If NHLers in Olympics - are Sweden a contender for the gold?

[Eye of Ra]

Nylander - Backstrom - Silfverberg
Arvidsson - Wennberg - Forsberg
Steen - Zetterberg - Rakell
Landeskog - Rask - Lindholm (Ok, lets drop Backlund)

Ekholm - Karlsson
Hedman - Hjalmarsson
OEL - Lindholm

Lundqvist
Lehner

Is this team good enough to fight Canada, USA and Russia?

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[Mighty Makar]

Yes, but Canada will win.....again

 

[NyQuil]

In a single-game elimination tournament, sure.

 

[Eye of Ra]

In a single-game elimination tournament, sure.

What makes you think that this Team Sweden does not have what it takes in a 7 game-series against Canada, USA and Russia?

Yes, but Canada will win.....again

Canada did not win in CC 1981, World Cup 1996, Olympics 1998 and 2006.

 

[GeeoffBrown]

That's a sick roster. Not as good as the 2006 Gold Medal roster though IMO.

 

[karlstegger]

Nylander - Backstrom - Silfverberg
Arvidsson - Wennberg - Forsberg
Steen - Zetterberg - Rakell
Landeskog - Rask - Lindholm (Ok, lets drop Backlund)

Ekholm - Karlsson
Hedman - Hjalmarsson
OEL - Lindholm

Lundqvist
Lehner

Is this team good enough to fight Canada, USA and Russia?

It definately is. Their D is so much better than what Russia has to offer and I think they are way harder to beat than Russia. So I'm actually ranking Sweden ahead of Russia and feel they are very close to USA and Canada. Oh, and as someone else say: in a single elimination game anything can happen.

 

[1Gold Standard]

of course they would be. strong contenders, along with Canada. The Americans would come in as a minor favorite.

NHL should immediately name a no gimmick World Cup for 2020 with 8 teams.

pissed that NHLers won't be at the Olympics.

 

[johnny_rudeboy]

No, Canada will always be the favorites. Sweden 2nd or 3rd.

 

[Neil Hamburger]

If I was making odds, I would give Sweden the 2nd best chance of winning gold.

In a few years they could struggle with goaltending, however, as they don't have much after Lundqvist. I think the US will surpass them soon as well, once Matthews & Eichel hit their primes.

 

[The Podium]

Canada

Sweden/USA

Russia
Finland

Then everyone else far behind the pack

 

[Skobel24]

Of course.

 

[Bear12Good]

No, Canada will win

 

[Spender]

If I was making odds, I would give Sweden the 2nd best chance of winning gold.

In a few years they could struggle with goaltending, however, as they don't have much after Lundqvist. I think the US will surpass them soon as well, once Matthews & Eichel hit their primes.

Linus Söderström is really promising, but obviously too early to know if he'll become elite.

 

[Bear12Good]

of course they would be. strong contenders, along with Canada. The Americans would come in as a minor favorite.

NHL should immediately name a no gimmick World Cup for 2020 with 8 teams.

pissed that NHLers won't be at the Olympics.

8 teams and one groupe)
like 76)

 

[Bear12Good]

Сanada in hockey like USa in basketball

 

[Bear12Good]

But Team SWE very good

 

[Eddy Punch Clock]

No, Canada will always be the favorites. Sweden 2nd or 3rd.

But that wasn't the question.

And yes, of course, Sweden will probably always be perennial "contenders".

 

[MaxV]

All it takes is an upset of Canada and all the other top teams have a fairly equal shot.

Of course upsetting Canada has been easier said then done lately.

 

[masseman3]

Those players will outperform anything Canada or the US can put on the ice.

Russia is another story though, will depend on the mood of the day.

 

[leaffaninvancouver]

What makes you think that this Team Sweden does not have what it takes in a 7 game-series against Canada, USA and Russia?


Canada did not win in CC 1981, World Cup 1996, Olympics 1998 and 2006.

All of which are single elimination, a hot goalie/bad goalie can win or lose you any game.

It's much harder to steal a seven game series, in single elimination anything can happen but statistically it's more unlikely when you have to have an upset 4 times.

 

[felixhockey]

It pains me to say this as a Finn, but I truly believe that Sweden would be in the gold medal game for the next Olympics if the NHL players were there. I'm not saying they play the best style of hockey, but they are so damn skilled it's still incredible to watch.

For metop 5 best in the world)

Forwards: 1. Russia 2. Canada 3. Sweden 4. USA 5. Finland
Defense: 1. Sweden 2. Canada 3. USA 4. Finland 5. Russia
Goaltending: 1. Canada 2. Finland 3. Sweden 4. Russia 5. USA
Teamplay: 1. Canada 2. Sweden 3. Finland 4. Russia 5. USA

 

[Incognito]

Those players will outperform anything Canada or the US can put on the ice.

Russia is another story though, will depend on the mood of the day.

Lol, what? I understand that anything can happen in a single game elimination tournament, but you can't seriously believe that the lineup in OP of this thread is more talented than anything Canada could put together.

 

[613Leafer]

Sweden's always a contender for gold.

 

[ulvvf]

Nylander - Backstrom - Silfverberg
Arvidsson - Wennberg - Forsberg
Steen - Zetterberg - Rakell
Landeskog - Rask - Lindholm (Ok, lets drop Backlund)

Ekholm - Karlsson
Hedman - Hjalmarsson
OEL - Lindholm

Lundqvist
Lehner

Is this team good enough to fight Canada, USA and Russia?

Why drop Backlund, and I can see that Klingberg still gets underrated. He has been easily swedens best d-men in both whc he has played in, and this whc we showed that those so called defensivly d-men is not needed at all to play good defense.

Bu the topics question, off course? Why would sweden not be?

 

[jj cale]

Nylander - Backstrom - Silfverberg
Arvidsson - Wennberg - Forsberg
Steen - Zetterberg - Rakell
Landeskog - Rask - Lindholm (Ok, lets drop Backlund)

Ekholm - Karlsson
Hedman - Hjalmarsson
OEL - Lindholm

Lundqvist
Lehner

Is this team good enough to fight Canada, USA and Russia?

No offense, but isn't this a question everyone knows the answer to?

Cmon,it's Sweden, of course they are a contender.