Sweden - Germany 11 - 1
What happened?
Save everything for Latvia...I am not sure why anyone would be surprised by that result. It was pretty much what I expected before the game.
Our goalies are nothing special this year, the defense is not great (especially at defending) and our forward group is rather young for the most part, and our most talented players are at least 1 year away from having a real impact at this level (if they even get there).
Unless our respective goalie in any of the first three games against USA, Finland and Canada absolutely stands on his head, I expect three double digit losses. Maybe they can keep it to 8 or 9 goals against vs. Finland (not sure how good their team is this year).
If they can avoid relegation, they should be a bit better next year, and the year after that we should have decent team, by our rather low standards.
Pertuch is the No. 1. But Germany usually gives every goalie a game and then the best one will play knockout or relegation games. No true starter role in that sense.Who will be the starter?
I wouldn’t expect three double-digit losses but two (against Canada and USA) would not be surprising at all.I am not sure why anyone would be surprised by that result. It was pretty much what I expected before the game.
Our goalies are nothing special this year, the defense is not great (especially at defending) and our forward group is rather young for the most part, and our most talented players are at least 1 year away from having a real impact at this level (if they even get there).
Unless our respective goalie in any of the first three games against USA, Finland and Canada absolutely stands on his head, I expect three double digit losses. Maybe they can keep it to 8 or 9 goals against vs. Finland (not sure how good their team is this year).
If they can avoid relegation, they should be a bit better next year, and the year after that we should have decent team, by our rather low standards.