WJC: Sweden announces WJC roster

[Ward Cornell]

It is. They're showing that if you go the CHL route, your WJC chances are going to be slim.

Good for the selectors, it's not like the CHL has done well at the WJHC!
Did Sweden use the USA Hockey philosophy for selecting players?

 

[Jim Morrison]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KI0daDTNMA
This was weird.

For those of you who doesn't understand; This is SAIKs players Martin Lundberg, Tim Erixon, Adam Larsson and David Rundblad watching if they got selected for the squad. The title is "Russian Happiness" a little nod to the fact they don't even cheer when they see they're selected Don't know if it's because they knew it in advance though.

 

[Ward Cornell]

I agree. The fact that _no_ CHL players were selected just adds to this. We'll see next year if Lehner, Landeskog, Wallén etc makes it, which they should.

FYI....

Landeskog coach in Kitchener Steve Spott (a coach on Team Canada) has said on the radio that Landeskog will be the captain of the Kitchener Rangers in the near future .

 

[Pentothal]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KI0daDTNMA
This was weird.

What the hell..

 

[Jim Morrison]

FYI....

Landeskog coach in Kitchener Steve Spott (a coach on Team Canada) has said on the radio that Landeskog will be the captain of the Kitchener Rangers in the near future .

Wow I think that adds to my love for him. He played for my hometeam in Sweden (Djurgården). How usual is it for coaches to be saying this about rookie, non-north american players? A swede Captain?!

 

[Dread Clawz]

Well, if he wanted this big, tough defenseman, then why didn't he took him? I mean, it's obvious that Erik K, David R, Adam, OEL and Tim E were locks. So basically guys that have beaten urbom fot this spot are Kilstrom(6'0 176), Bertilsson(6'0 190) and Ekholm(6'4 203). As you can see, only Ekholm is big, and Urbom is of course more physical than him.

I actually like selection of Kilstrom, but would have taken Urbom ahead of Ekholm or him.

Oh, my mistake, I thought Marts was saying that he had his big physical guy in Kihlstrom in place of Urbom. Now they don't have that guy, this is even worse than I thought.

 

[timmeh]

To me it seems like Per MÃ¥rts is scared to/didn't want to/weren't allowedO) to pick players that choose to play in the North American juniorleagues instead of Swedish Juniors or fourth line of a Swedish Elitserien team

 

[Ward Cornell]

Wow I think that adds to my love for him. He played for my hometeam in Sweden (Djurgården). How usual is it for coaches to be saying this about rookie, non-north american players? A swede Captain?!

Must have something to do with this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ww5T2etvmM


and standing up for his teammates...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ww5T2etvmM

 

[Jim Morrison]

Must have something to do with this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ww5T2etvmM


and standing up for his teammates...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ww5T2etvmM

Yeah I know, he's always been like that and i've seen those, but was just wondering how usual it is?

 

[Ward Cornell]

Yeah I know, he's always been like that and i've seen those, but was just wondering how usual it is?

It's definately not common, IMHO there are two candidates for captain next year....Landeskog and Jeff Skinner.

 

[romelson]

what happened to that scoring sensation someone is infatuated with, Simon Dahl?

Dahl actually got to play a tourney with the B J20 national team 3weeks ago. He didnt score any points. One player who truly took the opportunity at that tourney: Martin Lundberg, who was awarded MVP by the russian tournament officials despite having thrown his gloves against russia, beating up a russian. I think he's a great choice for a checking line center role. Gritty energy player who stands up for the team.

 

[vippe]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KI0daDTNMA
This was weird.

Not only was it weird, it was amazing

 

[Eye of Ra]

My lineup.


Pääjärvi-Krüger-Josefsson
Tedenby-Johansson-Petersson
Rödin-Lander-Silverberg
Klingberg-Lundberg-Brodin


Rundblad-Ekman Larsson
Larsson-Erixon
Kilström-Ekholm
Bertilsson

Markström

 

[ShyCheetah]

Brodin must be Rodin's brother.

Or they got a bromance going on.

Shy

 

[GKJ]

and Karlsson if Ottawa releases him, otherwise it's Bertilsson.

Hopefully that will be the case. Bertilsson is the Flyers' only hope of being represented on the WJC's.

 

[Steven]

My lineup.


Pääjärvi-Krüger-Josefsson
Tedenby-Johansson-Petersson
Rödin-Lander-Silverberg
Klingberg-Lundberg-Brodin


Rundblad-Ekman Larsson
Larsson-Erixon
Kilström-Ekholm
Bertilsson

Markström

I would put both Larsson or Erixon ahead of Rundblad right now.

 

[PensFan101]

Wow I think that adds to my love for him. He played for my hometeam in Sweden (Djurgården). How usual is it for coaches to be saying this about rookie, non-north american players? A swede Captain?!

How many imports have been captains of their junior teams? Considering how rare it is for top prospects to come over at 17, it'll be hard to find any. Landeskog is a stud though. I see Brendan Morrow v2.0 in him, and he'll be one of the bright spots of the 2011 draft.

 

[VelvetJones]

Anyone have the cliff notes on why flames and canucks fans are arguing?

 

[Canucks LB]

Anyone have the cliff notes on why flames and canucks fans are arguing?

we hate each other is my guess

 

[Anonymous User]

Anyone have the cliff notes on why flames and canucks fans are arguing?

A flames troll decided to critisize the Canuck selected prospect Anton Rodin into the WJC because he is mad that the Flames prospect Henrik Bjorklund didn't make it.

 

[Tavaresmagicalplay*]

what do swedish fans know about Anton Lander? Curious if he is more than "a 2 way center" like hockeysfuture says.

 

[Eye of Ra]

what do swedish fans know about Anton Lander? Curious if he is more than "a 2 way center" like hockeysfuture says.

Well he is very gritty..

 

[Ian Esplen]

hey couple of questions to people who follow swedish hockey.

how close was peter andersson to making the team and hows he been this year? did the canucks get a steal here?

 

[YogiCanucks]

hey couple of questions to people who follow swedish hockey.

how close was peter andersson to making the team and hows he been this year? did the canucks get a steal here?

From my personal knowledge of Andersson.. he's a very good pick for where he was drafted (wouldn't call him a 'steal'). He's a solid defender but not as good as anyone on the team for sure.

 

[dr-nix]

what do swedish fans know about Anton Lander? Curious if he is more than "a 2 way center" like hockeysfuture says.

Well he is very gritty..

He has taken a rather big step in the right direction this season. He does show leadership skills. He's good in boxplay and is better at scoring goals than his stats show. But don't expect alot of points because he has prioritized defence so far this season. It's unfair to him but i can't stop comparing him to Zetterberg. He's not flashy like Zetterberg can be but other than that he does remind me of him (sue me).