Sweden won groups containing Germany and Spain in the last two World Cup / Euro torunaments. We are great at football. And hockey. Have more than twice as many NHLers than Russia, Finland and Czechia and produce top players every year. Bad trolling.
I think they both are pretty much. But hoping for the Czechs in the final, because of some variety and a sure win for Jalonen.
He´s still here? I thought he left when the quarterfinals were overOww look at who's here
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Come on. Really? Because we don’t think Sweden are chokers based on what our C-team does?
I don't think anyone would've mentioned word about Sweden without these 2 guys storming to Finland game thread.
Don’t make innacurate statements about Sweden not being good then. Because or C-team and former coach lost a game in OT. If I say ”these tournaments should not be used to judge quality of hockey programs”, you should respond with ”I agree but still like watching them”.
Dude, if you're being trained by someone who just stands passively over you and looks at a cube over the ice and no reaction comes up, who's wrong? The Swedes began to lose the match against Canada in the second period, only Ullmark kept them in the game. And the highlight was the power play, where the goal was not to score a goal at 4-0 but to run another two minutes of play. At that moment, I felt that Garpenlöv was again afraid of winning. A competent coach should try to calm the team, find a way to dull the opponent's pressure and sometimes try to attack so that the opponent's goalkeeper knows that he can not rest. What has Sweden done in the second period? The shots on goal were 19-1, that's clear enough to describe how the match began to flow between Sweden's fingers.
Proves my point. Therefore, tournament results should not lead to ridiculous statements like ”Sweden are now worse than Finland”.
And you are here commenting? Seems like it´s relevant to you?
haha, this year Olympic gold?
Lol, I glad you enjoy it
This one ?
I say this for the last time now, professional sports is a bottom line business. Finland get's success Sweden not, that's just the way it is.
Thank you for a reasonable comment. You will be one of the favorites next year and hopefully more Swedish NHL-stars will take part then.
What the f*** does Salt Lake City 2002 and Vancouver 2010 bring to the discussion? It says nothing. No coach and no player on the teams are still there.
When players stop believing in a coach's ability, it's easy to say no and stay in America. Next year, in my opinion, the players' confidence in the coach will be restored and 15-17 players can come to play for Sweden at the WHC. Also, many players will resolve their contracts and some of them I hope will not lose interest in representing them. Sweden is now at zero, it is the beginning of the process and it will depend on how Hallam takes office and the style of the first contact with the players.
Yeah sure. I’m just a bit upset at the result and some of the broadly generalising comments. Don’t take it personally. Enjoy your medals and try to shit on Sweden a bit less. Both of us are just going over the top. I realize that.
Well it's to give you some perspective, Sweden had better players then than they have today. C-teams also represent their country, Sweden is underperforming and i don't know how much it would change best vs best.
Everything changes from year to year depending on what players we get from the NHL and what coach we have. You know this. Please don’t make huge generalisations about Swedish hockey in general because of just a couple tournaments with replacable players. Sweden are absolutely not underperforming. You can say that if we stop producing top 10 picks and like 6 first rounders every year. That’s what pissed me off. Enjoy your medals. I have had my fair share of hockey-related enjoyment too and look back on those fondlly.
