Those 1st rounds mean nothing. Romanov is a 2nd rounder, and he's better, than most of those defensemen, if not all of them, so I don't think Sweden defense is better, than Russian.
GDT: Semi Final: Russia Vs Sweden | 9AM EST 1PM CET | RUS 5 - 4 SWE OT
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Those 1st rounds mean nothing. Romanov is a 2nd rounder, and he's better, than most of those defensemen, if not all of them, so I don't think Sweden defense is better, than Russian.
canswetoxic
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Wow some salty Swedish journalism right thereFinland has 5 wjc golds vs Sweden 2 golds
More Salt maybe?
and No Olympic Gold, and only 2 Men's Ice Hockey Gold after more 80 years of ice hockey, but we are saluting Finland still, Gold every year for Sauna Championships.
If we assume Romanov is the best D in the game, he might very well be, there's at least 3 defensemen on Team Sweden that's right up there with him in Broberg, Sandin and Söderström.
Swedens top D's is as great or almost as great as Romanov but the depth is just superior.
I still hold Russia as the favorite in this game due to their superior forwards but in terms of defense.. Sweden wins it.
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AB13
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If you want the best international hockey rivalry, surely you want Sweden - Finland instead?
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You’re kidding right?
Canada v Russia is far and away the greatest historical hockey rivalry.
canswetoxic
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ouh, I though that we had 3, but maybe Bratislava still hurts?
Lol, sure, enjoy your 3rd
AB13
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Wow some salty Swedish journalism right there
I would rather have 11 WC golds and 47 medals compared to 3 WC golds and 13 medals. I would also rather have 2 Olympic golds and 8 medals, like Sweden, instead of 0 golds ever and only 6 medals, like Finland.
canswetoxic
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Sweden Finland would be awesome, can't wait to read the thread specially from those immature bubbles dream kids.
Maybe Russia do have superior forwards but it is still two swedish forwards as topscorers in this tournament. Russia better depth though. If i may rank both teams strengths it would be something like this:
Goalies:
Sweden: 4
Russia: 3,5
Defense:
Sweden: 5
Russia: 3
Forwards:
Sweden: 3
Russia: 4,5
That gives Sweden a total of 12 points and 11 for Russia. Sweden a bit better on paper in my opinion. Good thing for Russia that games don’t get decided on paper.
canswetoxic
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Don't forget they are champion every year, on World Sauna Championships. So technically, Finland is still the best Ice Hockey powerhouse
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Historically I see your point, but it isn’t as heated or tense as it used to, I think. Sweden - Finland being a more heated, local rivalry makes it superior in my eyes.
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The way Fagemo, Höglander, Holtz and Raymond have played, our forwards deserve more than a 3.
Brun0
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Yeah but id seay we have been a hockeynation only the last 30 years. its kinda useless to compare 1956 olympics golds don't you think?
yeah olympic gold we are missing, but its just a matter of time we get it.
canswetoxic
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Of course it's useless when you literally had Nothing, nada to compare with. Come back with a better salt when you have a better argument otherwise just sit aside and keep quiet, and keep this thread to Russia vs Sweden.
Maybe a 3,5. I didn’t wanted to go full bias
The production behind those players have not been good enough to deserve any higher grade than that. Russia has better depth there no question. But our defense is a clear 5.
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Overhyped. Even Slovakia and Czechs had bigger rivalry in the 90s and 00s than Canada and Russia.
I think this game is a coin flip....speaking of which....my coin says Sweden will win, but it got the last game wrong so I'm not sure how much faith I'd put in it.
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Maybe in general but not on these boards. How many russian fans are there here? Vid and not much more.
It is not much of a rivalry when 99% are canadian fans.
Oh really? Sandin is a top D in AHL, Soderstrom and Lundqvist are top players in SHL. But 12 minutes per game Romanov is a better player?
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The finns seems to just focus on the WJC.
If we talk junior icehockey, Finland has been better over the years, yes. But if we talk junior icehockey, we need to talk about everything who means something.
Like Hlinka-Cup and the U17 Tournament in november too.
Especially the Hlinka-cup is very interesting and a very good value meter, given that Canada has dominated it overall. More important than u18-wc if you ask me. The U17 tournament in november is incredibly good value meter too, as it is always played on small ice. Over the years, Sweden has fared much better than Finland in these two.
Then I understand that U20/U18 WC is much bigger medially, hence people are rocked into a false feeling as if Finland were to run away from Sweden in the junior ice hockey..
So you're comparing AHL minutes to KHL ..
Hey if you guys want to believe that NHL draft rankings determine how good the players are .. I hope it goes to their head.. It'll make it easier for Russia..
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At some point I expect our lack of star power up front will bite us. Guessing Russia takes this in a tight low scoring game.
