At least 4 of Sweden's top 6 Ds aren't playing in this Tournament, and none is injured.
Mårts put in Chi's 2nd pairing, Hjalmarsson-Oduya, and Detroit's 1st pairing, Kronwall-Ericsson, instead. Hedman has been excellent this year. No OEL, Hedman, Enström and so forth.
MÃ¥rts play a man-man defense. The Chi and Det D's are more used to that than the other D's. Edler is doing real well instantly for us, after having played a lot of man-man for AV in Vancouver. He has just clearly been much better than OEL.