GDT: Group A - May 17 - Russia (4) vs. Sweden (1)

[aphyro]

He is useless, he literally in every championships, I don't know what so good about him but the coach seems to be like him very much

glad to know MÃ¥rts is leaving.

Iv got the feeling you cheering for Sweden but arent you Canadian?

 

[Fantomas]

Why is IIHF.com so slow to update about this?

 

[ulvvf]

Congrats Russia, easy road for you now to semi.

 

[canswetoxic]

Iv got the feeling you cheering for Sweden but arent you Canadian?

My root is Svensson

 

[aphyro]

My root is Svensson

Aight cheers m8!

 

[Lonny Bohonos]

Whole stadium was trying out for Eurovision 2017.

 

[Kshahdoo]

It's because NHLers don't wanna play...

It's where we've become different as well. Soviet team always tried to score as many goals as possible.

 

[ulvvf]

He is useless, he literally in every championships, I don't know what so good about him but the coach seems to be like him very much

glad to know MÃ¥rts is leaving.

Grönborg is much worse. Rönnberg, Wallson and Hallam is the best swedish coaches right now, and it should have been one of them.

 

[canswetoxic]

Grönborg is much worse. Rönnberg, Wallson and Hallam is the best swedish coaches right now, and it should have been one of them.

Ulf should had taken over, the Swedish players lack of physical play.

 

[matsqq]

Four defending swedes and one russian, and all swedes look at the puck and forget about the russian who scores or has a major chance to score ...

This happens again and again during the match and the coaching staff does nothing about it... Awful coaching...

And MÃ¥rts picked inferiour SHL players over KHL players for the tournament ...

I'm also glad he is leaving ....

 

[IDeyChopNaira*]

Sweden wasn't that bad. IT was their C team against Russia's A-minus team. 4-1 is okay

 

[thepoeticgoblin]

Sweden wasn't that bad. IT was their C team against Russia's A-minus team. 4-1 is okay

Could've easily been more if not for Markström and the Russians coasted in the third.

 

[canswetoxic]

Sweden wasn't that bad. IT was their C team against Russia's A-minus team. 4-1 is okay

i dont know how to grade them but id followed the Swedish team since ages, this is the worst team of the century.

fransson, ritola, nygren, fantenberg, sjogren, normann, rosen and etc ? are you kidding me ?

 

[BlitzSnipe]

Good job, Team Russia! Very good 1st and 2nd periods, probably the best periods they've played in the entire tournament so far. Sat back in the 3rd which isn't good, but got the win and conceded only a goal.

 

[ViD]

so, if everything goes as planned, Russia vs Finland in the semis...shades of 07

 

[VictorLustig]

Sweden almost outshot Russia, and it means the game was very tight according to some peoples on these boards.

 

[ViD]

Russian play by play guy with the most idiotic quote of the evening :

"Swedes are taught from the birth that they are the best at everything in hockey and when they get matched against other skilled teams , they start to struggle"

 

[thepoeticgoblin]

Sweden almost outshot Russia, and it means the game was very tight according to some peoples on these boards.

Gotta love stats watchers! Just a few seasons ago a guy was moaning about a goaltender and I asked him if he had actually seen the game. He replied that he hadn't but he didn't have to since he had seen the shot chart...

 

[Bear12Good]

Shipachev better Backlund ?

 

[BlitzSnipe]

Sweden almost outshot Russia, and it means the game was very tight according to some peoples on these boards.

The 1st two periods were basically Russia doing what they wanted to, in the 3rd the Swedish team picked it up and Russia sat back a little. The Swedes were getting many shots in from tight angles.

 

[BlitzSnipe]

Russian play by play guy with the most idiotic quote of the evening :

"Swedes are taught from the birth that they are the best at everything in hockey and when they get matched against other skilled teams , they start to struggle"

Who said that? Were you watching the MatchTV airing? Well, sports commentators make silly comments like that all over the world, I think.

 

[Ingvar]

Who said that? Were you watching the MatchTV airing? Well, sports commentators make silly comments like that all over the world, I think.

I believe it was the 1st Channel. And yes, listening about "characterless Swedes" was pretty awkward.

 

[Antonglk]

Russian play by play guy with the most idiotic quote of the evening :

"Swedes are taught from the birth that they are the best at everything in hockey and when they get matched against other skilled teams , they start to struggle"

I also noticed this. These commenters on channel 1 are old post-soviet farts. Unprofessional. One of them had interviewed Orlov and called him Lubimov. How is it ever possible?

 

[JAS 39 Gripen]

This championship says pretty much about the quality of the SHL these days, sadly.
That, and that MÃ¥rts is an awful coach.

 

[ovikovy817]

Well, when I look @ the 4-0 Finland, Canada, I would even prefer to play against Canada in the semi final.

We have a tougher opponent than Finland in 1/4
And then, we would have a tougher opponent than Canada in 1/2