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Originally Posted by Haplo
Sweden's defence looks very good on paper, but I don't see how they can pick Ekholm ahead of Klingberg.
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Cause they want to win and winning is best accomplished by taking some defenders who can defend. Taking your 6 best offensive defencemen isn't a recipe for winning. Klingberg is great rushing the puck and on the powerplay but he certainly isn't elite in his own end.
Canada didn't need 3-4 offensive defencemen and that's why they didn't take Subban, Letang, etc. Sweden is in the same boat. Some fans seem to underrate how valuable having two-way defenders and elite defensive defencemen is. Klingberg is a poor man's Karlsson.