Strangely enough almost all of our Olympic calibre players seem to be playoff bound, but I have hopes we might get some Trashers, Stars and Devils players, and hopefully some really unexpected star player to give us a legit shot at the gold.
Possible team: (we may hold three spots for Lundqvist, Enström and Eriksson etc as first round Stanley Cup losers). Team is based on current standing (NHL) and no injuries or child birth/care/happy family incl. dog or nationality issues. And, twins may or may not arrive.
jfc64, you may want to consider klasen and lindback, they are playing pretty good
Sure, Lindbäck at least. Give him 10 more games. But I feel Mårts will come up with the golden words come spring "we have good goalkeepers on this side of the atlantic ocean". Omark and Harju seem ok as well. Maybe even Engqvist and Johansson.
Linus Omark Robert Nilsson Niclas Bergfors
Patric Hörnqvist Mikael Backlund Magnus Pääjärvi
Mattias Tedenby Jacob Josefsson Linus Klasen
Mattias Weinhandl Calle Järnkrok Tony Mårtensson
Tobias Enström Carl Gunnarsson
Erik Karlsson Niklas Hjalmarsson
Oliver Ekman-Larsson Jonas Junland
Adam Larsson David Rundblad
We can probably get good young players in Backlund, MP, Omark to build around along with Weinhandl and Mårtensson up front anyways which is a decent start. Although Calgary has a shot at the playoffs. Johansson, OEL and Rundblad is good start in the back end aswell along with Gustavsson in net with potential upgrade in Lundqvist.
Only fear with this core is that they're pretty soft to play against, so we would need to add some grit and size. Maybe a couple of Hörnqvist, Hjalmar, Grossman, Murray & Hedman. If we can't get more NHL forwards add in the best forwards throughout the year in the ET-tournaments.
Lets be realistic though, Mårtensson and Weinhandl are what, 30? Not old, more like prime. Each time I watch them play in KHL they leave me impressed, Weinhandl is outplaying team mates like Afinogenov and Sushinsky. They're our two best European forwards, and by quite some margin. Knowing the tournament is played on big ice they'll be there, whether it is on a primary role or 3rd line. And they should.
I think that you really should considerate putting SEL players on the team.
Will WC 2011 be played at big rinks?
Some of the players in SEL are by the best players in the world when it comes to "big icehockey". Wallin, Junland, Thörnberg, Umicevic perhaps. They are all good players to fill upp a roster
I think that you really should considerate putting SEL players on the team.
Will WC 2011 be played at big rinks?
Some of the players in SEL are by the best players in the world when it comes to "big icehockey". Wallin, Junland, Thörnberg, Umicevic perhaps. They are all good players to fill upp a roster
I think that you really should considerate putting SEL players on the team.
Will WC 2011 be played at big rinks?
Some of the players in SEL are by the best players in the world when it comes to "big icehockey". Wallin, Junland, Thörnberg, Umicevic perhaps. They are all good players to fill upp a roster
Sorry, but you must be out of your mind if you think that about those players. I mean, they are decent, but...
Joakim Lindström - Tony Mårtensson - Mattias Weinhandl
Robert Nilsson - Niklas Persson - Patrik Zackrisson
Andreas Jämtin - Joel Lundqvist - Martin Thörnberg
Gabriel Landeskog - Mattias Sjögren - Daniel Brodin
Magnus Johansson - Staffan Kronwall
Mattias Ekholm - Anders Eriksson
Jonas Frögren - Adam Larsson
We don't need any NHL players!
Last edited by landskronala: 01-15-2011 at 01:10 AM.
Reason: Davidsson is out..
Joakim Lindström - Tony Mårtensson - Mattias Weinhandl
Robert Nilsson - Niklas Persson - Patrik Zackrisson
Andreas Jämtin - Johan Davidsson - Martin Thörnberg
Joel Lundqvist - Mattias Sjögren - Daniel Brodin
Magnus Johansson - Staffan Kronwall
Mattias Ekholm - Anders Eriksson
Jonas Frögren - Adam Larsson
We don't need any NHL players!
Just curious, are you from landskrona and currently living in denmark or do you consider skåne danish?
