GDT: Belarus vs Sweden (Mod warning in post #101)

[aonb]

Bounce back game for Sweden, right?

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[Mestaruus]

The good old rivalry from The Olympics.

 

[Eye of Ra]

We are not winning this one.

 

[stastny12]

We are not winning this one.

Why?

 

[Eye of Ra]

Why?

bruh we just lost to denmark

 

[stastny12]

bruh we just lost to denmark

and Belarus was swept by the Slovaks, who subsequently had a tough time against GB

 

[Chimpradamus]

If Sweden played as badly as yesterday, this will be a very close game. If Sweden manages to play with some usual puck tempo and movement, it should be a tough game for Belarus. Belarus has some good top players, but worse depth.

 

[Phil McKraken]

New förbundskapten presented today.

 

[Eye of Ra]

My brain says Belarus is gonna win My heart says Sweden is gonna win. Its not realistic we will win over Belarus, they have lots of good KHLers and chemistry and great coach. We have mediocer SHLers with 5 jetlagged NHLers and the worst coach ever.

 

[Chimpradamus]

I was about to comment how ridiculous the British players looked with their pink shoulder slips. I'm lucky I didn't after watching the Swedish jerseys. Goddamn are they ugly, luckily less prominent than the ones on the British jerseys.

 

[Garl]

My brain says Belarus is gonna win My heart says Sweden is gonna win. Its not realistic we will win over Belarus, they have lots of good KHLers and chemistry and great coach. We have mediocer SHLers with 5 jetlagged NHLers and the worst coach ever.

Lots of good KHLers
Great coach

Ok

 

[Prntscrn]

Ugh hate that

 

[Chimpradamus]

Oh crap, a Belarusian player on the ice, stretcher in. Looks kind of like what happened to Tavares in Toronto. Very, very unfortunate. It looked like a tumble and he got Klingberg's knee to the head.

 

[DrPabloRamirez]

No replay yet... yes it looks like Tavares injury, knee to the head, maybe he hit himself one again to the board or ice. Bad accident, not intentional.

 

[21]

My brain says Belarus is gonna win My heart says Sweden is gonna win. Its not realistic we will win over Belarus, they have lots of good KHLers and chemistry and great coach. We have mediocer SHLers with 5 jetlagged NHLers and the worst coach ever.

Haha, lots of sarcasm.

The loss against Denmark was embarrassing though but we did it on purpose, we want to improve the level of hockey in Denmark and in the entire Nordic area, this should inspire them. Next time we will lose against Norway giving them some inspiration too, it's important chosing the non-important games though.

 

[21]

Bounce back game for Sweden, right?

If not then they are not welcomed back to Sweden. ;-)

 

[Chimpradamus]

Much higher puck tempo in the 1st period compared to the crap game against Denmark. To some extent I must give them the excuse the ice in the last game was awful.

 

[Phil McKraken]

Do we have any game plan whatsoever? Every play just feels random. Sure we have the upper hand so far, but it's Belarus.

 

[Eye of Ra]

belarus have more dangerous chances than us. not suprised.

 

[Poiquets]

Was the injured player of Belarus Lisovets? If so, that'd be a big loss for them... Hope he'll be OK!

 

[weklof]

Was the injured player of Belarus Lisovets? If so, that'd be a big loss for them... Hope he'll be OK!

Just hope he's allright, the Belarus players immediately called for the medical team and he was carried off on a stretcher. Apperently he was sitting up and gave the thumbs up as he was carried off, so that is good sign at least. Hopefully it is not something life-altering. In any case, I imagine the tournament is over for him. A major concussion at least.

 

[VictorLustig]

Do we have any game plan whatsoever? Every play just feels random. Sure we have the upper hand so far, but it's Belarus.

Exactly what I was thinking. Looks like they are just working hard, waiting for a good bounce or a nice individual play. Very disorganized.

 

[Chimpradamus]

Do we have any game plan whatsoever? Every play just feels random. Sure we have the upper hand so far, but it's Belarus.

They work hard, but they haven't created crap. We get no pucks on net, so we can just forget about rebounds, traffic, etc. Mostly perimeter stuff. With the team composition Garpen has, I don't think will even sniff any medal chances. Not enough players who can do that little extra to give room to his teammates. Too many sloppy plays all over.

Any wins this tournament will be from hard work and not skill plays. Our NHL players are wingers who are snipers, they're not the ones who are supposed to carry an offense.

Klingberg seemed to have a knee injury from the hit late in the period, which would be very bad for the Swedish team, he's one of the few who actually does things right.

And Lööv, what the hell is he doing on the team? I mean, he can play hockey, but positionally, as a D-man he systematically makes really bad decisions. He constantly overwork his position and leaves his guy wide open in front of the net, both games now.

 

[Poiquets]

Just hope he's allright, the Belarus players immediately called for the medical team and he was carried off on a stretcher. Apperently he was sitting up and gave the thumbs up as he was carried off, so that is good sign at least. Hopefully it is not something life-altering. In any case, I imagine the tournament is over for him. A major concussion at least.

Yeah, totally agree. The formatting of my message was a bit off, I meant exactly that I hope that he'll be alright overall, not just for the sake of the BLR team

 

[VictorLustig]

Rakell doesn't skate well. Looks unfit.