We have three good goalkeepers, but two will get the chance to fight for the starting spot. That's how we see it, says Tre Kronor's national team captain Sam Hallam.
He confirms that Arvid Söderblom, the least merited in the trio, will be on the stand.
Yes, that's how it will look here.
If it's New Jersey's star goalkeeper Markström or Philadelphia's Samuel Ersson who guards the cage in Friday's premiere against Slovakia, he won't say. Sweden plays a match two days in a row when Austria awaits on Saturday.
Sam Hallam usually doesn't go out with which goalkeeper will play in advance during the VM tournaments.
It's a line we have, it will be on the team lineup an hour before.
Mikael Backlund, Calgary, missed training for the second day in a row when his equipment wasn't in place.
Hallam says it will arrive on Thursday afternoon.
Yes, it will be in place in Sweden and will be delivered this afternoon. He's on the morning warm-up tomorrow.
How many players Tre Kronor will report to the match against Slovakia is not clear.
A minimum of 15 players and two goalkeepers must be reported to the first match.
Lines: Filip Forsberg, Alexander Wennberg, Mika Zibanejad – Lucas Raymond, Marcus Johansson, Leo Carlsson – Elias Lindholm, Christoffer Ehn, Emil Heinemann – Jesper Frödén, Isac Lundeström, Max Friberg/Anton Bengtsson.
Defense pairs: Rasmus Andersson, Marcus Pettersson – Jonas Brodin, Adam Larsson – Erik Gustafsson, Simon Edvinsson – Gabriel Carlsson.
Numerical superiority: R Andersson – M Johansson, Zibanejad, Carlsson, Wennberg.
Gustafsson – Forsberg, Lundeström, Raymond, Lindholm.
