Nemec is probably AHL bound .. D take longer and that's where he belongs (like Jiricek).
I think Mesar should play men's hockey next season. I've been watching him whole season and he's awesome in every game. Unfortunately he plays with a bums in HK Poprad. He also looked very good at the Deutschland Cup 2 weeks ago.
The divisional setup did Slovakia no favours. They are likely to place behind the three heavyweights in fourth setting them on a likely collision course with Canada.
They’ll beat Sweden awful roster selection and even worse game coaching.
Peterka isn’t playing, which sucks for Germany. Reichel also isn’t going.
The Swedish roster is absolutely stacked. The omission of one good defenseman and maybe a couple of depth forwards is hardly going to hamper your team. As for Monten, he may not be the best coach out there, but coaching deficiencies tend to not factor in too much until a team is really pushed, which likely won’t happen in the matchup with Slovakia.
The problem with the swedish WJC teams has been scoring depth for as long as I can remember he had plenty of options to combat that this time instead the moron pretty much went with two straight up grit lines with no skill and two extra forwards with even less skill.
It would still be a considerable upset if Slovakia beat Sweden, even with our improved roster. Tbh I think our best chance for an upset is the first game against Americans. If we can catch them off guard, and we usually play them pretty close.
That's funny because I'm thinking aout skipping our first match against Canada.lol
Though I’m not familiar with the guys you’re questioning, surely some of them are being underrated. Your top line guys a phenomenal, as is your D corps in general. Wallstedt is one of the top goalies in the tournament. It looks like there is a lot to like about this team.
I don’t see Eklund or Holtz on the fourth line, so I definitely think that’s an exaggeration. As a fan of Canada, I have criticisms all the time about lineup choices and configuration, but I can still see that a team with a good roster should be able to win games, and Sweden has a good roster.
The reaction is a bit over the top but there is no doubt that the roster selection was absolutely mind blowingly ridiculous. You are underselling just how much of a clown Monten has been. Both Ljungman and Stakkestad seem to be playing on the second line over high skill top prospects and players that probably are at least twice as good. Wallinder is a top prospect and would be one of the best defencemen in the tournament but was left off the roster entirely. About 10 guys, maybe more don't deserve to be on the roster, and a few of them are probably not among the 50 best options. There is still a lot of high end talent on the team, but Monten singlehandedly ruined our chances at a gold medal by bringing shit undrafted players over hyped first, second and third round prospects.
Sweden lost 2 times in their last 56 group stage games. If we beat them this year, I don't think I'd be able to speak for a week
