2012 Kvalserien | Rögle promoted; Timrå defends SEL berth
The first round will be played on March 15 and the tenth and final round will be played on April 6. What are your thoughts about this year's Kvalserien?
Team
GP
W
T
L
GF
GA
Pts
OTW
OTL
SOW
SOL
Timrå
8
4
3
1
24
16
18
3
0
0
0
Rögle
8
5
1
2
26
20
16
0
1
0
0
Leksand
8
3
2
3
17
19
12
1
1
0
0
Djurgården
8
2
2
4
19
20
9
0
0
1
1
BIK Karlskoga
8
2
3
3
16
23
9
0
2
0
1
Örebro
8
2
1
5
18
22
8
0
0
1
0
Last edited by Dolorous Edd: 04-03-2012 at 01:58 AM.
Reason: Added current standings.
Gonna be a tight race this year. Djurgården is probably the strongest team but then it becomes more difficult. I would really like to see Leksand back, all their fans deserve a SEL team.
I think Timrå will have a tough one. Either clinching the SEL for the next season with a couple of points or the opposite. DIF is safe, or at least should be.
I'm hoping for Djurgården and Leksand/Örebro. Bofors certainly would be interesting as well. I think Timrå needs to take at least a few years in Allsvenskan and sort out everything around the hockey and it's also nice with some change.
Somehow I think that Timrå is going to make it anyway, I'm a bit more worried about Djurgården, their team seems to be so mentally weak so I'm not sure that they can handle the pressure. If they get a good start I think that they will make it but I have a harder time seeing Djurgården recover from a bad start than Timrå would.
Either way it's going to be really interesting to follow Kvalserien again, just like it always is.
Kvalserien is always such a treat to follow, way more interesting than the Elitserien play-offs. To bad we don't have anything like this in Finland (as it would be a waste of time since no Mestis team would ever stand a chance to make it to the SM-liiga...).
Allsvenskan teams, yet again, giving the Elitserien teams a run for their money. The games are actually surprisingly even considering the fact how much weaker those Allsvenskan teams are on paper. For example, is there even single one player on Bofors' roster that would make Timrå's roster? Yeah, probably not. Still they're battling neck to neck. Awesome.
Kvalserien is always such a treat to follow, way more interesting than the Elitserien play-offs. To bad we don't have anything like this in Finland (as it would be a waste of time since no Mestis team would ever stand a chance to make it to the SM-liiga...).
Allsvenskan teams, yet again, giving the Elitserien teams a run for their money. The games are actually surprisingly even considering the fact how much weaker those Allsvenskan teams are on paper. For example, is there even single one player on Bofors' roster that would make Timrå's roster? Yeah, probably not. Still they're battling neck to neck. Awesome.
It's a sign of that the paper teams doesn't matter, theres plenty of Allsvenskan-players that would do well in Elitserien. Looking at Djurgården vs Rögle today, I would take players like Ted Brithén, Alexander Johansson and Daniel Sondell in a heatbeat over guys like Jonas Almtorp, John Norman and Mattias Carlsson for my Djurgården.
What's a good webpage to follow the kvalserien (preferably in english but swedish will do too I guess)? Interesting stuff, I wish Mestis was as good a league as Allsvenskan, there's no point having the same qualification system here in Finland because Mestis is so weak compared to SM-liiga...
Some other questions:
1. How big are the teams in this years kvalserien? (Fanbase, juniorsystem, economy)
2. What are the average attendances of the Allsvenskan teams qualifying?
3. From the above posts I've gathered Örebro and Bofors are the little guys, do they have potential to grow into big Elitserien organizations if they qualify? What about Rögle or Leksand?
I tried searching the net for answers but with my swedish skills it is very difficult.
