C depth is pretty weak, Petrovsky hasn’t played C for the past several games for the Attack and is now basically a LW, who takes some faceoffs. And his best play has come as LW, not as a C. Repcik at least plays C now with Charlottetown, compared to when he was with Cape Breton.
Sorry for that, but after such long injury not sure if would be ready anyway. We saw itwith Jedlicka in the summer.
I would swap Sykora and Honzek, Sykora does not have that much offensive potential.
I agree with this. Sykora's offensive potential is limited, Honzek in great form would be more suitable in the 1st line.
How well do you guys think a lineup like this can perform against the better teams in the group (US, Finland)? Do you think the absence of Slaf may be so significant regarding the chance to win against them?
Wejust do not have depth to compete against them. Everytime we had some success we had strong goalie performance. Not sure if those two guys can bring that.
Actually, depth shouldn't be a problem. Just imagine, 3rd line with Zlnka and Sykora (which can easily happen). 2 drafted guys in bottom 6. That is a luxury by Slovak standards. I think our weakness is probably the fact that we are way too young. When you look at the names, we are sending pretty much u19 team. Also agree with you about our goalies. Solid names but nothing special. Judging by the current form, Marinov should be no.1. Gajan can be a dark horse but Feneš probably prefers Elias.
I was comparing our depth to Fins or US. Last WJC both had just five undrafted players, two of them goalies. Plus US had one 2023 draft eligible. We will have five drafted players, but I agree this team is probably too young. Unfortunately, Demek is out as the best of 2003 class.
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Yeah, every year before the WJC something bad happens. Some kid hit Sykora from behind during floorball game, big scrum happened after that and Molnar punch that kid, caused him broken jaw in 3 places. Parents (or someone else) called police. Seems like Sykora should be OK after all but its not good for Molnar.)
Na školskom turnaji zlomil súperovi sánku. Pár dní pred MS U20 čelí Ondrej Molnár trestnému stíhaniu | Šport.sk
Na stredoškolskom turnaji v Nitre sa včera počas florbalového zápasu udial incident, do ktorého boli zapojení dvaja slovenskí hokejisti.
I don't read Slovak so it's possible I misread this but this story sounds insane!
Is Molnar hurt? Eg. broke his hand on the kids face? Or is he going to be possibly suspended or something?
There are ongoing police allegations on Molnar right now.. does it need more words than this?
I understood Molnar was puched in the face first. Both players should be in trouble. But the first one to throw a punch hould be in worse trouble.
One version is that some kid fouled Sykora at the end of game. Molnar tried to defend Sykora, but the kid slaped him. That made Molnar furious and tried to fight the kid. Looks like he went over the top and beat him really badly. Some sources say he kept beating while the kid lied on the floor. Few lost teeth and multiple broken jaw.
I guess it ends with him in Erie... so he can fly to and play in Canada but not for Slovakia. I assumed that part of the reason he didn't got was becuase he couldn't leave the country under a criminal invesitgation. Guess not.
