Sweden beats Finland to win the group.
3-1, with the empty-netter.
Very physical game. A lot of emotion.
I can see that Pettersson might have had problems with his light frame.
Yet I miss his shot and smarts on the power play.
Sweden are aught for twelve on the power play in this tournament.
You heard right. Naught, zilch, nil, zero, nothing.
After playing Norway, Germany and Finland. It's a disgrace.
This team has a lot o heart and experience (NHL, KHL, AHL, SHL) but not a lot of top notch skill.
All our offensively skilled blueliners seem to be stuck in the NHL. These are more twoway or stay-at-home guys.
And our powerplay is all the worse for it, because the forwards don't seem to be able to create a lot either.
Imho it would have been smart to bring Elias Pettersson along as a 13th forward, and then use him extensively on the PP, and also give him some ice time against weaker teams or in games that are already decided.
He is leading the SHL in points per game, so there really shouldn't be that many players ahead of him in the line to make the team. I totally get that he needs to bulk up to be effective in games like this, but for chrissake! Zero goals in twelve power plays! Sheesh! And we know we had as smart a player and a sniper to boot like Pettersson available.....
Anyway. We won the group. We now face either Switzerland or Germany in the quarter final.
But damn, they need to practice on the power play!
