Sweden....getting a medal this year?

[Leo Naphta]

I'd say that if Naslund finds his game in our national team he could very deadly. In the past interviews he has said that he wants to show he can play great in sweden. I rather have him than a backup player.

with several great NHL seasons behind him, You know Nazzy's real potential.

Näslund is a low risk - high reward player. If he plays to potential, he could be the difference. If not, he can be benched.

Or at least, had Hannula not been in the roster, he could have been benched...

 

[SChan*]

Näslund is a low risk - high reward player. If he plays to potential, he could be the difference. If not, he can be benched.

Or at least, had Hannula not been in the roster, he could have been benched...

exactly. I cuss to the decision of selecting hannula every day

 

[FoppaArGud]

Forsberg-Naslund will be fine

First three lines are predicted to be:

Modin - Sundin - Alfredsson (Has worked well before)
Näslund - Forsberg - Zetterberg (I don't like this line)
Sedin - Sedin - Samuelsson (Best Swedish line in the Worlds)

I don't like the idea of Forsberg and Näslund on the same line, I would rather see Näslund play with Sundin. The reason for that is that Forsberg feels more dependent on a great scorer and Näslund has never proven himself to be in the national team. I am afraid that it will end up with Forsberg trying to get Näslund going, just like in the World Cup. It's better to put Sundin there instead who usually is a great force and goal scorer in the national team. Forsberg has also proven that he love to play with a right handed shooter (Weinhandl, Knuble, Hejduk etc) and Alfredsson would be a perfect fit.

Anyway, we have a great team if everybody is healty and play at their best and FINALLY we have superb goaltending.

Are we really wondering if Naslund can find the net? Show me a better goal scorer besides Alfredsson on the team. It's better for the team chemistry, too, two O-Vik guys that have actually been conspiring to no avail to play on a line together in the NHL when the opportunity has arisen. It would rub them wrong not to play them together, I think, as soon as the dude above mentioned Alfredsson would not be on their line I figured immediately that theyd go with Zetterberg and Modin go with Sundin and Alfredsson.

I dont think Sweden will have trouble scoring, even with less talented personnel the offense has been pretty fluid. Not to say that they are weak on defense but I do think they will need to be at the top of their game against all the best competition, particularly Canada.

 

[SChan*]

Are we really wondering if Naslund can find the net? Show me a better goal scorer besides Alfredsson on the team. It's better for the team chemistry, too, two O-Vik guys that have actually been conspiring to no avail to play on a line together in the NHL when the opportunity has arisen. It would rub them wrong not to play them together, I think, as soon as the dude above mentioned Alfredsson would not be on their line I figured immediately that theyd go with Zetterberg and Modin go with Sundin and Alfredsson.

I dont think Sweden will have trouble scoring, even with less talented personnel the offense has been pretty fluid. Not to say that they are weak on defense but I do think they will need to be at the top of their game against all the best competition, particularly Canada.

I dont worry about naslund. The only thing that worries me now are injuries.

 

[missinthejets]

I stick by my statement, if they put that line out there it would be the best in the competition. Forsberg>Thornton, Naslund>Nash and this year Alfredsson has been better than Iginla.

we shall see, I'd take the Canadian line though because they bring the added dimension of size. Throw Bertuzzi for example on that line and the smallest guy on the line would be Nash and he goes around 220 pounds and 6'2 I think. Nice combination of skill and goal scoring ability and the size across the board to dominate any defense physically, it's a pretty easy choice.

 

[Seph]

Any team that can ice a top 4 defense of

Ohlund-Lidstrom
Norstrom-Jonsson

Has a good chance at a medal. Backman and Kronwall manning the bottom pairing is also very solid. Even without Johnsson, this is one of the best defenses for the big ice, especially with how heavily a team can rely on the top 4 in tournament play. Between the defense and Lundquist likely continuing his very strong play, this will be a very difficult team to score against. Add in the fact that they have some pretty darn good scoring with guys like Alfredsson and Forsberg, and I think they have a good shot at a medal. Though, with only so many medals to go around, they could end up just on the outside. I would give them the same odds as Czechs, and better odds than USA, Russia and Finland. Canada I would have to say are the favorites.

 

[larsmark]

Are we really wondering if Naslund can find the net? Show me a better goal scorer besides Alfredsson on the team. It's better for the team chemistry, too, two O-Vik guys that have actually been conspiring to no avail to play on a line together in the NHL when the opportunity has arisen. It would rub them wrong not to play them together, I think, as soon as the dude above mentioned Alfredsson would not be on their line I figured immediately that theyd go with Zetterberg and Modin go with Sundin and Alfredsson.

I dont think Sweden will have trouble scoring, even with less talented personnel the offense has been pretty fluid. Not to say that they are weak on defense but I do think they will need to be at the top of their game against all the best competition, particularly Canada.

Ofcourse I know that Näslund can score but he's only done that in the NHL so far. In the national team he hasn't been good and when he played in the SEL last season when the games meant something (playoffs) he was totally invisible.

It's all in his head though so if he can get that in order he'll be a superb asset.

 

[BBKers]

TEAM SWEDEN per 31 JANUARY - 2 weeks to go until faceoff

Player Team Pos GP GA GAA Svs Sv% PM Record Comment
H Lundquist New York G 35 75 2,12 945 .926 0 .21-8-5 Top 3 in NHL
M Tellquist Toronto G 14 37 2,79 356 .906 0 .6-5-2 Very stable backup
S Liw HV-71 G 42 64 1,93 834 .929 4 na Up and down - mostly up

Player Team Pos GP G A Pts .+/-. PM PPG Comment
Lidström Detroit D 51 10 38 48 4 28 0,941176471 Leagues best defensemen
Norström Los Angeles D 53 3 20 23 7 52 0,433962264 Good form
Öhlund Vancouver D 52 7 14 21 5 68 0,403846154 OK form
Hävelid Atlanta D 52 3 15 18 1 28 0,346153846 Good form
Bäckman St Louis D 22 3 10 13 -6 26 0,590909091 Been injured
Tjarnquist Minnesota D 33 2 9 11 -9 14 0,333333333 Defensive liability ?
Jönsson Rögle D 24 5 12 17 1 53 0,708333333 Playing in Swedens Div. 2 League
TOTAL 287 33 118 151 3 269 0,526132404

Player Team Pos GP G A Pts .+/-. PM PPG Comment
Alfredsson Ottawa F 45 32 38 70 32 24 1,555555556 Great form
Forsberg Philadelphia F 42 15 47 62 20 34 1,476190476 Injured
Zetterberg Detroit F 49 23 30 53 9 18 1,081632653 Good form
Näslund Vancouver F 51 23 31 54 -6 40 1,058823529 Injured
H Sedin Vancouver F 52 12 35 47 11 38 0,903846154 Good year
D Sedin Vancouver F 52 12 30 42 7 26 0,807692308 Good year
Sundin Toronto F 39 10 27 37 -1 32 0,948717949 Worst season ever
Modin Tampa Bay F 50 22 12 34 5 38 0,68 Scoring lots of goals
Samuelsson Detroit F 50 17 16 33 18 30 0,66 Good rookie year
Axelsson Boston F 51 10 16 26 0 4 0,509803922 Good season bad team
PÃ¥hlsson Anaheim F 50 3 8 11 -6 24 0,22 Out of form
Hannula HV-71 F 37 12 17 29 11 44 0,783783784 A joke - totally out of form
Jönsson Färjestad F 41 15 13 28 54 4 0,682926829 Been bad most of season
TOTAL 609 206 320 526 154 356 0,863711002

Not on team
Player Team Pos GP G A Pts .+/-. PM PPG Comment
Nylander New York F 51 12 35 47 17 52 0,921568627 Reserve - cut Jönsson?
Holmström Detroit F 51 18 17 35 4 44 0,68627451 Reserve - Cut Hannula ??
Ekman San José F 45 12 17 29 8 22 0,644444444 On 65 troop
Steen Toronto F 44 13 15 28 -5 24 0,636363636 Rookie - not on 65 troup
Hedström Anaheim F 48 7 18 25 -3 34 0,520833333 Reserve - cut Påhlsson
Nilsson Calgary F 50 6 9 15 14 24 0,3 On 65 troop
Sundström Montreal F 45 6 7 13 -4 24 0,288888889 On 65 troop
Tärnström Edmonton D 34 5 5 10 -9 52 0,294117647 Cut - reserve

Huselius Calgary F 48 13 19 32 -5 28 0,666666667 Suspended "The Lab"
Tallinder Buffalo D 49 5 6 11 7 42 0,224489796 Suspended "The Lab"
Lilja Detroit D 51 1 7 8 13 24 0,156862745 Suspended "The Lab"

K Jonsson Philadelphia D 47 6 19 25 5 34 0,531914894 Wimping at home with wife
N Kronwall Detroit D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Injured

Player Team Pos GP GA GAA Svs Sv% PM Record Comment
J Hedberg Dallas G 12 30 2,71 237 0,888 6 .8-2-0 Great Joker - not on 65 troop!!