I'm actually feeling hopeful. I think Nylander will be alot better on the Swedish team, than his performance in Toronto. He'll make an impact, I'm quite sure of it. I think alot of it had to do with the thoughts in his head during his season, paired with him being slightly out of shape, paired with his instant pressure to perform, which made him grip his stick too hard. I mean, when this team can make guys like Loui Eriksson and Adam Larsson consistently look like world beaters, I can only think Nylander will love to play in this team. That's Grönborg's strength, he tells his players to play their game, that's why they were selected. They don't play out of fear, they play to have fun as a group.
It's not a star-ridden, glamorous team, but it has excellent qualities. We have skill guys, we have a ton of guys who know how to shoot the puck, we have passers, excellent roleplayers, etc, etc. We're a very solid team in all aspects. We might not have an advantage in a certain position in a game against the big nations, but we're very tough to actually beat, because of a lack of abundant weaknesses. We're talking individual players, not the team part as a whole, then we're quite happy (Swedes and Finns are never truly satisfied. Stockholm and Helsinki people are excluded, they're generally delusional).
We're complaining because guys like Hägg is in the lineup. Russians are unhappy because their defense still sucks. That's a big difference.
This team is good enough to win gold, but it's always, only a game and anything can happen. But it's a really strong team. It's not exactly "Grossman kommer!" from our side. I'm actually feeling happy, because I think this team will perform really well. We don't have any Stars!, but we have a horde of really skilled and efficient players.