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kekkone · 04-08-2010, 05:45 AM

Skellefteå lost again in overtime and again result was 3-2. HV-71 took 3-1 in series and has chance to end it today at 11:00 Calgary time (hope I got this right). I will post link if there's stream available.

In game 4 Skellefteå had all d-man healthy (though few seem not to be 100% but are fighting through injuries because it's playoff time) and it forced Erixon out of top three pairings. Erixon has been regular top6 guy with 15-20 mins of ice time whole season long but two guys who have usually served in 6&7 d-man's role have now been lot better in playoffs and they have climbed over Erixon in depth chart. Erixon hasn't played bad by any meaning, those two have just outplayed him. Skellefteå is build to be defence-first team and one of the toughest teams to score against in the league so it's not that alarming that our top-prospect doesn't fit in top6 role. He could as well be back in bigger role today giving mistakes several fellow d-man made in last game.

Erixon had 6:05 mins of ice time and he used his little time on ice very effectively being very solid and making zero misplays.

Edit. No stream available.

04-08-2010, 05:45 AM	#412
kekkone Crash and Bang Winger Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Jyväskylä, Finland Exp:	Skellefteå lost again in overtime and again result was 3-2. HV-71 took 3-1 in series and has chance to end it today at 11:00 Calgary time (hope I got this right). I will post link if there's stream available. In game 4 Skellefteå had all d-man healthy (though few seem not to be 100% but are fighting through injuries because it's playoff time) and it forced Erixon out of top three pairings. Erixon has been regular top6 guy with 15-20 mins of ice time whole season long but two guys who have usually served in 6&7 d-man's role have now been lot better in playoffs and they have climbed over Erixon in depth chart. Erixon hasn't played bad by any meaning, those two have just outplayed him. Skellefteå is build to be defence-first team and one of the toughest teams to score against in the league so it's not that alarming that our top-prospect doesn't fit in top6 role. He could as well be back in bigger role today giving mistakes several fellow d-man made in last game. Erixon had 6:05 mins of ice time and he used his little time on ice very effectively being very solid and making zero misplays. Edit. No stream available. __________________ Last edited by kekkone; 04-08-2010 at 11:03 AM.