Don't like how Karlsson and OEL are utilized at all. Grönborg forces them to play a system game while they should be the ones on the team dictating the offense.
GDT: Exhibition • Sep. 10 • SWE vs. FIN
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Matti_A
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Yeah, it's blatantly obvious that Laine struggles with the smaller ice surface, maybe even more so than most, a lot less time and space etc. But it's not like he's embarrassing himself out there, he's just playing like one of the guys out there, not really standing out in any way.
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No the empty netter was just for giggles and doesn't count. 1.67 times as good.
Chimpradamus
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I think he will find his groove pretty fast when he has Girardi and Staal in front of him instead of the Swedish defense squad.Okay game by Lundqvist. Getting his groove back.
Didn't face much though, so pretty slow going. He's used to much larger workloads
You get used to getting bombarded when you're getting bombarded.
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also 3 point night for Forsberg. Backstrom's line stepped up big time. They were deadly and hope they continue to be like this
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Vatanen for Lepistö, Rask for Rinne. Defense first and no penalties.Nice game Sverige. The better team won today. Next one is the one that actually matters though. And we'll take that
Hey, Finnish brothers. If you don't like Laine, we will gladly trade you Krúger for him!
He's just a kid. When I was 18 I had just learned how to tie my shoes properly!
He's just a kid. When I was 18 I had just learned how to tie my shoes properly!
Jussi
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His off-season surgeries and recovery probably scared the coaching staff off. On the other hand, better for him to be training than risk getting injured in this..."tournament".
Anyways, Sweden deserved the victory for sure. Can't wait until the real tournament starts!
I think Jokipakka has been impressive so far. Lindell and Pokka haven't been bad either. Defence is still Finlands biggest question mark but the situation could be worse.
I think Jokipakka has been impressive so far. Lindell and Pokka haven't been bad either. Defence is still Finlands biggest question mark but the situation could be worse.
Lots of good things for both sides, when plays worked Finland dominated and same for Sweden, positives for both sides.
Vatanen stank it up, and must surely be dropped.
Rask made himself the backup.
Despite losing, Sweden wasn't as good as scoreline shows and as you'd think they are on paper.
Finland must figure out how to utilize Laine on pp, his boom-boom goals would be a big boost psychologically, now frequently Vatanen was to blame but even so.
Teräväinen, Korpikoski had better games, but still missing. Donskoi started to look good, Filppula also better than last season.
Vatanen stank it up, and must surely be dropped.
Rask made himself the backup.
Despite losing, Sweden wasn't as good as scoreline shows and as you'd think they are on paper.
Finland must figure out how to utilize Laine on pp, his boom-boom goals would be a big boost psychologically, now frequently Vatanen was to blame but even so.
Teräväinen, Korpikoski had better games, but still missing. Donskoi started to look good, Filppula also better than last season.
Short tournament and too many chefs.. They need to focus a lot on defense and use their skills responsibly. Herman showed a really good 2-way game. Karlsson with play of the game.
Edit: Herman? I meant Hedman.
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So true. This elite defence brought mediocer offense and sloppy defence.
Both our teams will get merked if we're this bad against the NA teams.
Festinator
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Whats up with laine-barkov-jokinen line? They played so well at the world championships and now they aren't really generating too much?
Everyone saying Vatanen should be dropped are not thinking it thoroughly.
Established players estimated to be important pieces in their position shouldn't be dropped from the team after bad performances in practice games, especially if said player has a history of not trying his best in these kind of games. I know it is kind of an excuse and professionals are expected to always try their best, but that is simply not the case with all players.
Vatanen plays an important part in the offensive game of the Finnish blueline. If he plays as badly in the actual tournament, it's a different matter entirely. I don't believe that for a moment though.
Established players estimated to be important pieces in their position shouldn't be dropped from the team after bad performances in practice games, especially if said player has a history of not trying his best in these kind of games. I know it is kind of an excuse and professionals are expected to always try their best, but that is simply not the case with all players.
Vatanen plays an important part in the offensive game of the Finnish blueline. If he plays as badly in the actual tournament, it's a different matter entirely. I don't believe that for a moment though.
Jokinen is a black hole.
You think back and think about scenarios where Laine or Barkov did something with the puck 5v5 - You probably can recall quite a few things, whether they ended up being useful or not. Then you think back to what Jokinen has done and I can literally only remember one single giveaway by him all game.
Was just trying to make a bad joke concearning some posts from the game yesterday.
I too think Finland looked very solid 5-on-5 and better than yesterday (despite the outcome).
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