Team 18 2025

[ThunderStrike]

Strange that the national team in the age group considered to be the strongest in many years contains two minors. None of the other age groups have minors selected for the national matches in February. There should be a few more players in the age group who deserve the chance to try international play this season. Any thoughts?

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[hockeyprospects9]

Strange that the national team in the age group considered to be the strongest in many years contains two minors. None of the other age groups have minors selected for the national matches in February. There should be a few more players in the age group who deserve the chance to try international play this season. Any thoughts?

Only that I like his choices tbh

 

[luddf]

Björck is too good not to be taken out. Hermansson would probably benefit more by playing important minutes in U17.

What’s most surprising is that Hillström doesn’t take a place in bottom 6 instead of Anderberg?

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

Björck is too good not to be taken out. Hermansson would probably benefit more by playing important minutes in U17.

What’s most surprising is that Hillström doesn’t take a place in bottom 6 instead of Anderberg?

Hillström & Drott should be on the team.

 

[HockeyAnalys]

If you look at today’s U18 national team, all selected players play in J20, and all 07:player have played senior hockey accept two player. The fact that they are promoting two players born in 2008 in a year group considered strong is remarkable. This year, only 30 players have participated in the three tournaments for which selections were made. Only 10% of all HG players have been part of any national team since U16.

The national team is sending completely the wrong signals and is far too narrow in its selections, which could be one of the reasons why results are lacking in the World Juniors.

This also creates pressure to quickly move up, causing players to miss critical years of development over time.

The Swedish Hockey Federation preaches not to rush development, yet they do the opposite in their selections.

The risk is that Swedish hockey will lose genuine talents as everything starts shifting to younger and younger age groups.

 

[erikhamren]

Hermansson makes sense, we have no right handed offensive winger apart from Wozniak and Hermansson isnt some kind of nobody that will go undrafted, he's a big talent and probably have a higher ceiling than Wozniak. Maybe the best 08 after Björck. (competing with Nordmark).