Team Sweden right now

[82Ninety42011]

That defense is insane just wow. Team Sweden will be a treat to watch especially with the emergence of the young forwards. As a Canucks fan thank you Sweden for giving us Pettersson !!!

 

[jfc64]

Rickard Rakell – Mika Zibanejad – Jakob Silfverberg
Gabriel Landeskog – Nicklas Bäckström – William Nylander
Filip Forsberg – Elias Pettersson – Viktor Arvidsson
Adrian Kempe – Mikael Backlund – Elias Lindholm

Hampus Lindholm – Erik Karlsson
Victor Hedman – Anton Strålman
Oliver Ekman Larsson – Adam Larsson

Henrik Lundqvist
Robin Lehner

 

[VictorLustig]

Rickard Rakell – Mika Zibanejad – Jakob Silfverberg
Gabriel Landeskog – Nicklas Bäckström – William Nylander
Filip Forsberg – Elias Pettersson – Viktor Arvidsson
Adrian Kempe – Mikael Backlund – Elias Lindholm

Hampus Lindholm – Erik Karlsson
Victor Hedman – Anton Strålman
Oliver Ekman Larsson – Adam Larsson

Henrik Lundqvist
Robin Lehner

Replace Silfverberg and E. Lindholm with Nyquist and W. Karlsson. Klingberg instead of Strålman.

 

[Eye of Ra]

kempe and lundqvist is not good enough.

sundqvist and marcus johansson are 2 underated players.

 

[AB13]

Filip Forsberg - Nicklas Bäckström - Victor Arvidsson
Gabriel Landeskog - Elias Pettersson - William Nylander
Rickard Rakell- Mika Zibanejad - Elias Lindholm
Marcus Johansson - William Karlsson - Gustav Nyqvist
Carl Söderberg


Victor Hedman - Erik Karlsson
Oliver Ekman Larsson - John Klingberg
Erik Gustavsson - Mattias Ekholm
Rasmus Dahlin

Robin Lehner
Henrik Lundqvist

 

[jfc64]

Gabriel Landeskog – Nicklas Bäckström – William Nylander
Rickard Rakell – Mika Zibanejad – Elias Lindholm
Filip Forsberg – Elias Pettersson – Viktor Arvidsson
Adrian Kempe – Oskar Sundqvist – Alexander Steen
William Karlsson

Hampus Lindholm – John Klingberg
Victor Hedman – Anton Strålman
Alexander Edler – Erik Karlsson
Oliver Ekman Larsson – Adam Larsson
Carl Gunnarsson

Henrik Lundqvist
Robin Lehner
Jakob Markström

 

[AB13]

Gabriel Landeskog – Nicklas Bäckström – William Nylander
Rickard Rakell – Mika Zibanejad – Elias Lindholm
Filip Forsberg – Elias Pettersson – Viktor Arvidsson
Adrian Kempe – Oskar Sundqvist – Alexander Steen
William Karlsson

Hampus Lindholm – John Klingberg
Victor Hedman – Anton Strålman
Alexander Edler – Erik Karlsson
Oliver Ekman Larsson – Adam Larsson
Carl Gunnarsson

Henrik Lundqvist
Robin Lehner
Jakob Markström

Why are Kempe and Strålman there over the likes of Marcus Johansson, Gustav Nyqvist, Rasmus Dahlin and Erik Gustavsson?

 

[Eye of Ra]

Why are Kempe and Strålman there over the likes of Marcus Johansson, Gustav Nyqvist, Rasmus Dahlin and Erik Gustavsson?

erik gustavsson is not that good. he just had a weird lucky season.

 

[AB13]

erik gustavsson is not that good. he just had a weird lucky season.

He certainly is not as good as his stats show, but you don't score that much by accident or luck. Gustavsson is still comfortably better than Strålman who is past his best.

 

[Muuri]

Defense looks elite, the offense is solid but lacks its usual sundins and foppas aka. gamebreakers. I do expect Pettersson to eventually take that role though.

 

[jfc64]

Why are Kempe and Strålman there over the likes of Marcus Johansson, Gustav Nyqvist, Rasmus Dahlin and Erik Gustavsson?

Nyqvist? Gustafsson??

 

[AB13]

Nyqvist? Gustafsson??

Nyqvist is a lot better than Kempe at basically everything. Strålman is past his best and not as good as he once was, and Gustafsson had a 60 point season in the NHL last season.

 

[jfc64]

Nyqvist is a lot better than Kempe at basically everything. Strålman is past his best and not as good as he once was, and Gustafsson had a 60 point season in the NHL last season.

Nyqvist and Gustafsson doesn't add anything to the rest of the group. Gustafsson was not very good lately either. On a seven defenders team would you go with all of the offensively skilled Erik Karlsson, Erik Gustafsson and John Klingberg?

Remember Erik Gustafsson had MINUS stats on the Rockford Ice Hogs last year (2017-18).

Hope to get the opportunity to dust off Jonas Brodin on one of the coming Right Now Teams.

 

[AB13]

Nyqvist and Gustafsson doesn't add anything to the rest of the group. Gustafsson was not very good lately either. On a seven defenders team would you go with all of the offensively skilled Erik Karlsson, Erik Gustafsson and John Klingberg?

Remember Erik Gustafsson had MINUS stats on the Rockford Ice Hogs last year (2017-18).

Hope to get the opportunity to dust off Jonas Brodin on one of the coming Right Now Teams.

Yes, I would go with all of those offensively skilled defencemen. I would build as deep of an offence as possible, most of our players are very solid defensively regardless.

 

[jfc64]

Landeskog - Bäckström - Nylander
Forsberg - Pettersson - Arvidsson
Rakell - Zibanejad - Silfverberg
Sunken - Karlsson - Lindholm

Dahlin - Karlsson
Hedman - Strålman
Lindholm - Klingberg
OEL - Larsson

Lehner
Markström
Lundqvist

 

[teravaineSAROS]

Why would anybody put Kempe on the best-on-best roster?

 

[Eye of Ra]

Why would anybody put Kempe on the best-on-best roster?

right now, no. but maybe in the future. he got some potential.

btw victor olofsson should be on the team.

 

[SwedishFire]

Landeskog - Bäckström - Nylander
Forsberg - Pettersson - Arvidsson
Rakell - Zibanejad - Silfverberg
Sunken - Karlsson - Lindholm

Dahlin - Karlsson
Hedman - Strålman
Lindholm - Klingberg
OEL - Larsson

Lehner
Markström
Lundqvist

Is Silfverberg that good? I think Lindholm could be up there instead.
As someone suggested, maybe put in Olofsson instead of Sunken.

Is Steen a former now?

 

[teravaineSAROS]

right now, no. but maybe in the future. he got some potential.

btw victor olofsson should be on the team.

He could for sure but I think there are other forwards that will surpass him. He plays for a bad team though so it's a bit tough for him to shine there.

 

[jfc64]

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[jfc64]

Here's a corona task:

Decide on which team below will win over the other: Teams are deliberately put together to reflect one team with a smaller number of great players and a larger selection of "team or role players" and a team with more offensive power overall. Team A will have 5 forwards, two defensemen and a goalie that would make a 24 man roster (13+7+3) if we judge selections earlier in this thread I dare say. Team B might have 8 forwards, 5 defensemen and a goalie. Some balance on defense is achieved by promoting Klefbom to team A and Hjalmarsson remain on team B. What would a match-up look like? Which are the strength and vulnerabilities on both teams. Can Hedman, Lindholm, Rakell - Zibanejad, Landeskog and Nylander and Markström carry the rest of the team? Or does the skill level on team B simply become an overwhelming factor for Team A. What tactics could we see from the coaches, Garpenlöv on team A and say Grönborg on team B.

Team A:

Rickard Rakell - Mika Zibanejad - Jakob Silfverberg (77 NHL goals together)
Gabriel Landeskog - Alexander Wennberg - William Nylander (57)
Carl Hagelin - Oskar Sundqvist - Alexander Steen (27)
Adrian Kempe - Joel Eriksson Ek - Jesper Fast (31)
Jacob de la Rose (2)

Victor Hedman - Anton Strålman (16)
Hampus Lindholm - Jonas Brodin (4)
Alexander Edler - Adam Larsson (6)
Oscar Klefbom (5)

Jacob Markström
Henrik Lundqvist
Lars Johansson

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Team B:

Filip Forsberg - Nicklas Bäckström - Viktor Arvidsson (48 goals)
Victor Olofsson - Elias Pettersson - Elias Lindholm (76)
Marcus Johansson - William Karlsson - Patric Hörnqvist (51)
Robert Burakovsky - Mikael Backlund - Gustav Nyquist (51)
Carl Söderberg (15)

Mattias Ekholm - Erik Karlsson (14)
Rasmus Dahlin - John Klingberg (10)
Oliver Ekman Larsson - Erik Gustafsson (15)
Niklas Hjalmarsson (1)

Robin Lehner
Anders Nilsson
Linus Ullmark

 

[Phil McKraken]

I would roll like this. No real "1st line", just equal rotation on the top 3 lines.

Rakell - Zibanejad - Olofsson
Forsberg - Pettersson - Arvidsson
Landeskog - Bäckström - Nylander
Burakovsky - Lindholm - Silfverberg

Hedman - Karlsson
Klingberg - Ekholm
OEL - Dahlin

Lehner
Markström

Maybe swap Lindholm with W. Karlsson. People always talk about the defensemen but that center group is damn good actually. Goalies too.

Biggest weakness is on the wings, we could use some more sniping.

 

[OskarOskarius]

I would roll like this. No real "1st line", just equal rotation on the top 3 lines.

Rakell - Zibanejad - Olofsson
Forsberg - Pettersson - Arvidsson
Landeskog - Bäckström - Nylander
Burakovsky - Lindholm - Silfverberg

Hedman - Karlsson
Klingberg - Ekholm
OEL - Dahlin

Lehner
Markström

Maybe swap Lindholm with W. Karlsson. People always talk about the defensemen but that center group is damn good actually. Goalies too.

Biggest weakness is on the wings, we could use some more sniping.

If you want LD to shoot left and RD to shoot right then these would be possible pairings.

Hedman - Karlsson
Dahlin - Klingberg
Klefbom - R. Andersson
OEL​

Likewise if you want your wingers to shoot left/right then you get:

Forsberg - Pettersson- Nylander
Landeskog - Zibanejad - E. Lindholm
Burakovsky - Bäckström - Rakell
Olofsson - W. Karlsson - Hörnqvist
Silfverberg​

Goalies are pretty obvious

Lehner
Markström
Ullmark​

 

[VictorLustig]

If you want LD to shoot left and RD to shoot right then these would be possible pairings.

Hedman - Karlsson
Dahlin - Klingberg
Klefbom - R. Andersson
OEL​

Likewise if you want your wingers to shoot left/right then you get:

Forsberg - Pettersson- Nylander
Landeskog - Zibanejad - E. Lindholm
Burakovsky - Bäckström - Rakell
Olofsson - W. Karlsson - Hörnqvist
Silfverberg​

Goalies are pretty obvious

Lehner
Markström
Ullmark​

I'd never sacrifice OEL, Ekholm or Brodin for Klefbom or Andersson.

 

[OskarOskarius]

I'd never sacrifice OEL, Ekholm or Brodin for Klefbom or Andersson.

You’re probably right about OEL. He has been far from international level but he can’t do much more in a weak franchise. But are Ekholm and Brodin really much better than Klefbom and Andersson?