Sweden had a lot of players declining and success goes in periods. Sometimes you win, somerimes you lose. Its hockey and its life. Having a bad coach who doesn't have the trust of his players doesn't exactly help either.
Yeah, it's sad it's always a giant lottery what kind of team you get. Ultimately the World Championship should only be played every 2nd year or 4th year to give it some prestige but then all the old farts organizing this thing wouldn't get as much money.
Liiga is shit and Finland barely have any Liiga players on their rosters. Liiga is slightly better than Allsvenskan. We just need a good coach, like Finland.
Its not about the quality of the European leagues its about coaching. If you hire someone who doesn’t have any previous head coaching experience this is what you get.
Let me ask you guys, and be honest now. If Hallam fails with monster rosters 3 years in row, what is the problem? Then we are not just good anymore or too soft
If Hallam fails with monster rosters, he’s shit and he is the problem. If we stop producing the top and depth NHLers to create monster rosters, we can worry. Right now, Swedish hockey is in a good spot regarless of WC results. We have tons of NHL stars and produce top draft picks every year. These last 2 WC tournaments don’t mean Swedish hockey in general is declining. We have had almost no players at all who would get close to our best roster, as is the case for all top teams in the tournament. These World Championship tournaments say little about an entire hockey program because every top nation has their D-team and one or two players who can make their best team.
At least Swedes still haven't reached that pathetic stage when we pretend to be finns and post stupid things to make finns look bad
Mark Levengood says hiAt least Swedes still haven't reached that pathetic stage when we pretend to be finns and post stupid things to make finns look bad
Rofl... That's only thing needed to say about quality about that post..
You guys also crushed Russia NHL team and Canada NHL team. You are right, Liiga is better than NHL.
MIkko Kalteva once said that Allsvenskan is better than Liiga. Keep in mind that he is a finn.Noit just aint trash league, like Ab13 claimed
Well.. wouldnt put much weight on those words.. Aint first time some hockey player say something like that.. Though not sure if it was a praise or finnish being a pessimist like they usually do
I disagree. This is one of the oldest Championships in all sports. With its history it is special. Also it is great spring fest and myself being at these games 14 or 15 years it is special. I as a fan of Finnish hockey remember the painful years of 80's and current every year sucsess now. Mixture of emotions. And very nice with that.
Yeah it is special, been watching it every year since 1977, bet there is not that many Canadians that can say that.
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That means the obvious: FIN-CAN or CAN-FIN will be continuously the final game in the next tournaments that matter
