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Olympics: Team Sweden 2022

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Eye of Ra said:
Our d....15 years ago was really good, with all there:

Nicklas Lidström - Mattias Öhlund
Kenny Jönsson - Niklas Kronwall
Kim Johnsson - Mattias Norstrom

Thats 6 world class players. People forget how good Kim Johnsson was. And Öhlund and Norstrom was just as good as Jonas Brodin is now. Lidström, Kronwall and Jönssons speaks for itself.
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The defence today is slightly worse but not by much. In 2018, with a better Karlsson and OEL and a Klingberg putting up 67 points while being a Norris candidate it would possibly have been better. Ekholm was elite in 2018 too.
 
Eye of Ra said:
So where do you rank us? Let us hear your argument how Germany, Latvia and Slovakia have stronger roster than Sweden.
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I never said Germany, Latvia and Slovakia have stronger rosters, you said that. I said Sweden would be a non factor. I have them no better than 4th but I see them on par with Finland for 4/5. I really enjoy how people “assume” something in which I never said, don’t change HF. I promise I’ll never stop coming here ‘sarcasm’
 
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centipede2233 said:
I never said Germany, Latvia and Slovakia have stronger rosters, you said that. I said Sweden would be a non factor. I have them no better than 4th but I see them on par with Finland for 4/5. I really enjoy how people “assume” something in which I never said, don’t change HF. I promise I’ll never stop coming here ‘sarcasm’
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non factor? every single player on our roster is a good NHLer and we have many good 2-way players. I agree Canada, USA and Russia is better but anything can happen in a single elimination game.
 
Eye of Ra said:
non factor? every single player on our roster is a good NHLer and we have many good 2-way players. I agree Canada, USA and Russia is better but anything can happen in a single elimination game.
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I would not trade rosters with Russia probably.
 
karhukissa said:
Sweden has extremely good roster depth (Especially d-wise) and Dahlin is bad. So do the math.
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I'm tired of reading your shitty hot takes. The only thing more embarrassing than your insecure little finn trolling is the trail of ignorance you leave wherever your greasy sausage fingers, fueled with vodka, convulse forming something resembling a post.
 
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Slimmy said:
I'm tired of reading your shitty hot takes. The only thing more embarrassing than your insecure little finn trolling is the trail of ignorance you leave wherever your greasy sausage fingers, fueled with vodka, convulse forming something resembling a post.
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Hahaha jesus christ :laugh: Imagine getting this triggered when someone doesn't think player you're fangirling over, isn't good (which he isn't, look at the stats).

This is beyond embarassing, you come here to rage because people don't have Dahlin on their rosters. Btw i prefer Gin & tonic and my fingers are rather slim.
 
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Forsberg is a fors to be reckoned with so far.

A lot of people are sleeping on Team Sweden. I think our depth will pay dividends against any team not named Canada.
 
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Slimmy said:
I'm tired of reading your shitty hot takes. The only thing more embarrassing than your insecure little finn trolling is the trail of ignorance you leave wherever your greasy sausage fingers, fueled with vodka, convulse forming something resembling a post.
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What the heck happened here???
 
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Seiza said:
I would say Brodin is second only to Hedman among the Swedish D. Definitely would be a major upset if he´s not selected.
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The beauty of Brodin is that he is content to babysit offensively inclined D partners, and his superb skating and smarts allows him to defend talented, fast offensive players that you are likely to run into during international play. JEE might also be a sneaky good choice. Great, physical two way Center. He and Landeskog together would make for a "heavy" line, if needed.
 
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Regarding Andreas Johnsson, he was good for the Leafs and is back on track.

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He has good chemistry with Jesper Bratt. Having those 2 together on a 4th line could be something.
 
I'd like Larsson, he has some toughness that the teem needs, and is good in both ends


And I would also include Dahlin
 
Eye of Ra said:
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Not bad offensive numbers. He is struggling in his own zone thought.
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With the exception of Hedman and Karlsson, there are no Swedish D that posses the pure talent and game changing ability of Dahlin. I understand that Dahlins defensive gaffes are worrisome and that some of the defensive metrics are not as flattering as his offensive stats. With that said, his defensive struggles are greatly exaggerated and has to be put in context. Buffalo has up until recently been a complete mess and Dahlin has been playing a stifling game he is not suited for. With a new coach, Dahlin is starting to look like himself again. Still, Buffalo is a bottom feeder with poor goaltending and no veteran D support for Dahlin. Just imagine him on the Swedish Olympic team. It will be beautiful.
 
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Im worried about William Karlsson and Bäckström. Both of them been out for a while. We always have this problems with injuries. 1-2 more players is problay gonna get injured aswell. The hockey gods hate us.

Without William, Bäckis and Raymond:

Landeskog - Lindholm - Forsberg
Pettersson - Zibanejad - Nylander
Olofsson - Eriksson Ek - Burakovsky
Bratt - Sundqvist - Johnsson
Arvidsson, Hörnqvist

Hedman - Andersson
Brodin - Karlsson
Dahlin - Lindholm
Ekholm - Klingberg

Markström
Lehner
Ullmark
 
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Eye of Ra said:
Im worried about William Karlsson and Bäckström. Both of them been out for a while. We always have this problems with injuries. 1-2 more players is problay gonna get injured aswell. The hockey gods hate us.

Without William, Bäckis and Raymond:

Landeskog - Lindholm - Forsberg
Pettersson - Zibanejad - Nylander
Olofsson - Eriksson Ek - Burakovsky
Bratt - Sundqvist - Johnsson
Arvidsson, Hörnqvist

Hedman - Andersson
Brodin - Karlsson
Dahlin - Lindholm
Ekholm - Klingberg

Markström
Lehner
Ullmark
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I think you're lacking a defensive line in that line-up. I'd rather see Bratt/Sundqvist/Wennberg/Hörnquist - Backlund - Silfverberg
 
centipede2233 said:
I never said Germany, Latvia and Slovakia have stronger rosters, you said that. I said Sweden would be a non factor. I have them no better than 4th but I see them on par with Finland for 4/5. I really enjoy how people “assume” something in which I never said, don’t change HF. I promise I’ll never stop coming here ‘sarcasm’
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Come AHN!! Brother!

Do you know how much worse finnish defensemen no. 3-8 are than their swedish counterparts. And that there are 9 finnish forwards with a PPG over 0.50 while there are 22 swedes. Bäckström unaccounted for.

And DON'T get me started on the goalies...They are SERIOUSLY contemplating Mikko Koskinen and Kevin Lankinen!!
 
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Eye of Ra said:
Im worried about William Karlsson and Bäckström. Both of them been out for a while. We always have this problems with injuries. 1-2 more players is problay gonna get injured aswell. The hockey gods hate us.

Without William, Bäckis and Raymond:

Landeskog - Lindholm - Forsberg
Pettersson - Zibanejad - Nylander
Olofsson - Eriksson Ek - Burakovsky
Bratt - Sundqvist - Johnsson
Arvidsson, Hörnqvist

Hedman - Andersson
Brodin - Karlsson
Dahlin - Lindholm
Ekholm - Klingberg

Markström
Lehner
Ullmark
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And if no Elias Pettersson (Canucks blues) and smallish:

Gabriel Landeskog - Mika Zibanejad - William Nylander
Filip Forsberg - Alexander Wennberg - Elias Lindholm
André Burakovsky - Mikael Backlund - Jakob Silfverberg
Adrian Kempe - Joel Eriksson Ek - Patric Hörnqvist
Oskar Sundqvist - Rikard Rakell

D and G = same
 
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Eye of Ra said:
Im worried about William Karlsson and Bäckström. Both of them been out for a while. We always have this problems with injuries. 1-2 more players is problay gonna get injured aswell. The hockey gods hate us.

Without William, Bäckis and Raymond:

Landeskog - Lindholm - Forsberg
Pettersson - Zibanejad - Nylander
Olofsson - Eriksson Ek - Burakovsky
Bratt - Sundqvist - Johnsson
Arvidsson, Hörnqvist

Hedman - Andersson
Brodin - Karlsson
Dahlin - Lindholm
Ekholm - Klingberg

Markström
Lehner
Ullmark
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Karlsson's time table given was 6 weeks. 5 has soon passed. He's in COVID protocol now though, so should be back in around 1 and a half week.
 
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theslatcher said:
Karlsson's time table given was 6 weeks. 5 has soon passed. He's in COVID protocol now though, so should be back in around 1 and a half week.
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I hope so.

We could use one of Lindholm/Zibanejad as a winger to open up for William Karlsson as the 3C if Bäckis comes back aswell. Otherwise we will have William Karlsson as 4C. Such a good player should not be buried that far down.
 
Eye of Ra said:
I hope so.

We could use one of Lindholm/Zibanejad as a winger to open up for William Karlsson as the 3C if Bäckis comes back aswell. Otherwise we will have William Karlsson as 4C. Such a good player should not be buried that far down.
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If we want to balance scoring, playmaking, defense and physique on every line in the top 9 we could do

Landeskog - Bäckström - Nylander
Forsberg - Zibanejad - Pettersson
Olofsson - Karlsson - Lindholm

Maybe get Raymond in there over Olofsson, Karlsson or even Pettersson depending on how Elias performs in the next few months.
 


Seems to indicate Sandin as being in consideration for the team? Honestly don't get it as a Leafs fan. While it's true his underlying stats are incredible, that's been in fairly sheltered conditions and his strength and skating both get exposed at times. I have to believe there are multiple better options with Swedens depth, but maybe that poster earlier that had him in their lineup wasn't as crazy as I thought.
 
Sweden looking strong. Marky is Vezina calibre. Strong D corps, and a deep forward group.

ErikssonEk is a fantastic centre and a big part of Minnesotas success. If you have him in the mix that’s a pretty good side.

Pettersson getting his game together would be great. If they get exemption approval to include Raymond that would be a win.

Any thoughts of Hornqvist making the roster even as an extra forward?. I know he’s slowed down a bit but could be useful.
 
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