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Well, here is my attempt at team Sweden. They have some decent depth, especially on D. Arvidsson. Backstrom. Forsberg Landeskog. Pettersson. Lindholm Johansson. Rakell. Hornqvist Steen. Zibanajad. Nylander Silfverberg. Karlsson. Kempe Hedman. Stralman Ekman-Larsson. Karlsson Ekholm Klingberg Lindholm Larsson Lundqvist Markstrom Ullmark

Guhle is an Alberta boy. JP was awesome in his draft year. I bet Carolina makes a run at him, reuniting him with former linemates Aho.

I think they would match up well vs any line that gets thrown out against them.

Canada could put out: Hall McDavid Stamkos Marchand Crosby MacKinnon (Nova Scotia line) Tavares Scheifele Marner Benn Bergeron Stone Couture Point Giroux Rielly Doughty Chabot Burns Giordano Weber Subban Pietrangelo Holtby Price Jones My roster has too many guys, I had a hard time leaving some others off.

Must win, tomorrow.

Yeah, mixed emotions. I'm definitely behind Canada but if Finland wins I hope they go all the way. This version of Team Canada gas not captured my imagination as past teams have. I'm disappointed in the D, I expected big things from Bouchard and Dobson. There's still time, potentially 3 games.

I haven't given up on him yet, his compete level is higher than Matty Mo's was and KO is more physical.

My problem with KO has been that he is constantly losing the puck, poor passing, over stick handling, not enough speed or poor decision making. I think he could still be a decent trigger man, win the odd board battle and play the cycle game in the O-zone if paired with the right linemates.

Let's fill Captain Highliner's net!

A win and they are on a 100+ point pace. Glass half full?

Oh so slow will need to be physical to keep his spot on the "energy" line.

Hutton with the greasy rebound and no one tries to get it.

I like our chances, better skater and puck handlers for OT.

Darn it all.

Shoot, they call that trip.

Oh so slow can't even best Chara one on one.

Plus the potential for severing an Achilles' tendon.

2 points plus some solid D and good outlet passes etc...

Nylander is being paid to be a 70 point scorer, but has never hit that number. A lot of people in the not too distant past would have taken him over Sam. Sam just brings a different type of game yet he is getting results. I've always liked him and I hope he is in JBot's long term plans.

Jack loves to beat these guys. Let's go Buffalo!

Nice things on the prospect front.

Real men, carrying firewood to a mountain top.

Nice read. I like the leadership references and the fact Jack is reading stuff like the New Zealand All Blacks in order to learn about it. "Twinkle toes Skinner". I picture Fred Flintstone bowling.

Yeah, let's light them up, then crap on ROR.

No argument there. Makes for a great rivalry. Let's go Canada and win this year to even up this stat.