The Czech Republic has shown good form lately and in addition to the premiere victory against Great Britain yesterday, they also won the tournaments Czech Hockey Games and Beijer Hockey Games before the World Cup.
Johan Garpenlöv expects a different match compared to Sweden's premiere against Austria yesterday.
- The Czech Republic is one of the top nations and has played really well before the World Cup.
We will be full today, but it is important for us to focus on our game and build on it, he says to SVT Sport after Sunday's warm-up.
Won the points league in Switzerland
The question mark around the Swedish team has been who will score goals and points, but with the Czechs, the offensive is one of the strengths.
The team includes San Jose's Tomas Hertl who scored 64 points (30 + 34) in the NHL last season.
Roman Cervenka scored the same number of points for his Rapperswil-Jona and won the points league in Switzerland.
In addition, there are names like Detroit's Jakub Vrána and Michael Spacek who scored 46 points in 49 games for Frölunda in the SHL.
- It will be a different type of match today.
The Czech Republic is a controlled team that is good in their game turns and in the attacking zone.
They also have good powerplay, says Garpenlöv.
Has texted Bäckström
Tre Kronor has currently only registered 17 players for the World Cup squad and in the premiere against Austria they went around three chains.
So it can be tonight as well.
The hope is that more reinforcements will be added, but yesterday a series of "no thanks" came from different quarters.
One who has still not given notice is Washington's Nicklas Bäckström.
- We have not talked yet, but I have sent an SMS so we will see in the future what happens, says Garpenlöv.
- We have said from the start that we want an offensive edge on the forward side.
Now there are some players who have finished playing over there and if we are lucky maybe they will say yes.
CLIP: See all of Sweden's goals in the premiere match
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All of Sweden's goals in the premiere match Photo: Bildbyrån