“Big disappointment, we came here for something other than to be stopped in the quarter-finals,” Swedish media quoted national coach Sam Hallam, who managed to keep his job after last year’s debacle. The championship was concluded in the lowly 6th place. It should be noted here that in recent years the Swedes have not been successful in satisfying their ambitions at the championships, the last awards were the gold won in 2018.
Among the mentioned 16 NHL players, three are goalkeepers – Filip Gustafsson and Jesper Valstet representing the Minnesota Wild, Samuel Ersson playing for the Philadelphia Flyers.
The most powerful “on paper” seems to be the defensive line. The highest paid representative of the “Penguins” in the NHL will shine there Eric Carlson (receives 92 million in 8 years), the basic value of “Lightning” will also be in the rank Victor Hedmanwho in 78 matches collected statistics worthy of a striker – 79 points (13+63).
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Adding the Sabres’ young talent Rasmus Dallin (81 matches, 20+39) and Jonas Brodin (7+20) from “Wild”, it will be very difficult for any opponent. The fifth defenseman also has an NHL record – Markus Peterson from “Penguins”.
Also in the attack, at least three changes will be from the NHL, and the representative of the “Kings” must be highlighted here Adrian Kempewho collected 75 (28+47) points in 77 NHL regular season games this season.
The “Red Wings” striker also had a good season To Lucas Raymond (82 matches, 31+41) and for the “Wild” striker Joel Erickson Ex (77 matches, 30+34).
No matter how much you don’t want to admit it, the Swedish team is very strong this year and it is very likely that it will be supplemented with another NHL star.
Despite the star-studded lineup, Sweden’s preparation for the World Championship has not been smooth – three losses have been experienced in the last five matches. The last of them was on May 5 in extra time against Finland – 3:4.
Sweden will surely be one of the main favorites for the tournament, but as we all know, arrogance in sport comes at a high price.
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