I really don't see how Lindholm didn't make Sweden over the shell of the Niklas Kronwall. I can understand Klingberg being left off since there's some other elite offensive defensemen on the team so he's a bit redundant, but Lindholm is flat out better than Kronwall is at this stage of their careers.
And Kruger over Backlund is another head scratcher given that they both play very responsible games and are good possession players, but Backlund actually can produce offensively as well.
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