SWITZERLAND – Hischier and Siegenthaler will play. But instead of whom?

By Philippe Ducarroz

The arrival of Kevin Fiala (in competition today against Kazakhstan) and those of Nico Hischier And Jonas Siegenthaler scheduled for this Tuesday during the day in Riga, folds down the selection cards a little. With twenty-five places (including three guards) at his disposal, patrick fisher has too many players with him.

Already that Tim Berni remained on standby in the event of an injury to a defender, but several are still unsure of keeping their place in the line-up. Because the two New Jersey Devils players did not come to Latvia for tourism.

At the back, besides Berni who will probably not see the Latvian ice closer. Michael Fora seems to be the most in danger of having to give way to Siegenthaler. Currently seventh defender, we do not see the coach depriving himself ofAndrea Glauser. The Lausanne man is currently excellent. Unless the shoulder of Tobias Geisser does not hold, Fora should therefore remain in the stands.

Rich problem

Offensively, the most in danger? Maybe Sven Senteler (Zug). A centre-back, Fischer has used him as a winger so far. To heat up the place in Hischier with a Denis Malgin going to the wing? Because yes, there are too many centers at the moment in the selection. A rich problem that could also play against the Genevan Tanner Richard. Gaetan HaasMalgin and even Enzo Corvi (what agreement with Nino Niederreiter) are untouchable. We let you draw the conclusions.

You will tell me that Fabrice Herzog (Zug) is also directly affected by this choice. Not very brilliant at the moment, it nevertheless brings the robustness that Switzerland should need against countries like Canada, Sweden or Finland.

So stay Damien Riat. He too can bring a lot physically, but he also owes his place at the moment to the injury of Calvin Thurkauf. However, in our view, it would be the easy solution for a Fischer who could demonstrate phenomenal courage by dismissing… Andres Ambühl. But here, we also deviate a little from the purely sporting domain to get into the emotional.