman, Dahlin and Rasmus Andersson are all ahead of him in my mind. There would have to be multiple injuries for him to make the team.
Regarding Eklund, I think managers are usually hesistant to bring along youngsters. He'd probably need to utilized in a scoring role too. Stiff competition
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Ikonen tillbaka hos Tre Kronor – uppges få ny roll
Sam Hallam och Tre Kronor verkar få förstärkning i 4 Nations Face-Off. NHL-ikonen Daniel Alfredsson kommer att vara en del av förbundskaptenens ledarstab – enli
Seems like Alfredsson is in. Good choice.
I wonder if announcing EK65 and Mika was a mistake? The defense is stacked, and right now, there are better options than Erik Karlsson in Hedman, Forsling, Brodin, Dahlin, Ekholm, Andersson, Lindholm, Larsson, and maybe also OEL, Pettersson and Broberg.
Mika seems to be struggling, but so are many other Swedish forwards in the NHL. But at C, I would go with Petterson, EEK, Leo Carlsson, and William Karlsson over Mika.
Mika seems to be struggling, but so are many other Swedish forwards in the NHL. But at C, I would go with Petterson, EEK, Leo Carlsson, and William Karlsson over Mika.
Isnt Leo playing on the wing?
Kempe - Pettersson - Nylander
Bratt - Zibanejad - Raymond
Carlsson - Eriksson Ek - Forsberg
Karlsson - Lindholm - Arvidsson
Hedman - Ekholm
Forsling - Andersson
Dahlin - Lindholm
Karlsson
Markström
Ullmark
Gustavsson
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How so? He is not a better center than Mika and Ep. Him, Eriksson Ek and Lindholm are close. Move him to wing?
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Mika’s game has been slowly declining the last few years. This year it’s gotten very bad. He looks either completely disinterested or injured. He’s actively hurting his team. Terrible turnovers, no defense, and floating around offensively. It’s possible he gets back to the slow decline of prior years and he’s actually just off to a slow start, but the fundamental problems with his game probably remain, regardless of a slow start or not.
He has struggled in recent years to drive play. That is the fundamental problem. He doesn’t use his skating very much anymore. He’s gotten too comfortable with his current arrangement where he gets his points on one of the best PP’s in the league (and his PP scoring is starting to decline a little also), while he doesn’t produce anywhere near how you’d imagine he should at even strength. In the playoffs where he’s been matched up against top centers he gets caved. Two years in a row at this point. It’s less bad during a typical NHL season when he gets some easier games and matchups, but it still shows up and this Four Nations tournament will be more like the playoffs where he’s struggled a lot.
I would not expect him to be a play driver. The best bet is he’s a big contributor on both special teams and he can be placed with players at even strength that help hide some of the faults he brings, preferably as a third line center where he won’t be matched up against the very best centers on another team.
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Moving your best defensive center to the wing sure would be something, not to mention he's one of Sweden's best players come playoffs.
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Elias Pettersson is struggling as well. The center position is our week spot. We are missing elite 1C. We used to have at least two (Forsberg+Sundin, H. Sedin+Zetterberg+Bäckström). But now it looks a little weak.
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And try Forsberg at center?
Literally only center we have that's better than Karlsson at 5v5 is in deep sleep right now.
Edit: I might be a bit harsh on not including Mika there.
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