GDT: Group A • Dec. 30 • Sweden 9, Slovakia 1

[Rille]

The most funny part was when Charles Berglund who worked together with the goaile coach at Columbus Blue Jackets Ian Clark told that Ian had sent him a text where he said that Columbus will call Anton Forsberg pretty soon because their own goalies are crap. It was almost as funny when the swedish coach Christer Abramsson said to his own team. "Our oponents ALSO have bad goalie"

 

[Son of Krypton]

Challe, yea giving media a hard time, he once told me that he would, and I quote, "rip my ****ing arm off".

When I said "fun", I was being a bit sarcastic.
Didn't realize he had a Wookiee in him!

 

[Asquaredx2]

And he's done some of those things that few of the others can do in a frame that will make it much easier to do it against men.

If you want to evaluate him, sit back and evaluate over time and understand this tournament can mean very little. Jared cowen is an example. Kid is 18 and raw.

Well Cowen was injured and his primarily defensive style was out of place on the offensive Canadians (his offence has evolved a lot more since obviously). I'm not sure if either of those apply to Zibanejad.

Second, I accept that this tournament doesn't mean everything but I'm still kind of waiting for Zib to impress me this year. Really all I've seen that hasn't left me a little unsatisfied was the rookie tourney where he was playing against players older than 19 and 20. In the pre-season he was producing but I wasn't really enthralled with his over-all game. Even moreso in the regular season but minus the production. Then I haven't been able to watch the SEL games but it sounds like it's been flashes of brilliance rather than an over-all consistent performance. Again I'm willing to write some of that off because he is raw and he's playing with men. But it shouldn't be that big a difference playing as an 18 year old against 19-year-olds.

EDIT: Also he keeps falling down. What's up with that?

 

[Jim Morrison]

Forsberg is so snakebitten

 

[wwvdw]

C'mon, time for a PP goal. Friberg back aswell.

 

[Nordic*]

Klingberg is useless, why is he on the PP?

 

[slovakiasnextone]

Oh come on, ČVajkovský, what´s the point of that...

 

[Kamzik]

Pray Cajkovsky is not suspended for that

 

[eli J]

Wow, I look away for a moment and look back and Klingberg has blood gushing from his nose and it's only a 2 minute? WTF?

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

lol, klingberg

 

[Nordic*]

Crosscheck to the face, bleeding like a pig.

No penalty.



Sweet

 

[wwvdw]

That better be a 2+2.

 

[Son of Krypton]

No double minor?

 

[DaveH]

Friberg 10. That, 2. Great referees in this game aswell. Elbowing?

 

[Garl]

Our PP is bad for sure. But they scored after all(was 5 on 5 already though).

 

[wwvdw]

Nice pressure on that last bit of PP time with a nice re-direct from Sundström.

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

Rakell=beast

 

[KRM]

Sundström!!! Nice friggin play by Rakell.

 

[joe89]

Pray Cajkovsky is not suspended for that

Doubt it.

 

[wwvdw]

Friberg 10. That, 2. Great referees in this game aswell. Elbowing?

The refs are a bit confused. Chest = Neck & Head, Stick = Elbow....

 

[Royal Canuck]

Rakell has played great so far. Sweden and Russia are my biggest concerns as a Canadian fan.

 

[Dosing]

omg brodin is so slick

 

[slovakiasnextone]

Riečický, what a choker

Kamzik, Čejkovský only got 2 minutes (should have been 2+2 though blood and all), so that should mean no suspension.

 

[Asquaredx2]

Brodin is amazing.

 

[Nordic*]

Shots 31-9