WC: Switzerland 2024 roster talk

[stv11]

The practice lineup according to RSI:

Josi - Glauser
Loeffel - Siegenthaler
Kukan - Marti
Fora - Jung

Kurashev - Hischier - Thürkauf
Andrighetto - Jäger - Niederreiter
Herzog - Senteler - Simion
Scherwey - Haas - Ambühl
Bertschy

 

[Khokhlach86]

Jäger in 2nd line? WTF

 

[jonas2244]

Jäger in 2nd line? WTF

Either him or Haas, it makes sense in my opinion to try Jäger first. Had great playoffs, is in great shape, I like that line.

 

[stv11]

And Haas played with Scherwey and Ambühl last week already, it makes sense to keep that line. The only thing I am not sure about is Bertschy as 13th forward, I'd rather see him in a bigger role over Simion or Senteler. I know that the Zug line has been together for a few games now, but they haven't exactly been 100% convincing.

 

[jonas2244]

Bader and Jung not registered, so it's 7+13.

 

[jonas2244]

Klausi spreading some rumours without any sources whatsoever. But hey, let's help him spread them:

Kommt auch Fiala?
Gemäss Eismeister Zaugg sind die Chancen gross, dass mit Kevin Fiala ein weiterer NHL-Spieler zum Schweizer Team stösst. Bislang galt die Teilnahme des Stürmers der Los Angeles Kings als unwahrscheinlich, weil seine Partnerin ein Kind erwartet.

Translated: Chances are high that Fiala will also join the team.

 

[Jortsuli]

Any clues of the PP units?

 

[jonas2244]

I'd guess Nino and Andrighetto joining either the Hischier or the Senteler line.

So I'd guess:
Kurashev - Hischier - niederreiter - Thürkauf - Josi
Andrighetto - Herzog - Senteler - Simion - Loeffel or Kukan

 

[jonas2244]

C Roman Josi
A Andres Ambühl
A Nino Niederreiter
A Nico Hischier
A Tristan Scherwey

 

[stv11]

Lineup confirmed, Genoni starts, Berra backup

 

[jonas2244]

PP is

Kurashev - Hischier - niederreiter - Ambühl - Josi
Andrighetto - Jäger - Thürkauf - Loeffel or Kukan

 

[stv11]

Both Loeffel and Kukan actually, Kukan is on the blue line and Loeffel on the left

 

[jonas2244]

Yeah, I forgot to scrath the or.

 

[SwissFan12]

We win, the most important thing after all, but we will need to stop making all these mistakes and Fischer needs to stop giving Fora so much ice time...

Also, is it just me or Jäger was completely invisible ?

 

[jonas2244]

You didn't expect spectacular stuff from Jäger, did you? He plays a smart 2-way game, I though it was pretty solid for his first WC-game.

Fora is just bad, I don't know what Fischer sees in him. On both goals he has a direct responsibility.

 

[stv11]

So, good result in the end, can't complain about a 3 goal win against a pretty decent Norway team. No injuries too, which wasn't a given against the dirtiest team in international hockey and incompetent referees.

On the downside, there was way too much sloppy play in the defensive zone. Fora looked like an amateur player on the 1st Norway goal, and there way too many avoidable giveaways. Focus must be improved in the next games. The PK wasn't great either.

Play in the offensive zone was much better, especially around the net. Pressure on the net was key on Loeffel, Scherwey and Niederreiter's goals.

 

[SwissFan12]

You didn't expect spectacular stuff from Jäger, did you? He plays a smart 2-way game, I though it was pretty solid for his first WC-game.

Fora is just bad, I don't know what Fischer sees in him. On both goals he has a direct responsibility.

You don't need to be spectacular to be noticable

Yeah Fora has nothing to do here, seeing him taking shift with Josi is dumb, we don't want Josi being in his zone trying to make up for Fora's mistakes

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Just looked at boxscore but didn't see second two periods.

Any reason Hischier wasn't on the score sheet? And I'm guessing Siegenthaler returned after being shaken early?

 

[SwissFan12]

Just looked at boxscore but didn't see second two periods.

Any reason Hischier wasn't on the score sheet? And I'm guessing Siegenthaler returned after being shaken early?

Norway played a physical game against him, but the fifth goal happen because of him even though he didn't get an assit

 

[stv11]

Haas didn't practice today: La Svizzera guarda alla sfida contro l’Austria con l’attaccante Gaetan Haas in dubbio – HeShootsHeScoores

Might be because of that check against the head he took late in the game.

 

[57special]

Is Fiala going to join the team?

 

[stv11]

I don't want to get anyone's hope up but:

Kevin Fiala rinforzerà presto la Svizzera ai Mondiali - RSI

L’attaccante dei Los Angeles Kings arriverà domani a Praga

www.rsi.ch

(quick summary: Fiala will arrive in Prague on Monday)

 

[jonas2244]

So Klauss Zaugg was probably right. I wonder if his kid is already here.

Anyway, would be another amazing reinforcment and probably mean that Thierry Bader has to leave the team.

 

[stv11]

Well, Zaugg may have very stupid opinions, but he's well connected and usually gets news reliably.

 

[jonas2244]

My guess was correct, Fiala is already father.

Confirmed by Swiss ice hockey, he'll be in Prague tomorrow.