Exhibition: Switzerland vs sweden

[hockey20000]

switz vs sweden exhibition switz looking good so far to be fair

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[Chainshot]

I'm surprised they don't have video review, even for a pre-tournament game. Should be 2-1 Swiss.

 

[Statsy]

I'm surprised they don't have video review, even for a pre-tournament game. Should be 2-1 Swiss.

Video review is a process that also needs to be practiced, to be honest.

 

[Statsy]

What a defensive play by Engstrom!

 

[Chainshot]

Engstrom getting acrobatic there. Wow.

 

[Statsy]

2 on 1 and Stromgren just completely mishandles it.

 

[Statsy]

Sandin-Pelikka looks pretty smooth out there.

 

[Elias40]

I read the swiss thread, it should be such a bad team with a coach-idiot but..they play a completely balanced game and if the referees judged that the puck was caught by Blmoquist behind the line, Switzerland would take the lead. Here you can simply see what will happen to the Swedish game, that they cannot rely on their puck movers and the attacking game suffers significantly as a result.

The first goal was an example of when a defender misjudges a situation. There, in that situation, he could have done anything other than shoot the puck blind, make a lateral move, a turn or a lateral pass, but he hit the Swiss and put Sandin Pellikka in a difficult situation. This won't be a good tournament because opponents will punish these mistakes. After years when I got used to seeing Sandin, Liljegren, Söderström, Broberg or Björnfot at the WJC, the decline had to come. Sure, three of the top six defensemen are missing, but that's just hockey. Injuries are part of that, so the situation is that the Czechs now have the advantage of having one level better defender.

 

[Chainshot]

TSN pointing out how Lysell's one-man-show isn't always the best option.

 

[Statsy]

Swedish PP looks pretty competent. Seems to be the best part of their game. They aren't making a bunch happen at 5 on 5.

 

[ORRFForever]

Nice shot on the Swiss's 2nd goal. Very nice.

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Gord Miller and Mike Johnston dumping on each other.

 

[EK47]

The swedish D is simply not good enough.

 

[Chainshot]

Taibel can shoot the puck. For a guy with 2 goals in the Q, that was a nice finish.

 

[PanniniClaus]

There was a hockey summit after Halifax in 2002 and maybe another coming in 2022.

 

[Chainshot]

The swedish D is simply not good enough.

They look rough. Again.

 

[ORRFForever]

There was a hockey summit after Halifax in 2002 and maybe another coming in 2022.

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Is there O.T. in pre-tournament games?

 

[PanniniClaus]

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For the Swedes... they blew up their development program after 2002... I am making a joke reference to what looks like a very underwhelming Swedish team.

 

[EK47]

They look rough. Again.

Engström, Odelius and Sandin-Pelikka are up to the normal standard.

 

[ORRFForever]

For the Swedes... they blew up their development program after 2002... I am making a joke reference to what looks like a very underwhelming Swedish team.

Fair enough. Now I get it. Thanks!

 

[Chainshot]

Engström, Odelius and Sandin-Pelikka are up to the normal standard.

Sandin-Pelikka has been very good. Some of the rest, not so much.

 

[EK47]

Sandin-Pelikka has been very good. Some of the rest, not so much.

Pretty much, I think Engström is pretty good. Odelius was decent against The U.S.
Norén, Jonasson and Jansson are straight horror shows.

 

[Statsy]

Wow, how was that not a goal?

 

[EK47]

This ref isn’t gonna se much more action.

 

[Czechboy]

Wow, how was that not a goal?

It absolutely was...

 

[Chainshot]

This ref isn’t gonna se much more action.

I don't think I'd want this guy for a beer league game.