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Pretty irressponsible to play Broberg at all tbh. He lost value, he lost time and he lost...hype? Maybe it was SIHA/SAIKs plan all along.
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I don't think it was an extremely poor showing, he had a great first game but was pretty meh after that. He got beat wide too often, (Which is very likely because of his injury, he's normally a great skater), but apart from that he wasn't terrible defensively.
Yeah it was definitely a bad decision to play Broberg, but he shouldn't have lost hype after that tournament. He certainly has here on HF, but that's because the majority of posters here only watch the WJC and form their opinions on players entirely based on them.
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Yes ofc, but I've watched him in the SHL as well and ofc I have some concerns from his play there
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Hard not to lose hype considering where Oiler fans got him ranked in the "prospect rankings" here at HF after his hot start to the SHL season.
Almost everyone else knew the offense he was putting up (which was being cited as the reason for his high ranking) wasn't sustainable.
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He is already drafted. What hype and value lol? The Oilers value him. Idiotic that he was playing.
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Meh, it might have a deleterious effect on fan opinion of him, but it wont on how good he gets at hockey.
A tweet clarifying the injury more
He was playing with a tear above the knee and a partial shoulder separation.
Explains his play at the world juniors.
He was playing with a tear above the knee and a partial shoulder separation.
Explains his play at the world juniors.
What a serious unnecessary risk. Why risk a complete tear of the knee, and knee surgery. Could of cost him his only elite asset.
Its odd, normally they wouldn't let a player play if he had an injury that could get significantly worse.
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Yeah, when you have the guy looking like he's the only guy in the world that can skate with McDavid in play in camps, and then looking slow at the WJC you can tell something isn't quite right.
Him playing the WJC with a bum knee and a bum shoulder is kind of unacceptable tbh. Like.... Literally you can't shoot, skate, pass, or initiate contact at all without feeling pain or hesitation. One of those injuries frequently makes guys look awful. Both at the same time? Wtf...
Not sure who greenlit that decision, but it's shoddy as f***. Extremely poor choice from a development point of view and from a "let's win Sweden a medal" point of view. But whomever made that call needs to take a serious look in the mirror.
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What a warrior, I admire the kids courage and gutsiness to play, those who have watched him play lots knew something serious was wrong with him impacting his skating.
I got to ask though, where are the adults in this situation? The kid clearly should have been pulled from the ice and not played after suffering those injuries.
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For real... it's not like he was helping the team... at all he was getting blown by every play it was clear he was injured.
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When healthy he was probably the best skater at that tournament, it was very apparent that something was wrong with his skating. Broberg is an exceptional skater.
Pretty sickening that he was allowed to continue to play with a tear above his knee and a separated shoulder.
It speaks well on the kid that he wanted to be out there for his team and willing to play through that much obvious pain, but someone should have made the decision for him that he could not play.
Whoever gave the go ahead for him on the Swedish national team should be in the hot seat for that decision.
Not just the Swedish national team, the Oilers too. Especially given the Klefbom situation. These are both injuries that nag a guy for their entire career.
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Actually Broberg is a beautiful skater. It’s not his legs that are concerning. For him it’s more about thinking the game. He’s definitely going to be able to skate better than most NHL players. He does that already. If his thinking can catch up with his feet, he’s going to be fantastic. He’s almost the opposite of Bouchard, who thinks the game great, but struggles to keep up with the skating.
He wasn't healthy this year.
He was the Oilers second best skater aside from McDavid at the play-in camp just a couple short months ago. he was skating circles around guys like Draisaitl and Ryan Nugent Hopkins. He was faster at rushing the puck than Darnell Nurse. At this tournament, he would have been one of, if not the best skater there no question if he was healthy.
Instead he was noticably the slowest guy on the ice.
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Name some players in the tournament that were better skaters than a healthy Broberg.
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You'll be waiting a long time. Healthy Broberg is an absolutely fantastic skater and easily one of the best if not the best skater from the players at the last WJC.
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For defenseman I would take Byram and Drysdale over him, Sanderson is on par with him overall as well imo. That's only Canada/USA. If we are talking about forwards there are more as well.
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