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WJC: Switzerland 2019 Roster Talk

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iginlafan77 said:
Very true.
One note, Jake Walman a couple years ago is an interesting case that might apply here I think.
Walman is Canadian born and raised, but had dual citizenship, Canadian and American. He attended a U20 camp for the USA, but was ruled ineligible by IIHF due to not playing in the USA for two full years. He was in his second year. Rochette is in his first in Canada.
Not sure if there's any reason it would be different for Rochette, since he is Swiss born and raised.
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Interesting. Never heard of that rule.

IIRC he already spent some time in Canada as a boy playing hockey, when his father temporarily returned to Quebec for work. So that might frees him from this rule.

As he hardly will make Canada's U-18 team this year, it's not relevant anyway.
 
duga said:
Interesting. Never heard of that rule.

IIRC he already spent some time in Canada as a boy playing hockey, when his father temporarily returned to Quebec for work. So that might frees him from this rule.

As he hardly will make Canada's U-18 team this year, it's not relevant anyway.
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It wouldn't, as the years prior to the age of 12 are not counted.
 
Love rooting for the Swiss, and typically pick them to upset a game or two, but not sure this is their year to do that, the scoring just isn't there. And I don't know if the goalies are close to what we've seen in recent years from the Swiss, especially if it's Schmid.
 
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greasysnapper said:
Love rooting for the Swiss, and typically pick them to upset a game or two, but not sure this is their year to do that, the scoring just isn't there. And I don't know if the goalies are close to what we've seen in recent years from the Swiss, especially if it's Schmid.
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Should be a decent team, I'd say it all comes down to the game against Denmark. They're always capable of an upset, but I'd say the most likely thing is they beat the Danes, and lost a quarterfinal. Or lose to the Danes and beat Kazakhstan in the relegation round.
 
If someone could please @ me the final cuts/roster when made it would be greatly appreciated.

I currently have...


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Switzerland
Preliminary

Goaltenders:
Luca Hollenstein (G)
Akira Schmid (G)
Gianluca Zaetta (G)

Defensemen:
David Aebischer (D)
Davyd Barandun (D)
Tim Berni (D)
Gianluca Burger (D)
Tobias Geisser (D)
Nico Gross (D)
Simon Le Coultre (D)
Janis Jérôme Moser (D)
Dario Wüthrich (D)

Forwards:
Yannick Brüschweiler (LW)
Ian Derungs (LW/RW)
Nando Eggenberger (LW/RW)
Jeremi Gerber (RW)
Philipp Kurashev (C)
Marco Lehmann (C)
Sven Leuenberger (C/RW)
Nicolas Müller (C/RW)
Valentin Nussbaumer (C/W)
Sandro Schmid (C/RW)
Justin Sigrist (C/LW)
Kyen Sopa (RW)
Ramon Tanner (C)
Matthew Verboon (RW/C)
Luca Wyss (LW)

Scratched:
 
Ranger fan here interested in Nico Gross...I saw a C next to his name on elite prospects statistics is he always in the running for leadership? What kind of player is he? Merry Christmas
 
Le Coultre seems to be fighting an injury, thats why they carry an extra D-man, as a back-up option.

If he isn't matchready I expect them to start the tournament with 6 Ds. And one of Burger/Aebischer in the stands.

With no Hischier, Simic and Sopa, the attack isn't as skilled as it could theoretically be. Luckily the forward depth is pretty good this year, so while it does hurt, it isn't the party killer it would be in other years.

Plus a lot of returnees from last year, the experience is there.

Im pretty optimistic, they are capable of upsetting one of the big 6, if the dynamics in a singular game work for them.
 
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duga said:
Le Coultre seems to be fighting an injury, thats why they carry an extra D-man, as a back-up option.

If he isn't matchready I expect them to start the tournament with 6 Ds. And one of Burger/Aebischer in the stands.

With no Hischier, Simic and Sopa, the attack isn't as skilled as it could theoretically be. Luckily the forward depth is pretty good this year, so while it does hurt, it isn't the party killer it would be in other years.

Plus a lot of returnees from last year, the experience is there.

Im pretty optimistic, they are capable of upsetting one of the big 6, if the dynamics in a singular game work for them.
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I agree. This Swiss team is constantly being underrated, but I think it is a better, more competent team than the last year's one.
 
Next year:

Schmid-Nussbaumer-Gerber
Knak-Verboon-Sopa
Stoffel-Rochette-Schwenniger
Andersson-Schlapfer-Stoffel
Bardh

Barandun-Gross
Berni-Abe
Moser-Delemont
Rubin

Schmid
Hollenstein
Ruppelt
 
Rochette is living his Canadian dream so we probably won't see him for Switzerland for some time I guess.
 
Any Infos if Geisser is matchready?

And as Jonas already mentioned in the game thread vs CZE, who would he replace? When we just judge by yesterday's performance, I'd say Barandun would be the logical odd man out.

I hope we see a better Nussbaumer tonight. You can really see that his confidence level is low after the tough start into his NA adventure. He needs the puck more often, to regain confidence I guess. Maybe lining him up as Nr.2 Center could help?
 
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