WC: Team Sweden 2019 roster part II

[Star Ocean]

Who moves aside when landeskog arrives?

I guess lindblom moves down.

 

[Matte99]

Pettersson had more points than horvat in 11 less games.

True, he is incredibly skilled but he is a tad slow and weak. Not the best center you can have against the top lines in the NHL. Give it a year or two he will be elite but at the moment he isn't a top line center in the NHL imho. Horvat is way more stable from the games i've seen although not as talented overall.

 

[Matte99]

And they just moved Lindholm in as center instead of Pettersson who now plays on the wing. However, once Landeskog comes i guess he will be center in this line.

 

[Star Ocean]

Pettersson is really good at PP.

 

[Toews2Bickell]

Pettersson is really good.

Fixed

 

[Lonny Bohonos]

True, he is incredibly skilled but he is a tad slow and weak. Not the best center you can have against the top lines in the NHL. Give it a year or two he will be elite but at the moment he isn't a top line center in the NHL imho. Horvat is way more stable from the games i've seen although not as talented overall.

You need to watch more games then.

 

[Matte99]

You need to watch more games then.

I might need that and I will enjoy them all. =) He is a fun player to watch.

 

[Star Ocean]

Who will sit if bratt and landeskog enters the team. Rasmussen and?

 

[VictorLustig]

Elias Pettersson was one of our worst players this game. Fine on the PP but that's about it.

 

[Star Ocean]

Elias Pettersson was one of our worst players this game. Fine on the PP but that's about it.

It happens. There will be more important games to come.


But who will you sit when two more forwards will go into this team?

 

[joe89]

Unfortunate for Gustafsson, he's been good, but he's probably the one to get 3rd pairing duties when Klingberg arrives. Might stick around on a PP unit, though. I think Pettersson will play over Hägg.

Who will sit if bratt and landeskog enters the team. Rasmussen and?

Mario I would think. Or well, he'll be dressed anyway.

 

[joe89]

Landeskog will be a good fit with Pettersson.

 

[theslatcher]

Nylander-Wennberg-Bengan
Lindblom-Pettersson-Bratt
Landeskog-Lindholm-A.Kempe
Loui-Krüger-Lander

Alternatively in the middle-6:

Landeskog-Pettersson-A.Kempe
Lindblom-Lindholm-Bratt

 

[EK47]

Nylander-Wennberg-Bengan
Lindblom-Pettersson-Bratt
Landeskog-Lindholm-A.Kempe
Loui-Krüger-Lander

Alternatively in the middle-6:

Landeskog-Pettersson-A.Kempe
Lindblom-Lindholm-Bratt

That would be very interesting but it’ll never happen unfortunately.

Landeskog and Kempe going rogue on the forecheck would be very entertaining.

 

[Star Ocean]

This swedish team is loaded again. Or maybe i am fooled by norways poor apparence?

 

[felixpettersson]

Nylander-Wennberg-Bengan
Lindblom-Pettersson-Bratt
Landeskog-Lindholm-A.Kempe
Loui-Krüger-Lander

Alternatively in the middle-6:

Landeskog-Pettersson-A.Kempe
Lindblom-Lindholm-Bratt

Landeskog-Pettersson-Bratt would be intersting too

I think what i'd like to see is:

Nylander-Wennberg-Hörnqvist
Landeskog-Pettersson-Lindholm
Lindblom-Kempe-Bratt
Eriksson-Lander-Krüger
Kempe

 

[theslatcher]

Landeskog-Pettersson-Bratt would be intersting too

I think what i'd like to see is:

Nylander-Wennberg-Hörnqvist
Landeskog-Pettersson-Lindholm
Lindblom-Kempe-Bratt
Eriksson-Lander-Krüger
Kempe

Yeah it would be, but having those 3 together would mean having a third line that has been really unremarkable so far.

Adrian I prefer on the wing, his play at C this tourney has been less than ideal.

 

[EK47]

Unfortunate for Gustafsson, he's been good, but he's probably the one to get 3rd pairing duties when Klingberg arrives. Might stick around on a PP unit, though. I think Pettersson will play over Hägg.



Mario I would think. Or well, he'll be dressed anyway.

OEL - Larsson
Ekholm - Gustafsson
Pettersson - Klingberg

Isn’t completely unlikely IMO. Don’t think I’d wanna mess with Ekholm - Gustafsson right now when Gus has the kind of confidence he has with Ekholm. I think Klingberg could still take charge and run the game with Pettersson.

 

[Phil McKraken]

I'm not a fan of putting Landeskog on the third line. Pettersson is our most important forward and we should try everything to get him going as soon as possible. Try Landeskog on his line first and keep him there if it works well. Plus, I'm pretty sure a physical winger who crashes the net is just what Pettersson needs, instead of another playmaker.

 

[EK47]

I'm not a fan of putting Landeskog on the third line. Pettersson is our most important forward and we should try everything to get him going as soon as possible. Try Landeskog on his line first and keep him there if it works well.

If you run the lines that @theslatcher suggested you have three lines that have an equal chance of being the most important line for Sweden in any given game. The first two being heavily reliant of creativity, the third creating from having enough skill to capitalize on the chances they will get from their aggressive forecheck. Also please keep in mind Pettersson hasn’t been tried very much with Bratt at all yet.

 

[joe89]

OEL - Larsson
Ekholm - Gustafsson
Pettersson - Klingberg

Isn’t completely unlikely IMO. Don’t think I’d wanna mess with Ekholm - Gustafsson right now when Gus has the kind of confidence he has with Ekholm. I think Klingberg could still take charge and run the game with Pettersson.

I feel like OEL-Larsson is the truly untouchable pairing among the two, and Klingberg is the upcoming #1 on the team.. so..

 

[EK47]

I feel like OEL-Larsson is the truly untouchable pairing among the two, and Klingberg is the upcoming #1 on the team.. so..

Yeah, I don’t really disagree I just think Klingberg could elevate M.Petterssons game while still being able to play at his own level.

 

[Phil McKraken]

If you run the lines that @theslatcher suggested you have three lines that have an equal chance of being the most important line for Sweden in any given game. The first two being heavily reliant of creativity, the third creating from having enough skill to capitalize on the chances they will get from their aggressive forecheck. Also please keep in mind Pettersson hasn’t been tried very much with Bratt at all yet.

I'm all for experimenting but I just think Pettersson has looked a bit weak and aimless so far. A powerful player like Landeskog seems like the perfect match for a guy like that.

 

[EK47]

I'm all for experimenting but I just think Pettersson has looked a bit weak and aimless so far. A powerful player like Landeskog seems like the perfect match for a guy like that.

I don’t really think its that much of an experiment honestly. The most effective line is still intact, and you’re giving Pettersson a prolonged look with a different type of creative compared to Nylander while still keeping some heaviness with Lindblom.

 

[Stephen]

I'm not a fan of putting Landeskog on the third line. Pettersson is our most important forward and we should try everything to get him going as soon as possible. Try Landeskog on his line first and keep him there if it works well. Plus, I'm pretty sure a physical winger who crashes the net is just what Pettersson needs, instead of another playmaker.

Sweden is loaded. There's no reason to think Pettersson's your most important forward.