WC: WC: 2024 Team Sweden Roster Talk

[weklof]

Something like this, and leave two D and two F spots open for further reinforcements

Filip Gustavsson
Samuel Ersson
Jesper Wallstedt

Jonas Brodin - Rasmus Dahlin
Marcus Pettersson - Erik Karlsson
Oscar Fantenberg - Tim Heed

Marcus Johansson - Joel Eriksson-Ek - Malte Strömwall
André Burakovsky - Oscar Lindberg - Victor Olofsson
Marcus Sörensen - Isac Lundeström - Fabian Zetterlund
Max Friberg - Linus Johansson - Victor Ejdsell

 

[EK47]

Something like this, and leave two D and two F spots open for further reinforcements

Filip Gustavsson
Samuel Ersson
Jesper Wallstedt

Jonas Brodin - Rasmus Dahlin
Marcus Pettersson - Erik Karlsson
Oscar Fantenberg - Tim Heed

Marcus Johansson - Joel Eriksson-Ek - Malte Strömwall
André Burakovsky - Oscar Lindberg - Victor Olofsson
Marcus Sörensen - Isac Lundeström - Fabian Zetterlund
Max Friberg - Linus Johansson - Victor Ejdsell

Would go Bura - JEE - Zetterlund

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

Hot take: I think Elias Salmonsson should be in the mix for bottom pairing.

 

[EK47]

Hot take: I think Elias Salmonsson should be in the mix for bottom pairing.

The more I think of it the more it makes sense. Not sure there are any better defensive defenseman options in Europe. Not bad with the puck either.

 

[weklof]

Roster for Czech Hockey Games

 

[theslatcher]

Roster for Czech Hockey Games

Holtz needs to play himself onto the roster, eh?

 

[weklof]

Roster for Czech Hockey Games

So most notably: Alexander Holtz!

Lukas Bengtsson and Patrik Nemeth also added.

Erik Karlsson not here so joining for WC I assume

 

[erikhamren]

Burakovsky - Eriksson Ek - Lekkerimäki
Zetterlund - Lundeström - Holtz
Vejdemo - Ehn - FUS
Olofsson - Johansson - Nygård
Sörensen

Dahlin - Pettersson
Brodin - Berglund
Fantenberg - Bengtsson
Nemeth

Gustavsson

A good top 6, when M Johansson comes to the WC i think i replace him with Lekkerimäki but that depends how he play this 4 nation

 

[EK47]

So most notably: Alexander Holtz!

Lukas Bengtsson and Patrik Nemeth also added.

Erik Karlsson not here so joining for WC I assume

Lol @ gifting Olofsson a roster spot but not Holtz

Also why the f… was Strömwall cut?

 

[EK47]

Burakovsky - Eriksson Ek - Lekkerimäki
Zetterlund - Lundeström - Holtz
Vejdemo - Ehn - FUS
Olofsson - Johansson - Nygård
Sörensen

Dahlin - Pettersson
Brodin - Berglund
Fantenberg - Bengtsson
Nemeth

Gustavsson

A good top 6, when M Johansson comes to the WC i think i replace him with Lekkerimäki but that depends how he play this 4 nation

I think you have a distorted view of what kind of a player Johansson is at this point. He’ll probably end up in the bottom six here.

 

[erikhamren]

I think you have a distorted view of what kind of a player Johansson is at this point. He’ll probably end up in the bottom six here.

maybe.. just went by his stats this szn and him being teammate with Eriksson Ek lol

 

[Eye of Ra]

Cutting Strömvall makes zero sense. Not sure what Hallam sees in Berglund, Ehn and Vejdemo.

Im unsure if Lundström is better than Lindberg etc. Exotic player anyways.

Nice with so many Nhlers in Czech hockey games.

Cool that Fus and Lekkermäki gets another chance. Well deserved.

 

[Eye of Ra]

The more I think of it the more it makes sense. Not sure there are any better defensive defenseman options in Europe. Not bad with the puck either.

Agreed. But dont think it will happen.

 

[theslatcher]

Cutting Strömvall makes zero sense. Not sure what Hallam sees in Berglund, Ehn and Vejdemo.

Im unsure if Lundström is better than Lindberg etc. Exotic player anyways.

Nice with so many Nhlers in Czech hockey games.

Cool that Fus and Lekkermäki gets another chance. Well deserved.

Strömwall played himself off the roster in the last 2 games.

 

[weklof]

Updated status

Roster for Betano Hockey Games:

https://www.swehockey.se/media/1rmhf2rw/tre-kronor-roster-czech-hockey-games-2024.pdf

#	Pos	Name	Club	League
30	GK	Jesper Wallstedt	Minnesota Wild	NHL
33	GK	Samuel Ersson	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL
35	GK	Filip Gustavsson	Minnesota Wild	NHL
5	D	Oscar Fantenberg	Linköpings HC	SHL
25	D	Jonas Brodin	Minnesota Wild	NHL
26	D	Rasmus Dahlin	Buffalo Sabres	NHL
28	D	Marcus Pettersson	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL
32	D	Lukas Bengtsson	EV Zug	NLA
43	D	Filip Berglund	Örebro HK	SHL
58	D	Jesper Sellgren	Luleå HF	SHL
72	D	Tim Heed	HC Ambri-Piotta	NLA
92	D	Patrik Nemeth	SC Bern	NLA
8	F	Jonathan Lekkerimäki	Örebro HK	SHL
10	F	Alexander Holtz	New Jersey Devils	NHL
11	F	Joakim Nygård	Färjestads BK	SHL
12	F	Max Friberg	Frölunda HC	SHL
14	F	Joel Eriksson-Ek	Minnesota Wild	NHL
16	F	Felix Unger Sörum	Leksands IF	SHL
19	F	Marcus Sörensen	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	NLA
20	F	Isac Lundeström	Anaheim Ducks	NHL
21	F	Christoffer Ehn	Linköpings HC	SHL
22	F	Lukas Vejdemo	Leksands IF	SHL
49	F	Fabian Zetterlund	San Jose Sharks	NHL
59	F	Linus Johansson	Färjestads BK	SHL
71	F	Victor Olofsson	Buffalo Sabres	NHL
95	F	André Burakovsky	Seattle Kraken	NHL

12xNHL
10xSHL
4xNLA

Cuts:

Pos		Club	League
G	Filip Larsson	Leksands IF	SHL
G	Carl Lindbom	Färjestads BK	SHL
D	Jonathan Myrenberg	Linköpings HC	SHL
D	Samuel Johannesson	Örebro HK	SHL
D	Olle Alsing	Leksands IF	SHL
D	Marcus Hardegård	Luleå HF	SHL
F	Andreas Wingerli	EV Zug	NLA
F	Oskar Lang	Leksands IF	SHL
F	Victor Ejdsell	Färjestads BK	SHL
F	Leon Bristedt	HC Davos	NLA
F	Malte Strömwall	Frölunda HC	SHL
F	Pontus Andreasson	Luleå HF	SHL

Confirmed additions:

Pos		Club	League
D	Erik Karlsson	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL
F	Marcus Johansson	Minnesota Wild	NHL

Confirmed declines:

Pos	Name	Club	League	Source	Reason
G	Jacob Markström	Calgary Flames	NHL	HockeyNews	Nagging injuries
D	Rasmus Andersson	Calgary Flames	NHL	Calgary Flames	Expecting child
D	Oliver Kylington	Calgary Flames	NHL	Pat Steinberg	Unknown
D	Adam Larsson	Seattle Kraken	NHL	Expressen	Newborn
F	Jesper Bratt	New Jersey Devils	NHL	Aftonbladet	Failed physical
F	Mikael Backlund	Calgary Flames	NHL	Pat Steinberg	Nagging injuries
F	Rickard Rakell	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	Expressen	Shoulder injury
F	William Eklund	San Jose Sharks	NHL	Aftonbladet	Injury

 

[GarlicbreadTB]

Unless he's carrying injuries I think Hedman will join up the minute Tampa is out. Erik Karlsson will be on the phone to him.

 

[EK47]

Unless he's carrying injuries I think Hedman will join up the minute Tampa is out. Erik Karlsson will be on the phone to him.

Embarrassment of riches will certainly apply.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Want this lines in Czechs hockey games,

Dahlin - Brodin
Pettersson - Heed
Nemeth/Fantenberg - Bengtsson

Burakovsky - Eriksson Ek - Zetterlund
Olofsson - Lundeström - Holtz
Fus - L Johansson - Lekkerimäki
Sörensen - Vejdemo - Friberg

13th; Nygård (pk with his insane speed)

With Ek and Marcus;

Dahlin - Brodin
Pettersson - Ek
Nemeth/Fantenberg - Bengtsson/Heed

Burakovsky - Eriksson Ek - Zetterlund
Olofsson - Lundeström - Holtz
Fus - M Johansson - Lekkerimäki
Sörensen - L Johansson - Friberg

13th; Nygård (pk with his insane speed)

Strömwall played himself off the roster in the last 2 games.

He was good in the first game imo

 

[weklof]

He was good in the first game imo

I only saw the first game and thought he was very good. But seems like he shit the bed in the others

Unless he's carrying injuries I think Hedman will join up the minute Tampa is out. Erik Karlsson will be on the phone to him.

I think so too. This would be the second year in a row without a long post-season, he seems healthy to me, Sweden has strong team and his buddies are there.

That would of course give us a ridicously stacke defence core and the issue would be distrubuting ice time. Dahlin, Karlsson and Hedman would all need a lot of ice time, how do you distribute?

I guess we will run 2Ds on the power play, because our D core is so much stronger than the forwards

 

[Playmaker82]

Only awaiting answer from Carlsson now then from the players finished before playoffs. But Anaheim has been out for a long time, so if there was no problem he would probably accept/decline some weeks ago? Wasnt he injured quite a bit this season?

 

[Eye of Ra]

Only awaiting answer from Carlsson now then from the players finished before playoffs. But Anaheim has been out for a long time, so if there was no problem he would probably accept/decline some weeks ago? Wasnt he injured quite a bit this season?

Raymond too. Maybe he fixes his contract in time.

 

[weklof]

All round one matchup should be finished by next Sunday, one week before the tournament starts. Hallam has to get some quick decisions from the eliminated players. We face the US in the first game, so starting with 3 lines and 5 Ds or something is not an option. We must have at least 12F and 6D dressing for the game.

A mix of optimistic and realistic lineup. Adding Hedman, Forsberg, Kempe and Holmberg after round 1

Filip Gustavsson
Samuel Ersson
Jesper Wallstedt

Jonas Brodin - Rasmus Dahlin
Veteran defensive D together with an offensive D starting to enter is prime, sick

Victor Hedman - Erik Karlsson
To elite veteran D who has played together in the national team since junior level

Marcus Pettersson - Patrik Nemeth
Shutdown pairing

Lukas Bengtsson, Tim Heed
Spare parts, filling in case of injury

Marcus Johansson - Joel Eriksson-Ek - Adrian Kempe
Johansson and JEE together because they are team mates. Kempe the elite sniper

Filip Forberg - Pontus Holmberg - Alexander Holtz
Holmberg dishing the puch to either of the snipers on his sides

Victor Olofsson - Isac Lundeström - André Burakovsky
Burra playmayker, Olofsson finisher. Lundeström cleans up their defensive mistakes

Marcus Sörensen - Oscar Lindberg - Fabian Zetterlund
Some speed and skill Sörensen and Zetterlund. All players good in both directions

Max Friberg, Linus Johansson
Popcorn eating contest!

 

[Eye of Ra]

All round one matchup should be finished by next Sunday, one week before the tournament starts. Hallam has to get some quick decisions from the eliminated players. We face the US in the first game, so starting with 3 lines and 5 Ds or something is not an option. We must have at least 12F and 6D dressing for the game.

A mix of optimistic and realistic lineup. Adding Hedman, Forsberg, Kempe and Holmberg after round 1

Filip Gustavsson
Samuel Ersson
Jesper Wallstedt

Jonas Brodin - Rasmus Dahlin
Victor Hedman - Erik Karlsson
Marcus Pettersson - Patrik Nemeth
Lukas Bengtsson, Oscar Fantenberg

Marcus Johansson - Joel Eriksson-Ek - Adrian Kempe
Filip Forberg - Pontus Holmberg - Alexander Holtz
Victor Olofsson - Isac Lundeström - André Burakovsky
Marcus Sörensen - Oscar Lindberg - Fabian Zetterlund
Max Friberg, Linus Johansson

I would easily take Nyqvist/Järnkrok/Grundström/Arvidsson ahead of Olofsson.

 

[weklof]

I would easily take Nyqvist/Järnkrok/Grundström/Arvidsson ahead of Olofsson.

Me too, but now Olofsson is already on the roster, so he is in wether we like it or not

 

[weklof]

I actually think Holmberg could be the best addition after round 1. Our biggest weakness is the center position, we need help there. Zibanejad and W. Karlsson looks like they will advance, so we can scratch them off. Elias Pettersson is not looking like himself, injured? Feels like a decline. That only leaves Holmberg. I guess Järnkrok can play center too, but the Leafs are using him as RW.

Only awaiting answer from Carlsson now then from the players finished before playoffs. But Anaheim has been out for a long time, so if there was no problem he would probably accept/decline some weeks ago? Wasnt he injured quite a bit this season?

I'm assuming he is a decline at this point. He has struggled with injuries so that is probably the reason