WC: 2017 Team Sweden

[Jeb99]

I wonder if Grönborg will have any interest in players like Johan Larsson, Jacob Josefson, Joakim Nordström, Jonathan Ericsson, Klas Dahlbeck. They could be good role players for this team.

And is veterans like Edler and N.Kronwall still good enough? Would be kind of cool to see a brother pairing: S.Kronwall - N.Kronwall.

Without knowing what players Garpenlöv, Popovic and Grönborg are interested they are all in N.A right now. They have a schedule and counting the teams they see there looks like this:


Nashville 3 games
Colorado 3
Montreal 3
Dallas 3
Detroit 3
Carolina 3
Arizona 2
Florida 2
Boston 2
Toronto 2
St Louis 2
Washington 2
Vancouver 2

And some other teams too that they only see once...

 

[Eye of Ra]

Zetterberg, Loui, Sedins and N.Kronwall will not play in WC.

http://www.expressen.se/sport/hockey/nhl/vi-kommer-alla-om-det-inte-blir-slutspel/

Anyone suprised?

We can still hope for this:

Alexander Steen - Patrik Berglund - Gustav Nyquist
Oskar Lindblom - Victor Rask - Elias Lindholm
Oscar Möller - Johan Sundström - Joakim Lindström
Gabriel Landeskog - Joel Eriksson Ek - Fredrik Pettersson
Linus Omark, Linus Klasen

Victor Hedman - Anton Strålman
Oliver Ekman Larsson - John Klingberg
Alexander Edler - Staffan Kronwall
Oscar Fantenberg - Jonas Ahnelöv

Robin Lehner
Jacob Markström
Anders Nilsson

 

[Jeb99]

Zetterberg, Loui, Sedins and N.Kronwall will not play in WC.

http://www.expressen.se/sport/hockey/nhl/vi-kommer-alla-om-det-inte-blir-slutspel/

Anyone suprised?

We can still hope for this:

Alexander Steen - Patrik Berglund - Gustav Nyquist
Oskar Lindblom - Victor Rask - Elias Lindholm
Oscar Möller - Johan Sundström - Joakim Lindström
Gabriel Landeskog - Joel Eriksson Ek - Fredrik Pettersson
Linus Omark, Linus Klasen

Victor Hedman - Anton Strålman
Oliver Ekman Larsson - John Klingberg
Alexander Edler - Staffan Kronwall
Oscar Fantenberg - Jonas Ahnelöv

Robin Lehner
Jacob Markström
Anders Nilsson

I doubt that Möller will play this year considering his wife is sick. Lindström has said no thanks for now and will probably not play. (Unless you have any other info?)

Too bad about Loui! He is on of my favourites and always does a good job.

I also doubt that Lindblom will play. He hasn't been playing much in Europe hockey tour. But you never know. A lot of players that will play well on the coming playoff has a good chance.

 

[Slimmy]

I think every Swede in Predators has said they want to play if available. We could potentially even get Karlsson if Ottawa has an early exit from the playoffs. How does this work, though? Can the NT brass wait out the entire first round of the playoffs before settling on a team? What spots / how many can they leave open? When's the deadline to announce the team?

 

[coldhands]

Benning just said on Team 1040 that Jonathan Dahlen is getting consideration to play on the team.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Benning just said on Team 1040 that Jonathan Dahlen is getting consideration to play on the team.

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Not true.

 

[joe89]

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Not true.

Canucks have probably inquired about getting him to come overseas now that his season is finished(still playing J20 though). Remember though that the national team have dibs on players that have finished their seasons in Europe, and I definitely see Dahlén getting invited to one of the early WC camps and perhaps even stick around for a little bit. Meaning that there's technically a consideration, at the very least in their POV.

 

[ulvvf]

I could see something like this happen.

Forsberg - Backlund - Arvidsson
Nyquist - Rask - Lindholm
Eriksson Ek - Sundström - Lindblom
Brodin - Lundqvist - Klingberg
Omark, Norman

S.Kronwall - Klingberg
Tömmernes - Gustafsson
Ahnelöv - Rundblad
Bertilsson - Borgman

Lehner
Markström
Nilsson

Like that first line, that is a proper line that could play in the olympics as well.

 

[jfc64]

Washington (+29) (Bäckström, Johansson, Burakovsky)
Columbus (+29) (Forsberg, Wennberg, Karlsson)
Pittsburgh (+28) (Hörnqvist, Hagelin)
NY Rangers (+21) (Lundqvist, Hellberg, Zibanejad, Lindberg, Fast)
Montreal (+18) (de la Rose)
Ottawa (+15) (Karlsson, Claesson, Englund, Stålberg)
Boston (+10) (Blidh)
Toronto (+10) (Nylander)
NY Islanders (+7)
Tampa Bay (+6) (Hedman, Strålman)
Philadelphia (+3)
Carolina (+3) (Läck, Dahlbeck, Lindholm, Rask, Nordström)
Florida (+2)
Buffalo (-1) (Nilsson, Lehner, Larsson)
Detroit (-4) (Kronwall, Ericsson, Zetterberg, Nyquist, Franzén)
New Jersey (-7) (Josefson)


Chicago (+27) (Hjalmarsson, Oduya, Forsling, Krüger, Rasmussen)
Minnesota (+21) (Brodin, Folin, Olofsson, Eriksson Ek)
San Jose (+19) (Karlsson, Sörensen, Heed)
Edmonton (+15) (Gustavsson, Klefbom, Larsson, Lander)
Anaheim (+15) (Enroth, Lindholm, Larsson, Silfverberg, Rakell, Sörensen)
Calgary (+14) (Backlund)
Nashville (+11) (Ekholm, Granberg, Forsberg, Järnkrok, Arvidson, Åberg)
St. Louis (+10) (Gunnarsson, Berglund, Steen, Pääjärvi)
Los Angeles (+3) (Kempe)
Winnipeg (-1) (Enström)
Dallas (-4) (Klingberg, Nemeth, Janmark)
Vancouver (-6) (Markström, Edler, Sedin, Sedin, Eriksson, Rödin)
Arizona (-11) (Ekman-Larsson)
Colorado (-28) (Landeskog, Söderberg)

 

[Eye of Ra]

Patrik Hersley is dominating in the KHL playoffs.

 

[Eye of Ra]

http://www.swehockey.se/Landslag/Herr/TreKronor/Hungary-SwedenApril32017/

Game against Hungary in Budapest 3 april. Thats odd.

 

[Nordic*]

Would like to see Lander get a spot. Great defensively while having the best ppg in the AHL (by far).

 

[Nordic*]

Perhaps a whole line of Edmonton rejects.

Paajarvi-Lander-Omark.

 

[joe89]

Lander had a really good tournament a couple of years ago. Would be a good 3rd line center on the team. But he's not available just because he plays in the AHL.

http://www.swehockey.se/Landslag/Herr/TreKronor/Hungary-SwedenApril32017/

Game against Hungary in Budapest 3 april. Thats odd.

Hungary usually has really sick crowds(and a good following on the road too), sounds like a good way to sell the sport a bit outside of the usual suspects.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Joel Eriksson Ek will finish his season with Minnesota. Thats bad for us.

http://www.hockeysverige.se/2017/03/28/eriksson-ek-aker-till-usa-for-att-avsluta-sasongen/

 

[McJazz]

I'm definitely hoping for a long playoff run for the Oilers.

If they, however, don't make it very far, Klefbom and Larsson should be locks on team Sweden. Great defensemen with great chemistry.
They deserve some more attention back home.

 

[joe89]

Shouldn't a team be named by now? Multiple games next week.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Adrian Kempe anyone? 6 points in 20 NHL games. He has nice mix of speed, grit and skills.

 

[joe89]

Games vs. Hungary and Austria:
MÃ…LVAKTER
1. Joacim Eriksson
35. Niklas Svedberg

BACKAR
3. Niclas Burström
6. Oscar Fantenberg
8. David Rundblad
9. Calle Rosén
25. Philip Holm
53. Eddie Larsson
63. Sebastian Aho
64. Eric Martinsson

FORWARDS
10. Victor Ejdsell
11. Petter Emanuelsson
12. André Petersson
14. Richard Gynge
16. Emil Pettersson
17. Pär Lindholm
18. Dennis Everberg
19. Patrik Zackrisson
22. Alexander Bergström
34. Daniel Brodin
37. John Norman
67. Linus Omark
70. Mario Kempe

 

[Eye of Ra]

Games vs. Hungary and Austria:
MÃ…LVAKTER
1. Joacim Eriksson
35. Niklas Svedberg

BACKAR
3. Niclas Burström
6. Oscar Fantenberg
8. David Rundblad
9. Calle Rosén
25. Philip Holm
53. Eddie Larsson
63. Sebastian Aho
64. Eric Martinsson

FORWARDS
10. Victor Ejdsell
11. Petter Emanuelsson
12. André Petersson
14. Richard Gynge
16. Emil Pettersson
17. Pär Lindholm
18. Dennis Everberg
19. Patrik Zackrisson
22. Alexander Bergström
34. Daniel Brodin
37. John Norman
67. Linus Omark
70. Mario Kempe

Ejdsell! A big suprise.

I would use this lineup:

Omark - Zackrisson - Bergström
Petersson - Pettersson - Gynge
Kempe - Lindholm - Everberg
Norman - Ejdsell/Emanuelsson - Brodin

Rosén - Holm
Fantenberg - Rundblad
Aho - Burström
Martinsson - Larsson

 

[Eye of Ra]

Hersley rewarded the best defenceman in KHL playoffs! http://www.hockeysverige.se/2017/03/31/hersley-utsedd-till-semifinalernas-baste/

Grönborg and Popovic can not ignore this, Hersley must be a lock.

 

[Bear12Good]

Hersley rewarded the best defenceman in KHL playoffs! http://www.hockeysverige.se/2017/03/31/hersley-utsedd-till-semifinalernas-baste/

Grönborg and Popovic can not ignore this, Hersley must be a lock.

Herlsey very good
NHL level D

 

[EK47]

Hersley rewarded the best defenceman in KHL playoffs! http://www.hockeysverige.se/2017/03/31/hersley-utsedd-till-semifinalernas-baste/

Grönborg and Popovic can not ignore this, Hersley must be a lock.

Considering OEL and Klingberg are very likely to play and there is a real possibility that Hedman will also join, Hersley's qualities might actually be redundant. I've always liked hersley but he should not be a lock.

 

[ulvvf]

Considering OEL and Klingberg are very likely to play and there is a real possibility that Hedman will also join, Hersley's qualities might actually be redundant. I've always liked hersley but he should not be a lock.

That is 3 players, there are more than 3 D on the team. But yeah not a lock, but he should get a invite

 

[EK47]

That is 3 players, there are more than 3 D on the team. But yeah not a lock, but he should get a invite

I don't think OEL will play anymore his mother just died. Damn best wishes to him and his family.