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WJC: 2022 Czech Republic Roster talk

I've been calling it Czechia for quite some time now. Surprisingly it is mostly Czechs that are defensive against being called that from my experience.
 
tobu said:
I've been calling it Czechia for quite some time now. Surprisingly it is mostly Czechs that are defensive against being called that from my experience.
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When you say Czechia, peopel from Moravia and Silesia feel inferior that they are not included in this name. When you say Czech Republic, everyone is there. Do I thing wrong?
 
Czechboy said:
If we can get English speakers to call it Czechia then we can get them to call it Cesko.

This and those awful looking jerseys... grrrr
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The jerseys will have the lion again istead of the classic coat of arms? Yeah, it's bad. Always was a fan of those classic coat of arms jerseys.
And the verbal wars I find just unnecessary.
 
Atas2000 said:
The jerseys will have the lion again istead of the classic coat of arms? Yeah, it's bad. Always was a fan of those classic coat of arms jerseys.
And the verbal wars I find just unnecessary.
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The Olympic jersey is the nice one because of some licencing.

The awful ugly ones are stil the norm ... I hate them. One nice thing they did was to have them say cesko on front and I like that. Also.. I think the Czech anthem is embedded into the lion. It's a very nice touch on the ugliest jersey in the iihf.
 
I am really excited about this tournament WJC as there probably will be no real Olympic tournament. Was skeptical about the WJC taking place as well, but now I am starting to believe it is actually happening.

When it comes to the Czech team, the D looks solid, perhaps the best D in several years. The forward lines look rather unpredictable to me, defitinitely there is no future superstar, at the same time, the entire F group may be quite balanced. I am really cheering up for the guys to get past the QF this time but it is going to be a difficult task.
 
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BigBadBoar said:
I am really excited about this tournament WJC as there probably will be no real Olympic tournament. Was skeptical about the WJC taking place as well, but now I am starting to believe it is actually happening.

When it comes to the Czech team, the D looks solid, perhaps the best D in several years. The forward lines look rather unpredictable to me, defitinitely there is no future superstar, at the same time, the entire F group may be quite balanced. I am really cheering up for the guys to get past the QF this time but it is going to be a difficult task.
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I totally agree! I think the offence initially looks pretty underwhelming but you’re right. Could be a very well balanced group. And they’re all playing really good hockey right now.
Fingers crossed
 
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czechcanadian said:
I totally agree! I think the offence initially looks pretty underwhelming but you’re right. Could be a very well balanced group. And they’re all playing really good hockey right now.
Fingers crossed
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That's the thing. None of the forwards has been considered a top prospect, maybe except for Myšák, but most of them have been performing pretty good this season so far, both in European and NA leagues. I have some hopes in Myšák as the captain, he has always been looking as a mentally mature player with good work ethic to me.
 
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I just noticed the extended Czech roster at Eliteprospects doesn't include Jakub Konečný (Sparta Prague), who is also with the team and is expected to make the final roster. Does anybody know why is that so?
 
BigBadBoar said:
I just noticed the extended Czech roster at Eliteprospects doesn't include Jakub Konečný (Sparta Prague), who is also with the team and is expected to make the final roster. Does anybody know why is that so?
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I noticed that, too, probably just an omission, no one said he was okay.
 
So no exhibition game and our first game will be against Canada on Boxing Day... that is going to be ugly.

I'm actually thrilled it's Canada... let's hope for no injuries and get that loss out of the way!
 
BigBadBoar said:
I am starting to worry the entire tournament is going to be cancelled due to COVID.
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I don't blame you and Alberta is a real shitshow for Covid in Canada

BUT

They are doing the buble thing that worked perfect for the U20, Hlinka and Women's tourneys. They don't have to reinvent the wheel to make this work.

I am more worried that the covid test is Jiricek, Svozil, Mysak, Gut, Kulich or Novak.

As always... we don't have much depth and 1 injury hurts us a lot!
 
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Czechboy said:
I don't blame you and Alberta is a real shitshow for Covid in Canada

BUT

They are doing the buble thing that worked perfect for the U20, Hlinka and Women's tourneys. They don't have to reinvent the wheel to make this work.

I am more worried that the covid test is Jiricek, Svozil, Mysak, Gut, Kulich or Novak.

As always... we don't have much depth and 1 injury hurts us a lot!
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It may also be somebody from the Swiss team, and the test may be false positive. Let's wait.
 
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It may also be somebody from the Swiss team, and the test may be false positive. Let's wait.
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Absolutely... but we are Czech. You know how this goes.lol

Remember when we had it Czech and Jenik and Lauko got hurt within the first 2 games. Lauko in the first shift?lol

I've also noticed a weird trend where players test fine before getting on a plane, then fly over and get tested again and fail.

Just happened in the NHL to Jesse Pullijaarvi (sp) .. tested in Edmonton. No problem. Flew an hour or so to Seattle.. failed the test.lol
 
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News: According to the Czech team, the game was cancelled due of "a breaking of the COVID protocol". It is uncertain whether a Czech or Swiss player was tested positive of whether somebody "just" broke the strict bubble rules.
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They mentioned on the Finnish - USA broadcast that the bubble really isn’t a bubble. They are in a hotel that has other people non WJC related and can see them in the hallways, elevators, etc. could be from that
 
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They mentioned on the Finnish - USA broadcast that the bubble really isn’t a bubble. They are in a hotel that has other people non WJC related and can see them in the hallways, elevators, etc. could be from that
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That might be the problem. Somebody might meet somebody who was tested positive afterwards.
 
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