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Tre Kronor loses their opener to the Czech Republic at the Beijer Hockey Games.
But it looks brighter than it did long before the spring water cycle.
Then I don’t think of the Swedish players at Malmö Arena.
I’m thinking All Star Swedes Erik Karlsson and Elias Pettersson are basically available for the current toilet already.
Two of the NHL’s biggest stars play on two of the worst NHL teams and they’re both Swedes. San Jose’s Erik Karlsson and Vancouver’s Elias Peterson will both be absent when the ice hockey regular season ends on April 14.
Just under a month later, the opening match of the World Cup was against Germany in Tampere.
It would take a miracle for them to reach the Stanley Cup playoffs. That was mostly what I was thinking during the opening match against the Czech Republic.
Sam Hallam could have had topsoil in his pockets and early brought two of Sweden’s biggest stars to the World Cup for the first time.
Erik Carlson actually opened the restroom last year, then it was nowhere near as good as it was this winter, when it danced on ice and is probably better than ever. At that time he was forced to retreat due to injury.
But if the family situation allows him to play, I find it hard to see him not wanting to continue the season with WC. Especially since he’s in crazy shape this winter.
Then we have Elias Peterson, who was released full freedom by Sam Hallam at Växjö in 2017-18. A massive breakthrough for Elias that ended with SM gold and an eternal bond between him and Hallam.
I hope that contributes to yes, thanks.
Vancouver also has defender Oliver Ekman-Larson who, as far as I know, has never turned down a World Cup game unless he’s on crutches. Neither of them have any expired contracts that make them that way.
John Kellenberg is probably the only one in that position for the Anaheim Ducks.
No, Sam Hallam is in a dream state ahead of his World Cup debut as captain. This is the feeling.
The new Swedish dream team? Why not. It’s already time.
Recent World Cups have shown that the key to success is getting NHL players with them.
The most important job for a Confederate captain.
Johann Garbinlöf’s time as coach was a catalyst without any thanks from NHL players and the result after that.
Tre Kronor made a historic deep dive at WC Latvia 2021 and missed the playoffs for the first time ever.
In Finland last spring, things looked much brighter with the arrival of late bloomers William Nylander and Linus Ollmark.
However, it ended in failure as the Swedes lost a 3-0 lead late in the quarter-finals to Canada and lost 3-4 in overtime.
Now it’s almost time again in the same Finnish Tampere and to a large extent that has already been decided by now.
How eager are the Swedish NHL stars to play in the WC under Sam Hallam?
There, I think one of the keys is bringing in superstars like Erik Carlson and Elias Peterson early on.
It will be a domino effect and it will bring with it others who are knocked out in the first round of qualifying – even the qualifiers in time for the World Cup to start.
He was evident at both WC Cologne 2017 and Copenhagen 2018, when Sweden won back-to-back World Cup golds with a record number of NHL players on the team.
I’m hoping for something similar now.
Now it is likely that there will be a few players from the Swedish team selected for the Beijer hockey games, but paradoxically it is important that they be as few players as possible.
This is despite the fact that the quality among domestic players is higher than it has been in many years. Especially on the back side.
However, these games are important to Sam Hallam, who feels the international hockey environment and encounters other styles and systems of play.
It also seemed to him that he wanted to bring with him a group of culture-bearers from those who stood this winter.
It doesn’t have to be wrong, but the frame has to come from the NHL.
History has shown that.
match then?
Yes, the Czechs won in overtime with a score of 2-1, as defender Lukas Kluck decided in overtime.
It was the fourth time out of seven prospects that Sam Hallam’s national team has embarked full-time on the European Hockey Tour.