Ericsson is so bad, why would he try that at the offensive blue line? He's a DFD. I want to hear what he was thinking there, lol.
Got caught twice that period really trying to manufacture zone time that wasn't there to be had. Think a part of that is frustration, I know Canada is sending in the forecheckers at times but they are playing a pretty aggressive trap in the neutral zone. The frustration is showing as Sweden hasn't figured it out and now they are forcing plays. He didn't play well in that period, but a part of that is the pressure mounting.
Also I am a little surprised each time that they show it at the effort made by Eriksson after he got the big push from Kronwall that helped his angle on Crosby he just meekly tries to get in some stick work on a guy known to have one of strongest sticks in the world, you have to try for body contact there in my opinion. Though admittedly those kind of plays do play out significantly different when it is you on ice, sometimes that part is harder to break down as someone watching why he took that route and tactic.