You're reading it the wrong way, it says 13-4 for Switzerland, this was after the first period.
GDT: Game 1: Kazakhstan Vs Switzerland | 9AM EST 3PM CET | SUI 5 - 3 KAZ
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You're reading it the wrong way, it says 13-4 for Switzerland, this was after the first period.
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Yeah. I've seen enough of this defensive mess. Swap goaltenders and sit down some of the turnovermachines. We have three good goalies and Hollenstein had his chance
I'm more than happy with the 3 goals they scored and the way they played in the offensive zone. But the 3 goals against are 3 too many and were gifted to the opponents with individual mistakes. Unacceptable.
I'm more than happy with the 3 goals they scored and the way they played in the offensive zone. But the 3 goals against are 3 too many and were gifted to the opponents with individual mistakes. Unacceptable.
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Jesus terrible start for Switzerland. Way to many turnovers and descion making is way to slow. Forward groop looks pedestrian and extremly undersized and outmuscled. Nussbaumer, Aebischer and Schmid are the only Swiss players with good games. Nussbaumer needs better Wingers ASAP both Kohler and Verboon look terrible...
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I disagree with this. If the teams swapped goalies before the game we'd probably lead 7-0 or something. Offense was good but I agree regarding turnovers. This has to stop. Moser was supposed to be one of the leaders of this team with his NLA and elite national team experience...but comes up with that stupid turnover instead. Paterlini has to send a message now. Sit some guys down, swap goaltenders etc.
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Kazakhstan has way improved since last year. They work their bottom off on the D side, a bit how the Swiss like to play. And they can snipe.
Overall the quality of this game is better than I expected.
Of Course there are the turnovers by the Swiss side, but beside that there isn't much to complain about IMO. They try there best, and must keep on skating hard to counter Kazakhstan's physical advantage.
The talent gap just isn't so big between the teams this year, it seems.
Overall the quality of this game is better than I expected.
Of Course there are the turnovers by the Swiss side, but beside that there isn't much to complain about IMO. They try there best, and must keep on skating hard to counter Kazakhstan's physical advantage.
The talent gap just isn't so big between the teams this year, it seems.
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If you look at who's actually responsible for those goals against then I'm not sure if they really tried their best. And if they did, it's still time for a reality check. Plays like that aren't acceptable. Hollenstein has been garbage, too. Nice shots but he can't let in all of those.
Offense hasnt been good. Wich forward outside of Nussbaumer, Schmid and maybe Knak has had a good game? Sopa has been horrible and Verboon and Kohler didn't look good either. Other players like Mettler, Berri, Patry, Jobin and Wetter have been absolutely invisible. We havent even had an even strengh goal if you dont count the "own goal" of the Kazakh Goalie.
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What did you expect? There's no Kurashev, no Hischier, no Malgin, no Fiala and no Meier.
It was always gonna be offense by commitee this year and that's what they're providing. Very happy with the fact that they scored 4 goals but pissed as f*** that they allowed 3.
Also, Nurek may have allowed a bad one but if he didn't try to swipe that puck away, Knak would have had an easy tap it. He's also the only reason why this game is still close. Outstanding game from him. If you compare that to Hollenstein...don't even get me started
What did you expect? There's no Kurashev, no Hischier, no Malgin, no Fiala and no Meier.
It was always gonna be offense by commitee this year and that's what they're providing. Very happy with the fact that they scored 4 goals but pissed as **** that they allowed 3.
Also, Nurek may have allowed a bad one but if he did nothing, Knak would have had an easy tap it. He's also the only reason why this game is still close. Outstanding game from him. If you compare that to Hollenstein...don't even get me started
I didn't expect much from that offence I am just stating the facts. Yes we scored 4 goals so far but its Kazakhstan some of the other teams will probably score in the double digits against them. With this team we need our core D (Moser, Berni, Aebischer, Gross) and Goaltending show up big time and they havent done that today so I will agree with you at least on that point...
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I don't care how many goals other teams score...if the Swiss team wants to win then goals can't hurt but they mainly need solid goaltending and solid defense and I haven't seen any of it today. I hope Hollenstein played his last game.
Berni, Gross and Aebischer were good. Moser was very bad. Too many giveaways, not just that terrible one that lead to a goal. A player with his experience can't play like that against kids. He could do much better.
If you are a coach and scratch every player who has a bad game you'd fast be out of players. Hollenstein was bad today, Schmid will get the start on Saturday, we'll see how he plays.
Moser didn't look good, indeed. Paterlini needs to find D-lines. Moser also was put in bad situations by his teammates (like Guggenheimer before the 3-3).
Sopa was dissapointing, the rest played as expected. Knak showed his tools, he need to get a little bit better skill-wise. Nussbaumer clearly the best attacker in the team.
Moser didn't look good, indeed. Paterlini needs to find D-lines. Moser also was put in bad situations by his teammates (like Guggenheimer before the 3-3).
Sopa was dissapointing, the rest played as expected. Knak showed his tools, he need to get a little bit better skill-wise. Nussbaumer clearly the best attacker in the team.
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No, you're not. It would have sent a message to the team if he did sit down Moser. A message that careless play isn't gonna get tolerated. It was vets like Gerber or Moser making the mistakes...guys with significant pro experience...clearly not the guys you'd expect to make those mistakes. They still got the win today but players need to understand that they're gonna be in trouble if this happens again against better teams
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This is a pretty decent result from a Slovak perspective. Nice game by Kazakhstan, was really excited to watch Guseinov. Sucks about the injury
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Hollenstein seems to be a goaltender that can dominate games but always has bad game once in a while. But Schmid seems to have the exact same problem; consistency is not the biggest strengh of either of our top two goaltenders. I would give Schmid the next start and look from there but I definitley wouldn't count Hollenstein out of the tournament because of this game.
On D I thought only Aebischer was on his A game today. Berni and Gross werent bad but they can be much better as they both showed last year. Moser wasnt great indeed, those turnovers hurt the team especially since reliability is his main strengh as a player normaly. Henauer and Guggensheim didn't look so good either.
I was probably a bit two hard on the forwards in some earlier posts, but the lack of players that are able to drive a line and create offensive plays by their talent alone is concernig. Not only an offensive catalyst like Hischier, Meier or Niederreiter is lacking on this team. Even just above average forwards like Brüschweiler, Rod, Riat etc. are inexistent with the exception of Nussbaumer. Besides that, the forwards seem also very small as they got outmuscled often in board battles today.
Hopefully Paterlini will do some finetuning on the lines and pairings. There still seems a lot of room for optimization.
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No Pro-coach would have sit Moser in that game in that situation, especially if the alternative is Guggenheimer.
I'm sure they know that those turnovers are dangerous without sitting someone.
The lack of offensive talent is obvious. This age group is missing a lot and beside Nussbaumer I'd not give anyone a free-pass for a NLA-career. Knak is promising but also a bit raw.
I'm sure they know that those turnovers are dangerous without sitting someone.
The lack of offensive talent is obvious. This age group is missing a lot and beside Nussbaumer I'd not give anyone a free-pass for a NLA-career. Knak is promising but also a bit raw.
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Talentwise Hollenstein is behind Charlin and Schmid anyway so a place in the press box for Hollenstein would be the logical choice. He only started today based on last year and this years performances with Zug. I was never high on Hollenstein and even less after today. A good goalie of course but we have three of them. If you crap the bed once, it should be game over.
The forwards were good overall. Sopa took two dumb penalties but was good besides. The only real disappointment was Gerber. As one of the bigger and more experienced guys he can't possibly play like this. Overall all four lines were able to apply pressure and establish regular possession in the offensive zone which is all you can ask for with this roster. I really liked Nussbaumer (obviously) but also Sandro Schmid who was in absolute warrior mode. Was all over the puck in all situations and won 17/20 faceoffs. Always liked him as a player but this was an excellent game by him.
Overall we can say that the system works but Paterlini needs to change goalies and make sure that everyone is on the same page when it comes to taking care of the puck and working against the puck. The 3 goals they allowed today were 3 too many.
I guess if the 2001 class wasnt so terrible and Rochette hadnt changed Nations this team would look much better overall right now. Hopefully this is just a momentary thing and things will start looking better again on F in a couple of years down the road.
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Different question...I was missing Gross in the 3rd period...checked game summary and it says he only played 2:16...tied with Guggenheim the lowest on defense. Did he get hurt or benched? I didn't see anything that could have led to either of them. Weird.
Moser seems to be a bit in a sophomore slump. But to be fair, he had to play on the wrong side today. And he had a few fine plays as well. I think he goes through a time of adjustment, how much risk can he top on his supersolid basic game without harming it too much. He still should be a very important puzzle piece for this team against stronger competition. And he still got icetime till the end of the game unlike some others... Gross, Gerber, Mettler.
I don't know if Gross is slightly injured or what, but he had only about 10 minutes of ice-time. I'm more concerned about him. He's got very good athletical tools, has a good skill set on top of it, but even after 4 years on this level he struggles with decisionmaking and consistency. His role has gotten diminished during the game today. In the end it was Henauer-Pezzullo/Moser who were mostly on the ice when Berni-Aebischer for once weren't.
The latter ones really stand out when it comes to smartness and well- roundedness of their game. If just they had the physical tools of Gross...
I don't know if Gross is slightly injured or what, but he had only about 10 minutes of ice-time. I'm more concerned about him. He's got very good athletical tools, has a good skill set on top of it, but even after 4 years on this level he struggles with decisionmaking and consistency. His role has gotten diminished during the game today. In the end it was Henauer-Pezzullo/Moser who were mostly on the ice when Berni-Aebischer for once weren't.
The latter ones really stand out when it comes to smartness and well- roundedness of their game. If just they had the physical tools of Gross...
