Would this Team Sweden win World Cup 2016?

[Eye of Ra]

Everyone in their prime. The star players from 2004 until nowdays.

Markus Näslund - Peter Forsberg - Henrik Zetterberg
Daniel Sedin - Henrik Sedin - Loui Eriksson
Alexander Steen - Mats Sundin - Daniel Alfredsson
Johan Franzén - Nicklas Bäckström - Fredrik Modin

Nicklas Lidström - Niklas Kronwall
Niklas Hjalmarsson - Erik Karlsson
Oliver Ekman Larsson - Victor Hedman

Henrik Lundqvist
Johan Hedberg

Could the current team Canada stop this team?

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[Nordic*]

How the hell did Modin end up on this team.

 

[Eye of Ra]

How the hell did Modin end up on this team.

Who else then? And notice he was on the 4th line. He was a good player. 40-50 points in many seasons. Brought some size and grit to the team.

 

[eFFeRR]

You're trying to compare the best of the best from over a ten year span to Canada's current team? Well yes.. this team would beat Canada..

 

[JFG]

Yes.

 

[Eye of Ra]

You're trying to compare the best of the best from over a ten year span to Canada's current team? .

Yes.

But surely, Canada could win....

 

[Conspiracy Theorist]

I thought the Swedish roster looked like that. Yes, they would beat Canada. They have only centers in their team.

 

[Nordic*]

Who else then? And notice he was on the 4th line. He was a good player. 40-50 points in many seasons. Brought some size and grit to the team.

Filip Forsberg was a better hockey player when he was 12 years old, than Modin was in his prime.

 

[JackSlater]

Yes, that team with everyone in their prime would be a favourite over Canada. Mostly due to the defence.

 

[KirkOut]

How the hell did Modin end up on this team.

Magnus Arvedson was unavailable

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Nice team they should win

 

[Ben White]

If we're talking prime, change Modin to Renberg. Are we talking like 1998-2008 or something?

No, obviously not. 2000-2015?

 

[Up the Irons]

yes, they would win. but, that's Sweden's all-time dream team, save Salming and maybe Anders Hedberg.

take any county's (top 5 countries) alltime dream team and play them against the other countries' current best lineup and see what happens.

 

[DamonDRW]

Yes, for sure. They even have a chance against Big Red Machine of 80s or team Canada from '87 with Gretzky and Lemeaux.

 

[CanadaIsIrrelevant]

Would swap Modin with prime Holmström.
Need him on the PP.

 

[Tomas W]

Yeah if everyone would have been in thier prime of course, but that's never the case in real life.

And yeah throw out Modin...replace with Homer!

 

[Crotaline]

They'd be the best team on paper, sure.

But stranger upsets have happened.

 

[Elvs]

I'd replace Eriksson, Modin and Franzén with Holmstrom (for the net precense) and prime Huselius and prime Nylander. Somehow I want prime Samuel Pahlsson (Selke Tropy runner up) on the team as well. For a more balanced team I'd leave out Huselius and Nylander and put Pahlsson and Axelsson in there. Axelsson/Pahlsson/Holmstrom was even the 4th line in Torino IIRC.

Forsberg - Sundin - Alfredsson
D. Sedin - H. Sedin - Steen
Zetterberg - Backstrom - Naslund
Axelsson - Pahlsson - Holmstrom

I'd maybe swap Hjalmarsson with Ohlund as well.

 

[Nordic*]

Yes. Renberg from his Legion of Doom-days, should without a doubt be on this team.


Prime Näslund-Forsberg-Renberg would've been incredible.

 

[Elvs]

OP said from 2004 and forward though. Mikael Renberg from that era doesn't make the cut.

 

[Nordic*]

OP said from 2004 and forward though. Mikael Renberg from that era doesn't make the cut.

I know....but let's change the variables!

 

[CanadaIsIrrelevant]

I know....but let's change the variables!

Then you can bring Börje Salming in too.