U18: Team Sweden 2020 U18 WJC roster talk.
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Star Ocean
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Highly doubt Raymond or Holtz would be released for this tournament. Adding players late also becomes a bit more complicated when the tournament is played in NA.
theslatcher
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Unlike WJCs, U18 just takes birth year into consideration and not if you have turned 18 yet. Caufield for example was born 2nd Jan 2001 and was able to play last year.
Still can't believe it LMAO
Well, roster looks pretty good, would put Niederbach at center and maybe Rosen on his wing
theslatcher
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Yeah, WJCs is weird though considering it takes place through two years.
I would like to switch places Holtz/Nybeck or Holtz/Eklund and not play Raymond/Holtz on the same line. But that will not happen.
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theslatcher
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Right now it's pretty likely he'll be on the roster, there's also Forsfjäll who could nab a spot. Johannesson is 50/50 as he has been injured for the majority of the last 1½ year.
Not in a while, so he will more than likely not play center. There's Stenman, & Hallén for uninspiring C's who could take a C spot.
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I think you guys will be the favorite, considering the Canadians won’t have all their best players available.
NekcuP
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We almost beat Canada in Hlinka (2-3 SO). Without Raymond and Holtz.
So yes, Sweden should have a really good chance to take the gold again
It could happen that Holtz, that is a SHL regular might be stopped by his team (?).
Would be surprising if Djurgården makes it past quarterfinals this year. Looks pretty weak. So Holtz should not be busy at the time.
Eye of Ra
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I think there is a chance Eklund and Grans will not be released if they keep playing so good in SHL.
Without Eklund, Grans, Raymond, Holtz:
Robertsson - Niederbach - Nybeck
Magnusson - Ekmark - Torgersson
Rosen - Ljungman - Olausson
Lysell - Dower - Tärnström
N.Andersson
Andrae - Lööf
Wallinder - Ramberg
Johannesson (injured?) - Anton Olsson
Styf
Wallstedt
Clang
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But probaly Dower, Niederbach, Olausson, Olsson wont make it, swe coaches always want some grinders instead...yuck.
Without Eklund, Grans, Raymond, Holtz:
Robertsson - Niederbach - Nybeck
Magnusson - Ekmark - Torgersson
Rosen - Ljungman - Olausson
Lysell - Dower - Tärnström
N.Andersson
Andrae - Lööf
Wallinder - Ramberg
Johannesson (injured?) - Anton Olsson
Styf
Wallstedt
Clang
Vikman
But probaly Dower, Niederbach, Olausson, Olsson wont make it, swe coaches always want some grinders instead...yuck.
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Just finished watching the games from the 5-nations tournament. Even though they only won one game I thought they played pretty well for the most part. Defensively this team could do very well if they limit Styf's minutes and if Grans steps up his game, the other D-men looked good or great. Niederbach not playing center is very strange but hardly unexpected, the center position is a weakness as always these days. Can't complain about our forwards as a whole, maybe we are missing a pure finisher like Holtz.
theslatcher
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tbh I'm not sure if Styf should even be on the team, I feel others have passed him.
Andrae, Grans, Wallinder, Johannesson, Lööf, Forsfjäll, & Ramberg would be my 7, and there's cases to be made for others, too. Got some good depth there.
