WC: May 6 GDT - Sweden vs. Finland

[dmonk]

Are we going to see anymore goals today?

 

[Mahox]

Are we going to see anymore goals today?

Yes, an empty netter.

 

[Esko6]

Are we going to see anymore goals today?

Yes, a power play goal!

 

[Ciccarelli]

Aaaand I lost the signal. Damn that sucks at the last minutes....

 

[FinnswissX]

Yes, a power play goal!

You seem to be an optimistic, until now the Finns couldn't profit from the PPS.

 

[Chimpradamus]

Jörgen Jönsson haven't had one right during the whole game.

 

[Joe MacMillan]

There's no way Finland is going to tie a game against Sweden in dying seconds.

 

[Matti_A]

...

 

[edd1e]

Better team won. No team deserves a win if they cant score on a regular time.

 

[Ciccarelli]

Damn. Why cant they score!?

 

[Jokerit Wasp]

Quite possibly the most boring Finland v Sweden game ever?!

Finland had all the chances, but never looked like scoring, Sweden just never looked like scoring...

Congrats to Backlund, you were solid.

Finnish forwards...37 shots, 0 goals...nice going!

 

[mattihp]

Team Finland was not a notch better than in the game against switzerland.

But swedes seemed very tame against the boards, are guys like Emwall and Hedström really your "strong" guys?

 

[Joe MacMillan]

How old is Backlund?

 

[Riddarn]

Well, I guess we can thank Lehtonen for being a screwup for this win. Finland deserved to win this game. They actually created some chances, they actually looked like they wanted to win by putting some effort into this poor excuse for a hockey game. Sweden didn't do one constructive thing through the entire game. If this is BÃ…Gs game plan for beating better teams like Russia or Canada then I hope this swedish team gets beaten and beaten good. Jebus how I despise this coward style of hockey.

 

[Esko6]

Better team won. No team deserves a win if they cant score on a regular time.

I don't know, neither team really scored. The first goal was scored mostly by Lehtonen.

 

[Kiefer]

Quite possibly the most boring Finland v Sweden game ever?!

Yeah, not quite the game I was looking forward to.

 

[mattihp]

How old is Backlund?

26ish. If he is to be something some day he has to stop thinking he is Norrena and try to play more like a swedish goalie.

 

[mattihp]

Well, I guess we can thank Lehtonen for being a screwup for this win. Finland deserved to win this game. They actually created some chances, they actually looked like they wanted to win by putting some effort into this poor excuse for a hockey game. Sweden didn't do one constructive thing through the entire game. If this is BÃ…Gs game plan for beating better teams like Russia or Canada then I hope this swedish team gets beaten and beaten good. Jebus how I despise this coward style of hockey.

Finland didn't look like they wanted to win at all. Why was Kallio dressed in that case?

And why the cautious offense?

 

[hdw]

But swedes seemed very tame against the boards, are guys like Emwall and Hedström really your "strong" guys?

One would wonder.

Looked like they strict orders to avoid body contact at any cost :/

 

[Riddarn]

Yeah, not quite the game I was looking forward to.

You can say that again. What a utter and complete let-down.

 

[Shack]

Better team won. No team deserves a win if they cant score on a regular time.

Quite obvious. This is after all goal scoring competition. But I'm abit surprised how passive Sweden was today. They had only 3-4 scoring changes and Finland had 10+. If they play like this against Russia they're gonna get beaten badly.

 

[psycho_dad*]

Nice game, poor finishing. Finland dominated clearly but sometimes this happens...one weak goal decides and a hot goalie is the hero. Some days this game could have ended 7-1, today it was 0-1. Of course we have a big problem with the goal scoring, but if you look at the game against Russia, we scored lots. So it's about the day...

 

[mattihp]

One would wonder.

Looked like they strict orders to avoid body contact at any cost :/

No, I saw them trying, I even saw Viuhkola fending off both Emwall and Bäckström at the same time at one time


And what wrong has Emwall done to play on the line with Steen and Bäckström? Neither look like they belong.

 

[Crazyhorse]

Well, our impotent offensive game won't take us far in the tournament.

Backlund surprised me, he looked quite solid.

Bäckström never face any pp-time, atleast that's my feeling. BÅG need to create "special teams" for the special team-play if we are going anywhere this year.

The three points are welcome though.

 

[edd1e]

One thing i hope is that because of one fluke goal they dont change goalies. Lehtonen imo is better than Norrena.