WC: Team Sweden Roster

[theslatcher]

Forsberg isnt confirmed yet.

 

[VictorLustig]

And there it is

 

[Eye of Ra]

 

[DDRhockey]

Yikes! Forsberg, Arvidsson, Hörnqvist AND Ekholm? This is sounding like a winner.

Rakell - Zibanejad - Janmark
Forsberg - Backlund - Arvidsson
Nyquist - Kempe - Hörnqvist
Pääjärvi - JDLR - Pettersson

OEL - Larsson
Lindholm - Klingberg
Gustafsson - Ekholm

Nilsson

someone tell Boustedt to start working on quality centers again. Other than DJ Zib, that is a sad sight.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Yikes! Forsberg, Arvidsson, Hörnqvist AND Ekholm? This is sounding like a winner.

Rakell - Zibanejad - Janmark
Forsberg - Backlund - Arvidsson
Nyquist - Kempe - Hörnqvist
Pääjärvi - JDLR - Pettersson

OEL - Larsson
Lindholm - Klingberg
Gustafsson - Ekholm

Nilsson

i know janmark played fantastic with rakell and zibanejad but hörnqvist is better than janmark , hörnqvist will give that line something extra. and a 3rd line of nyquist, kempe and janmark would be the fastest in the tournament .

 

[vippe]

i know janmark played fantastic with rakell and zibanejad but hörnqvist is better than janmark , hörnqvist will give that line something extra. and a 3rd line of nyquist, kempe and janmark would be the fastest in the tournament .

you arent going to mess with a line that probably has been the best in the tournament. Horny gives extra killer instict to the third line.

 

[theslatcher]

They won't split up a line that's producing af and has great chemistry. I'd also rather see Kempe with the Nashville's.

The Arvi news made it sound like he might even play tomorrow, I doubt it though, would assume the Swiss game.

 

[DDRhockey]

where is everyone from in sweden? I am from Gävle, started getting mad interest in hockey after watching Peter Forsberg at WJC 1993. It was such an unreal sight.

 

[Eye of Ra]

someone tell Boustedt to start working on quality centers again. Other than DJ Zib, that is a sad sight.

haha what ? backlund is very good, but so far he has been meh yes. kempe is great. lias instead of jdlr as 4c maybe ? lias got more offensive skills than jdlr .

 

[Eye of Ra]

you arent going to mess with a line that probably has been the best in the tournament. Horny gives extra killer instict to the third line.

horny is best used with best possible skilled players, he does not have a very big impact when wasted on 3rd line. there is a reason that hornqvist gets to play with malkin and crosby alot.

 

[DDRhockey]

haha what ? backlund is very good, but so far he has been meh yes. kempe is great. lias instead of jdlr as 4c maybe ? lias got more offensive skills than jdlr .

Backlund hasnt played well so far. Kempe is a borderline NHLer in his early career. He got benched by kings during season.

 

[Healthy DiPietro]

If we build it, he will come.

 

[Eye of Ra]

where is everyone from in sweden? I am from Gävle, started getting mad interest in hockey after watching Peter Forsberg at WJC 1993. It was such an unreal sight.

i am from malmö, i got into hockey in 1998 when sweden where dominating world championship, it was pure joy to watch ulf dahlen, forsberg, sundin, bergqvist, öhlund, renberg, peter nordström, modin....what a team that was and so much grit and hustle...

 

[theslatcher]

Backlund hasnt played well so far. Kempe is a borderline NHLer in his early career. He got benched by kings during season.

"borderline NHLer"

Go into the Kings' subforum and tell them that.

 

[Healthy DiPietro]

someone tell Boustedt to start working on quality centers again. Other than DJ Zib, that is a sad sight.

By WC standard that's solid actually.

Also, if we're talking best on best level, Bäckström - Zibanejad - W. Karlsson - Backlund ain't that shabby either.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Backlund hasnt played well so far. Kempe is a borderline NHLer in his early career. He got benched by kings during season.

yes backlund have been meh so far but its a fact that he is a good nhler.

kempe have been great so far .

 

[DDRhockey]

yes backlund have been meh so far but its a fact that he is a good nhler.

kempe have been great so far .

kempe was great vs Austria, a team that lost to France 2-5. The other games, i dunno.

 

[Healthy DiPietro]

i know janmark played fantastic with rakell and zibanejad but hörnqvist is better than janmark , hörnqvist will give that line something extra. and a 3rd line of nyquist, kempe and janmark would be the fastest in the tournament .

My idea is that Rakell - Zibanejad - Janmark is good enough already, no need to tamper with something that works great. Hörnqvist on the other hand is good enough to carry Nyquist and Kempe on his own, which I doubt Janmark could do.

 

[thelittlecoon]

ffs, Elias Pettersson still sick according to Uffe Bodin.

Everything I've read says he should be good to go against Slovakia tomorrow.
Pettersson nära VM-comeback

 

[Eye of Ra]

kempe was great vs Austria, a team that lost to France 2-5. The other games, i dunno.

nah kempe was good versus czech, belarus and france too. he was also good in sgh. did you watch stanley cup playoffs? even thought he did not put up points he was exellent playing wise. kempe will turn into a very good nhler, i am sure of that. do you hate him or something? you are always bashing him.

 

[theslatcher]

kempe was great vs Austria, a team that lost to France 2-5. The other games, i dunno.

Kempe has been great all games, what have you been watching? Not much you can do offensively with limited TOI and Everberg as your linemate lmao.

 

[DDRhockey]

Kempe has been great all games, what have you been watching? Not much you can do offensively with limited TOI and Everberg as your linemate lmao.

yes I watched all games, and no he hasnt been 'great'. He was decent/good at times. Had some horrible giveaways.

 

[thelittlecoon]

Any chance Pettersson plays C on the 4th line as he did earlier in the tourney when Larsson was injured? He looked pretty solid there for the few shifts and it kept him away from the boards.

 

[jfc64]

Err...where's Järnkrok...

...just kidding...

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Comparison 2017 team vs 2018

1. William Nylander (C/RW) 10 7 7 14 2 11 | Victor Arvidsson -
2. Elias Lindholm (C/RW) 10 5 2 7 10 4 | Filip Forsberg +
3. Nicklas Bäckström (C) 5 3 4 7 8 6 | Mika Zibanejad -
4. Victor Rask (C) 10 2 5 7 0 3 | Mattias Janmark =
7. Gabriel Landeskog (LW) 10 2 3 5 2 7 | Rikard Rakell +
11. Dennis Everberg (RW/LW) 6 2 1 3 0 1 | Dennis Everberg =
13. Joakim Nordström (C/W) 9 1 2 3 0 2 | Patric Hörnqvist +
14. William Karlsson (C/LW) 10 1 2 3 0 6 | Adrian Kempe =
15. Joel Eriksson Ek (C/W) 10 1 2 3 4 5 | Lias Andersson =
17. Marcus Krüger (C) 10 0 3 3 6 4 | Johan Larsson =
18. Linus Omark (LW) 5 2 0 2 2 0 | Gustav Nyquist =
19. Carl Klingberg (LW/RW) 6 1 1 2 4 -1 | Magnus Pääjärvi =
20. Joel Lundqvist (C) 10 1 1 2 4 3 | Mikael Backlund +
21. Oscar Lindberg (C) 5 0 2 2 0 6 | Jacob de la Rose -
22. Carl Söderberg (C) 10 0 1 1 2 2 | Elias Pettersson =

5. John Klingberg (D) 10 2 4 6 2 7 | John Klingberg =
6. Oliver Ekman Larsson (D) 8 2 3 5 2 3 | Oliver Ekman Larsson =
8. Alexander Edler (D) 10 2 2 4 4 5 | Mattias Ekholm =
9. Victor Hedman (D) 10 2 2 4 6 8 | Hampus Lindholm -
10. Anton Strålman (D) 10 0 4 4 4 8 | Erik Gustafsson -
12. Philip Holm (D) 7 1 2 3 0 3 | Mikael Wikstrand =
16. Jonas Brodin (D) 10 1 2 3 6 6 | Adam Larsson =

1. Eddie Läck 1 0.00 1.000 | Filip Gustavsson =
2. Henrik Lundqvist 5 1.31 .946 | Anders Nilsson -
3. Viktor Fasth 4 2.21 .906 Magnus Hellberg =

 

[vippe]

horny is best used with best possible skilled players, he does not have a very big impact when wasted on 3rd line. there is a reason that hornqvist gets to play with malkin and crosby alot.

Hornqvist is a great utility player, he excels at whatever he gets to do. He will get #1 pp time, playing with skilled players in even strength. I highly doubt he is going to break up the first line though. You dont fix what is not broken. If he's in the tournament from the start, yeah I think he would be put on the the line with Rakell and Zib.