TAMMERFORS. William Nylander in less than 24 hours completed two training sessions with Tre Kronor.
Against Norway on Sunday night, the 26-year-old NHL star will be an exact match.
– We have to make him start immediately if we want to take advantage of him, he must do his best because there is nothing to wait for, says the captain of the national team Johann Garbenlov.
William Nylander He reached the finals in Finland on Saturday afternoon.
Then he had an ice session with third guard Marcus Hojberg.
On Sunday morning, he was in the warm-up period with a total of 12 players and 3 goalkeepers.
– He mostly slept. It wasn’t long with him, but we had a meeting, too. He’s also had time to walk around the changing room and visit the boys, but they know who he is and how to play, Garbin says.
Change the hierarchy
three crownsThe team is now filled with 22 players and three goalkeepers, and one player in each position will not be allowed to change and sit in the stands for matches.
– It’s a new person joining the group and everyone has the right to find their roles again. We have a process to play in the last group matches. William Nylander is a cool guy who loves to play ice hockey, and there’s no problem getting it on, says “Garpen.”
What did you and William Nylander talk about in your meeting?
Usually it’s with all the players that go in, it’s about the role they have to play and what it means to the team. Then what kind of teams do we have and how do we want them to behave in the locker room. They will jump in the bandwagon from the start and do what they have to do, so we can move forward in this tournament.
So it will be used
Johann Garbenloff wants as much as possible to maintain secrecy in exactly which series and build a force he will use the offensively skilled attacker from the Toronto Maple Leafs.
He’ll obviously have an offensive role in the first series and first powerplay lineup as well as being a teapot in offensive situations, and the question is more about which players he’ll surround.
He’s also designed to be a striker in Tre Kronor and not as a centerpiece.
Also as the third right-hander with Emil Pemstrom and Karl Klingberg, he will be very useful.
He plays where we want him to play. He himself says that he can play left, right and center. He is open to everything. He is a world class offensive player who will command great respect for opponents. “Garpen” says it would mean a lot to us in powerplay.
Ready for the quarter-finals
Tre Kronor had the third worst performance out of all 16 teams participating in the World Cup, and only Great Britain and France were worse.
When Norway lost to the Czech Republic on Saturday night, Tre Kronor was ready for the quarter-finals, something that cannot be taken for granted in advance after qualifying in Riga last year.
– If we beat Norway and Latvia, finished second in the group and got to the quarter-finals in Tampere, we can still win the group as well. It means a lot, Garbin says, that you don’t have to move to Helsinki and have as much opponent in the quarter-finals as possible.
The Finnish group has four more points with one game played, and Finland is left to face the Czech Republic.
Delivery time between Tre Kronor and Norway on Sunday evening 19.20 Swedish time.