GDT: May 18 • Canada 3, Sweden 2 (OT)

[EK47]

Lundqvist.......

 

[vippe]

great save by Nilsson

 

[YWGinYYZ]

Huberdeau with a penalty shot...

Nice stop Nilsson!

 

[M4TR1X]

Nice try Huberdeau. Darn that glove!

 

[joe89]

Nice save

 

[Moen is Gone]

Great stop on the penalty shot

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

Lundqvist.......

so bad

 

[JacobBeans]

Oh my. Really good save by Nilsson.

 

[Drij]

wow Huberdeau has really falling off the map.

 

[TheStinger]

Long arms on Nilsson.

 

[UNCUT]

Nilsson has been swedens best player so far in this tournament. He delivers every game. He is ****ing good

 

[Dosing]

Sorry canada that move doesn't work on us

 

[TheStinger]

Lindström is a great player, too bad he didnt really make it in the NHL. He's money on big ice though..

Penalty shot incoming

So you are basically saying he needs space to work but in tight areas he is rubbish?

 

[M4TR1X]

Nilsson has been swedens best player so far in this tournament. He delivers every game. He is ****ing good

I'd say so, what only something like 6 goals against in 5 games?

 

[Cruor]

Sweden playing like a proper hockey team!

 

[joe89]

What happened to the Sjögren of the Czech game :|

 

[YWGinYYZ]

Sorry canada that move doesn't work on us

I wonder who came up with that move?

 

[EK47]

so bad

He just can't handle the tempo when he is forced to play against more talented teams

 

[Chimpradamus]

I wonder who came up with that move?

Earliest I ever saw that move, Kent Nilsson vs USA in 1989:


As for Lindström, he's a late bloomer. I wonder if any other NHL teams will do a Boston, grab one of the best two-way SEL'ers and put them on a solid 3rd line (Söderberg). Guys like Lindström and Jimmie Ericsson comes to mind.

 

[EK47]

Ekholm looks great out there

 

[Matte99]

Nilsson has been swedens best player so far in this tournament. He delivers every game. He is ****ing good

The few glimpses I've accidently had from Islanders games, Nilsson looked very good. Much more solid than Gustavsson and Läck so Im not surprised at all. The kid got no reputation to uphold in Sweden and everything to win. He is doing a good job at it!

 

[vippe]

So you are basically saying he needs space to work but in tight areas he is rubbish?

Some players work better on small ice, some on big ice. That is what I am saying. Lecavalier and McCabe in their primes were utter useless on big ice for instance.

 

[Systemfel]

As for Lindström, he's a late bloomer. I wonder if any other NHL teams will do a Boston, grab one of the best two-way SEL'ers and put them on a solid 3rd line (Söderberg). Guys like Lindström and Jimmie Ericsson comes to mind.

Colorado already tried Lindström in '11-12. Obviously, he didn't like that role a whole lot.

 

[Chimpradamus]

Some players work better on small ice, some on big ice. That is what I am saying. Lecavalier and McCabe in their primes were utter useless on big ice for instance.

I remember when McCabe was benched in SEL during the lockout in 2004, he soured and just flew back home without a word to anyone. He was terrible on big ice and his mental toughness certainly didn't make up for it.

 

[Matte99]

Earliest I ever saw that move, Kent Nilsson vs USA in 1989:


As for Lindström, he's a late bloomer. I wonder if any other NHL teams will do a Boston, grab one of the best two-way SEL'ers and put them on a solid 3rd line (Söderberg). Guys like Lindström and Jimmie Ericsson comes to mind.

Mr Magic, the man, the legend, the one and only!!!!!! Now that was talent we could only dream of seeing again in Swedish hockey, a swedish gretsky making plays nobody knew could be made.

He had a funny reputation of being lazy and commentators were making puns about it. He was seen as all talent, godly talent who loved hockey but perhaps not summer training. (probably a result of being a bit of easy going "fun" guy, a bit like Karlsson)