micky107 wrote:OK, Per, you got what you wanted!
But. If Sweden wins, don't you dare brag about it.
Your team is rather stacked, no?
I still hold Canada as favourites.
Sure, we were able to get more quality NHLers this time than normally, and the blueline is stacked. Out of the seven d-men playing for Sweden in this tournament, four or five would be on an Olympic team with all players available. Hedman, Ekman-Larsson and Strålman for sure. Klingberg and Edler quite possibly. Klingberg has the problem that he is Erik Karlsson light, and with Karlsson available, team management could be sceptical to have his clone on the roster as well. Edler has great upside and a huge physical game, but is prone to mistakes. With all the great Swedish d available at present, I'd give him a 50% shot at making an Olympic roster.
But up front is a different story.... of the fifteen forwards on the team, I guess maybe five would make the cut for an Olympic roster. We've got Bäckström, Landeskog, Krüger. And I guess Nylander has proven himself worthy in this tournament and should make the cut. But the rest... they don't suck, but they probably wouldn't measure up to Silfverberg, Arvidsson, Forsberg, Steen, Zetterberg et al who would be available then. Not to mention the twins.
In goal, we do have the #1 we want and two half decent backups. I'd rather have better backups, but if Henrik is good to go, there's really not much to compain about.
All in all, I'd say we have the better goalie and blue line, but you have the better offence and coach.
It should be a good game.
