GDT: QF - SWE vs. FIN May 23, 2024

[FiLe]

It's time for the Finnish NHL millionaires to get off their butts.

They could start by signing with teams that don't consistently make it far in the playoffs.

 

[BullLund]

Very strong game from a Finnish team that almost exclusively consists of players in European leagues vs Swedish NHL superstars + a bit of refereeing luck. Oh and that’s without Granlund. What if there had even been an Aho and TT there??? I really hope that more NHL players will commit to Finland in the future. It's time for the Finnish NHL millionaires to get off their butts.

They didn't really even have a chance to come in because Jalonen had made his final choices already.

It just felt to me like Jalonen is so high on his system that he doesn't really care who's playing. A big mistake imo because the skill level this time was just atrociously low.

 

[OskarOskarius]

Especially when they're not even among the top Liiga players.

Yeah, just maybe good players don't want to play hockey like this. Weird huh?

 

[FinPanda]

They could start by signing with teams that don't consistently make it far in the playoffs.

Well now we have to wish for Dallas-Florida finals. Both teams full of Finns since can't cheer them on this tournament anymore..

And yea lol.. I wish some year we had more available NHL players for our team.

 

[mattihp]

They could start by signing with teams that don't consistently make it far in the playoffs.

Yes, it used to be a storied Finnish tradition.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Why does Sweden beat them in EHT then?

EHT is just practice. WC is serious.

 

[OskarOskarius]

Finland was just power play practice. We will take the Czech game more seriously.

I thank Finland for sharping up our power play. It will come handy in the remaining games.

 

[aphyro]

EHT is just practice. WC is serious.

WC isnt serious it plays every year maybe if it was like olympics every 4th year but now nehh

Finland was just power play practice. We will take the Czech game more seriously.

I thank Finland for sharping up our power play. It will come handy in the remaining games.

... yeah and if the finns would have scored i bet u wouldent make this stupid comment.

 

[mattihp]

Why didn't Tolvanen play? A cannon on skates

 

[OskarOskarius]

WC isnt serious it plays every year maybe if it was like olympics every 4th year but now nehh



... yeah and if the finns would have scored i bet u wouldent make this stupid comment.

I would still make fun of their boring and uninspiring way of playing hockey.

 

[ZEBROA]

They didn't really even have a chance to come in because Jalonen had made his final choices already.

It just felt to me like Jalonen is so high on his system that he doesn't really care who's playing. A big mistake imo because the skill level this time was just atrociously low.

Swedish coach did the same. They belive the group becomes stronger i think. I hope the next coach Finland get is more offensive minded, just for entertainment. I dont want countries to adopt the most boring system, no matter how effective.
But Jalonen did the best with what he had.

 

[Brunkmeister]

EHT is just practice. WC is serious.

EHT is still more even strength on paper. In WC other factors being set in motion.

 

[NyQuil]

Was it 2022 when Finland beat Canada on the PP in OT in the Final after a questionable call to Thomas Chabot?

The hockey gods are fickle.

 

[FiLe]

Why didn't Tolvanen play? A cannon on skates

Because he's busy playing "Signing my next contract".

 

[mattihp]

Swedish coach did the same. They belive the group becomes stronger i think. I hope the next coach Finland get is more offensive minded, just for entertainment. I dont want countries to adopt the most boring system, no matter how effective.
But Jalonen did the best with what he had.

Finland does not have the material to go offensive. We were a silver nation for too long. Time to go for the gold again and again.

 

[EK47]

Hedman plays fast and hard. His IQ is literally pass and shoot the puck harder than anyone else. It wouldn't be the same if a small guy like Raymond for instance played like this. You need to be a lot bigger and stronger than everyone else for it to work.

Dahlin is irrational in his game in a whole other way. But the two compliment each other perfectly. One fast, hard and direct and one being creative. Dahlin have a bit of Karlsson and a bit of Hedman in him.

The hardest thing to accept with this Sweden team is its poor forward line. To see a slow player like Raymond play power play with Hedman and Dahlin is well not the most aesthetic. But Raymond managed ok, some players like Grundström is so out of his league it's frustrating to see him waste ice time of players like Erik Karlsson.

If we had maybe just 2-3 better forwards our game would be on a whole other level.

You managed to make this entire post read like one long sentence, despite using paragraph division and the full array of punctuation marks.. Impressive.

 

[FinPanda]

Was it 2022 when Finland beat Canada on the PP in OT in the Final after a questionable call to Thomas Chabot?

The hockey gods are fickle.

Exactly why I said sometimes you get those calls and sometimes they go to your opponent. With IIHF refs you never know what you are gonna get. Sometimes its your side, sometimes its not. Unfortunately.

 

[mattihp]

One of the bright spots is Hyry. Seen loads of him in Kärpät and he showed he can be solid here too

Oliver Kapanen however.. Invisible.

 

[Brunkmeister]

One of the bright spots is Hyry. Seen loads of him in Kärpät and he showed he can be solid here too

Oliver Kapanen however.. Invisible.

Timrå lol.

 

[EK47]

Meanwhile Finland is like "we did really well considering how shit we are".

Okay, your point being?

 

[FinPanda]

Meanwhile Finland is like "we did really well considering how shit we are".

I mean our roster is full of Liiga players. We almost beat the Swedish team full of NHL'ers.. I don't get it. It was a weak Finnish team that proved once again that everything is possible.

 

[llwyd]

Oh well, wasn't a good penalty to my mind, but these things happen - we fought really well! And the semifinals will now be quite something, it would have been exhausting to watch yet another heroic battle against all the odds, party like it's 2019... I do hope for better teams and less defensive tactics in the future, Jalonen has been great but we need some change.

And I will cheer for the Czechs in Prague!

 

[llwyd]

Because no one good wants to play for Finland because Finland play boring.

Whatevs. You want artistic impression, you watch figure skating. We aim to win. And to my mind today's battle against a far superior team was the opposite of boring

 

[FiLe]

Underdog team plays underdog hockey, because it gives them the best chance of winning. Film at 11.

Now, I get that some people might not find it entertaining, I really do... but what's the solution? Go coast-to-coast and get lit up like Times Square on Thanksgiving?

 

[llwyd]

Now that you say it Finland looked a bit like tiny little ballerinas spinning on their toe in their goal area. Occassionally I also saw some swan dives trying to block the puck.

God, are you serious? Or 14?