Murray selected to Swedish Olympic team

by ingmarWbergman on Dec 26, 2009 3:37 AM PST Comment 14 comments

Swedish Newspaper Aftonbladet is reporting that Douglas Murray has made it on to the Sewdish Olympic Team ahead of the official announcement.

Source: Aftonbladet.se

Translated quotes from Douglas Murray:

-That would be amazing and a big honour. Let's hope you're right about the selection.

- Personally, I think I deserve a place on the roster. Nonetheless, we have a lot of worthy defencemen so the competition is tough.

- My style of play is not very Swedish. But a lot of people think I only play tough and that frustrates me (he's commenting on the reporter talking about his hit on Russias Alexei Morozov). I do play around 20 minutes a night on one of the top teams in the NHL.

The article also says that Johan Franzen didn't make the cut. So he must be very injured.

Sweden over and out.

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Thanks for the information

Can you maybe answer a question I’ve had about Scandinavian hockey?

Why are Finland and Sweden such great hockey countries, but yet Norway is dreadful?

Given the proximity to each other, I thought there would be some run over of talent/competition.

"iaT"S FUCKINGE LIEK CONICO DO MAYO!!!!!111"
Mr. K. 5/5/2009

by Morti on Dec 26, 2009 11:59 AM PST reply actions

Congrats Big D

by pavs4prez on Dec 26, 2009 1:21 PM PST reply actions

Very cool

Go Dougy!

-The dude responsible for this mess

by idunno723 on Dec 26, 2009 1:21 PM PST reply actions

Not sure how I feel about him Crankshafting against us…but overall really happy for him.

by AfroPuff on Dec 26, 2009 1:36 PM PST reply actions

yeah I think I voiced that same thing as well … ugh … but yay! … :)

Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality? (boycott Hollywood!)

by ang6666 on Dec 26, 2009 2:07 PM PST up reply actions

YES!

"The Dallas Cowboys might be America's Team, but the New York Giants are America's DREAM team." -- Robert Tisch

by xMattex on Dec 26, 2009 2:26 PM PST reply actions

Good choice Sweden

Players like Doug Murray are even more valuable in the Olympics then in the NHL.

Oh, so that's where you edit your signature

by Teas on Dec 26, 2009 3:01 PM PST reply actions

popping over for a fun night with the FTF crew……but I’m gutted for Franzen. Just gutted.

Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.

by RedBirdie on Dec 26, 2009 7:39 PM PST reply actions

I woke up for the official live announcement by BÅG

Goalies: Lundqvist, Gustavsson, Liv
Defencemen: Enström, Johansson, Tallinder, Lidström, MURRAY, Öhlund, Kronwall, Oduya
Forwards: Forsberg, Zetterberg, Alfredsson, Eriksson, Bäckström, Hörnqvist, Holmström, Modin, Weinhandl, Påhlsson, H.Sedin, D.Sedin

WOOO Crankshaft!

"Sorry guys, I’m not going to try and hit (Douglas) Murray anymore. It doesn’t work." - Steve Ott, Dallas Stars.

by SwisherThresher on Dec 27, 2009 5:09 AM PST reply actions

Great to see it officially announced – the evolution of Douglas Murray personifies the Sharks development system.

Oh, so that's where you edit your signature

by Teas on Dec 27, 2009 10:26 AM PST up reply actions

Crankshafting and Kronwalling?

That blue line’s a force to be reckoned with.

It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
Proud member of the "Keep Marleau Forever" Club

by Lurker Shark on Dec 27, 2009 11:07 AM PST up reply actions

Seriously

I liked this BAG quote (translated) from the conference:

“(Murray) is very big. You are supposed to go around him so you can get past him and it’s a long way to go.”

"Sorry guys, I’m not going to try and hit (Douglas) Murray anymore. It doesn’t work." - Steve Ott, Dallas Stars.

by SwisherThresher on Dec 27, 2009 4:32 PM PST up reply actions

I’m hoping that this will also provide for more opportunities for Swisher to post cute pictures of Murray during the Olympics (I’m assuming we’ll them, right?) gameday threads

by AfroPuff on Dec 28, 2009 2:40 PM PST up reply actions