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Originally Posted by sa cyred
For some reason Bertilsson is on the B squad for the U20 team Sweden. Some people dont understand why.
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"A" Team Defense
2 D SEL - Kilström, Lukas - Age 19 : undrafted
3 D SEL - Ekman Larsson, Oliver - Age 17 : PHX 2009 1st (#6)
5 D SEL - Larsson, Adam - Age 16 : undrafted
6 D SEL - Erixon, Tim - Age 18 : CGY 2009 1st (#23)
7 D SEL - Rundblad, David - Age 18 : STL 2009 1st (#17)
14 D AllSv - Ekholm, Mattias - Age 19 : NSH 2009 4th (#102)
26 D WHL - Urbom, Alexander - Age 18 : NJD 2009 3rd (#73)
"B" Team Defense
2 D SEL - Löf, Simon - Age 18 : undrafted
3 D SEL - Bertilsson, Simon - Age 18 : PHI 2009 3rd (#87)
4 D Sjr - Fantenberg, Oscar - Age 18 : undrafted
5 D AllSv - Tömmernes, Henrik - Age 19 : undrafted
6 D AllSv - Olsson, Filip - Age 18 : undrafted
8 D SEL - Styrman, Fredrik - Age 18 : undrafted
19 D SEL - Andersson, Peter - Age 18 : VAN 2009 5th (#143)
I wouldn't worry about it. A lot of these are judgment calls by the staff.
A chunk of the guys on the guys on the "A" team (OEL, Rundblad, Erixson, Larsson) are in fact better than Bertilsson. The rest are debatable. On top of that there are things like team needs to consider, for instance, does someone offer something Bertilsson lacks while the team having Bertilsson may be redundant?
None of this means he isn't good or that he hasn't been performing well in the SEL.
Did he deserve the "A" team? I think so, but that's not my call.