After victories against the Czech Republic (4–1) Switzerland (3–2 after extra time), Sweden were already clear tournament winners before the meeting with Finland, but it was not possible to tell from the effort.
Sweden dominated the meeting with Finland even though they lost 4–1 and SVT's hockey expert Jonas Andersson is impressed by what he saw.
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I think there were many clear and good intentions in the game that Sam Hallam and Tre Kronor can build on, says Andersson.
It was a well-deserved squad that Sam Hallam fielded. Do you think it will look like this going forward? That the best get the chance?
- It remains to be seen, but I hope so and Sam has indicated it.
It should be full of honor to play in Tre Kronor regardless of the tournament, so I hope it continues to be just this good squads.
Then we have the luxury now that there are hardly any Swedes in the KHL, then the SHL can form such a good national team with only SHL players and that's fantastic and it says a little about how good the SHL is right now too.
Which players do you think have stood out this week?
- Overall, I think the back side has been really good.
Offensive backs that Bengtsson, Pudas and Persson have delivered.
As for the goalkeeper side, I'm not even worried because there are so many good goalkeepers.
Among the forwards, there are two players who have really stood out and they are André Petersson and Pär Lindholm.
Petersson, who with his five points wins the points league in the tournament together with his radar partner Lindholm, it was the two who created the most dangerous scoring chances in this tournament.
Hear Jonas Andersson's thoughts in the player above.