WJC: Sweden 2019 Roster Talk

[smitty10]

Leafs fan who will be rooting for Sweden a lot in this tournament! Sucks that Liljegren is unavailable, but looking forward to seeing Sandin and Holmberg!

 

[Snauen]

Yeps! bring em on

 

[oooooooooohCanada]

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Sandin-Boqvist as a second pairing is actually ridiculous lol

 

[theslatcher]

Hope that's not the final lineups, Elvenes off-wing again... Montén, please.

 

[GeorgeKaplan]

Is Pronman just refusing to spell Lundkvist’s name right?

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

Alright, the exhibitions game are done. Now 3 players will be cut, 2F and 1D.

Goals + OT

 

[theslatcher]

Is Pronman just refusing to spell Lundkvist’s name right?

IIRC the official lineups for the game spelled his name incorrectly too, can't be easy being Lundkvist.

 

[theslatcher]

Alright, the exhibitions game are done. Now 3 players will be cut, 2F and 1D.

Goals + OT

Time stamps:

0:00: Höglander (Hållander, Holmberg)
0:56: Södergran(Sveningsson)
1:21: Broberg(Westerlund, Leufvenius)
1:53(OT): Olofsson (Sandin, Elvenes)

 

[TheGoldenJet]

Time stamps:

0:00: Höglander (Hållander, Holmberg)
0:56: Södergran(Sveningsson)
1:21: Broberg(Westerlund, Leufvenius)
1:53(OT): Olofsson (Sandin, Elvenes)

Looks like the overtime goal isn’t being counted for stats purposes as the game officially ended at the end of the third period, 3-1 Sweden. Here’s hockey Canada’s official summary:

Game Summary

 

[theslatcher]

Looks like the overtime goal isn’t being counted for stats purposes as the game officially ended at the end of the third period, 3-1 Sweden. Here’s hockey Canada’s official summary:

Game Summary

Yeah, I doubt they have the functionality for OT without a tied regulation score, but that game summary is wrong anyway lol, has Höglander's goal repeated in place of Södergran's goal.

 

[TheGoldenJet]

Yeah, I doubt they have the functionality for OT without a tied regulation score, but that game summary is wrong anyway lol, has Höglander's goal repeated in place of Södergran's goal.

I know. Last year the US didn’t count any of Sweden’s secondary assists in the prelims, those stats were wrong too but they were the ones that stood at the end, as they were the ones reported by the official host/source.

 

[rickardr]

Cuts: Ragnarsson, Leufvenius & Höglander

 

[theslatcher]

Cuts: Ragnarsson, Leufvenius & Höglander

Höglander is a surprise for me. Didn't he play great vs. Russia & Denmark?

 

[EK47]

Höglander is cut, seriously?

 

[rickardr]

Höglander is cut, seriously?

Yes, its kinda weird. Me personally would have cut Bäck or Sveningsson along with Leufvenius

 

[InSuL1nImP]

Sarnia fan here. I'm absolutely shocked that Leufvenius was cut. Does anybody have any details to as why? He's on pace for a 80+ point season and has by far been our best player which started last year in the playoffs.

 

[TheGoldenJet]

Sarnia fan here. I'm absolutely shocked that Leufvenius was cut. Does anybody have any details to as why? He's on pace for a 80+ point season and has by far been our best player which started last year in the playoffs.

I would have cut Sveningsson long before Hugo. Sweden is going to miss his physical presence.

 

[InSuL1nImP]

He has such a fast shot and is always a big presence around the net.

 

[mundyc3]

Excited for Elvenes and Brannstrom, has my eyes all over Team Sweden.

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Who's likely the starter in net for Sweden?

 

[Wings4Life]

First PP-unit during practice yesterday was Boqvist-Brännström-Lundeström-Zetterlund-Sveningsson

Boqvist should not be on the top unit. Would much rather Elvenes or Bemstrom be there instead.

Liljegren is also really unlucky, as Monten went with 2 D on the top PP this year, which would undoubtedly have been him and Brannstrom this year. The injury ended all of that.

Last year, Liljegren was also the best RHD on the team, but didn't get on the top unit because Monten went with 1 Dman on the top PP unit (Dahlin).

 

[VictorLustig]

Sarnia fan here. I'm absolutely shocked that Leufvenius was cut. Does anybody have any details to as why? He's on pace for a 80+ point season and has by far been our best player which started last year in the playoffs.

Is he better than any of the other wingers though? I don't think so. No Höglander is a much bigger surprise, we could have used that speed.

 

[VictorLustig]

Boqvist should not be on the top unit. Would much rather Elvenes or Bemstrom be there instead.

Liljegren is also really unlucky, as Monten went with 2 D on the top PP this year, which would undoubtedly have been him and Brannstrom this year. The injury ended all of that.

Last year, Liljegren was also the best RHD on the team, but didn't get on the top unit because Monten went with 1 Dman on the top PP unit (Dahlin).

Boqvist is a lot more effective than Liljegren on the PP.

 

[Memyselfandi]

I hope Halander will have a good tournement. He seems to have a great skill set