WJC: 2025 Czech Team

[Goodman68]

Yeah I get that, we just dont agree on this. I think Badinka is at least for czech standarts way above average prospect to be left at home, and as I said he never had problem representing at different age levels in NT, he only has problem with U20 eg. Augusta. We dont know whats going on here and who is to blame.

So I disagree with this move but it is what it is, I still hope he will represent us on senior level one day though.

If he plays well and really wants to represent, I have no problem with that.

 

[Czechboy]

Three of my fav posters arguing/discussing/making good points. Yikes. You all make great points.

I actually feel better about the team now after reading it all.lol.

1. Badinka is only half at fault. This is a pissing match but to even suggest he's not good enough for this team is crazy. He is exactly what Czech hockey needs. Dvorak didn't play last year but got invite after declining. Jiricek didn't play at all and is on the team based on 4 games played since last year's tournament. And I don't mean NT games.. I mean CHL games.

2. This d is stronger than last year's D. That squad already had galvas, port and koci. I'll argue they are all better a year later because they are older, stronger and more experienced. This could be flawed logic and maybe they're regressed but I'll take the 19 and 18 year old versions of them over the 18 and 17 year old versions.

Dvorak is better than alscher or hamara (who were excellent).

Fibigr is definitely of a similar quality to guys from last year and I would put him on par with Cibulka and Cech.

If jiricek plays.. he should be at least as good as last year. I'd argue better because he's older but this much time off is a risk.

I don't know enough about the rest of the guys. Oh wait.. I like rocak. I meant the two euros. I assume they are big and hard working. Really have no idea though.

The wildcard is Jiricek here. 2 good games in CHL this weekend. Then a good camp. Our pool is not that stacked so he could get 4 more games in before the quarters. Get him ready for the killer crossover.

No Mrtka pisses me off but right now our potential D is

Galvas Dvorak
Fibigr Jiricek
Koci Port
Rocak

This is a nice Top 6. I say better than last year.

3. Our forward group looks better to me. No Kulich but Sale feels like he is ready for the Kulich spot. Only forward I question is Simek but no guarantee he plays a game. And I'm not knocking Simek, I'm just not sure what they are hoping for from him? Offense? PK? Cerna Prace? PP? I'm not seeing size or points so I'm not sure what is expected.

A lot of our bottom 6 guys being .ppg in CHL is tremendous.. this is depth I dream of.

I'm actually not even sure who the top 6 is.lol It's that even to me. I'd keep Holinka and Jecho together and add a guy (I would've added Benak but they cut him). Cihar and Novotny have some offensive upside. Zidlick and Petr are having very good seasons for undrafted bottom 6 type guys. Sale is doing amazing and they almost didn't release him. He may get a NHL game in this season. Sikora, Kos, Mastalariskiy are all excellent. Hradec is a big body C. It's a very nice forward group. I have no idea how they mix them up.

4. Our goaltending is sublime. I'm not saying they'll win it for us but I have no issues at all here. Starting Hrabal as an 18 year was genius. He now has the experience as a 19 year old. Give him every start but Kazakhistan (which I'm attending but Kavan is from Brno and I like Milota so I don't care). Let him know he's the guy. Run with him. We still have guys like Matecha and Strebatik as well.

 

[Czechboy]

For fun.. here is my guess. I'm not saying I'll be right or even close. So instead of telling me I'm a moron, post your guess on the forward group. FTR... yes, Benak shoule be here. I would've put him on top line with Sale and Stancl. Or with Holinka/Jecho 2nd or 3rd line as they have size.

Some posiitons may be off

Sale Stancl Petr

Familiarity with one another. All 19. All know the system and what it takes. I get I have a Petr bias but he's .ppg and big. His job is to make those 2 look good. Stancl can fire it Sale can do some damge with these two.

Holinka, Jecho and Kos

I'm probably higher on Kos than most but I like his offensive risks and upside. Holinka and Jecho are more of a 'pro game' and can help insulate his mistakes.

Felcman Hradec Mastalirsky

Solid and big 3rd line that can score and skate.

Zidlicky Sikora and Cihar/Novotny

Zicklicky is probably PK and such and will end up with a lot more minutes. .ppg of close in CHL and on our 4th line as a returning 19 year old. I'm very high on Sikora/Cihar/Novotny.

That leaves out one of Cihar/Novotny, Zemlicka and Simek.

It also leaves out Curran, Benak, Zahesky, Pekar and Poletin. Nice problems to have. No one has been 'gifted a spot' (except Jiricek which I approve). Everyone is good.

How do you guys see the lines? I can totally respect I wasn't close but please tell me your lines instead.

 

[Czechboy]

Our crossover could really suck.. I got it at 85% we got US/Canada/Finland.

Finn's are on a down year. Namejs says Latvia is strong this year. I haven't liked much from German team at junior level last few years. They may be fighting for relegation with Kazakhistan.

Swedes are our nemesis and are stacked. Their team is better. They are exceptional in round robin play at this tournament. So our best hope is 2nd place (not at all guaranteed) and probably Finland/Latvia. Let Slovakia/Kazakh/Swiss beat us... say hello to unbelievably stacked US and Canuck squads in quarters. We've eliminated both in quarters not too long ago... last year we eliminated Canada in Quarters. 2022 we eliminated the US in Quarters. So not impossible but so far from ideal.lol 2023 saw us take out the Swiss in quarters but defeat Sweden in Semi's (Kulich OT goal). So we've had some big wins in the last few tourneys.

Last 3
4th place, silver, Bronze

Last 2 hlinkas
silver and silver (both OT losses to Canada)

We left behind guys like Mrtka, Benak and Curran and still look strong. Last year we lost Jiricek in first period. Port in training camp. Dvorak declined. It is Czech tradition to be this way.lol

For me the Mrtka one is my big pisser but Canada could've had Celebrini and Bedard.lol

 

[Statsy]

Our crossover could really suck.. I got it at 85% we got US/Canada/Finland.

Sure, but one of those isn't like the others. The US and Canada are both ridiculously stacked this year. Finland, on the other hand, has a LOT of question marks. If that ends up being the QF match-up, I would peg Czechia as the favourite.

 

[martygod12]

Three of my fav posters arguing/discussing/making good points. Yikes. You all make great points.

I actually feel better about the team now after reading it all.lol.

1. Badinka is only half at fault. This is a pissing match but to even suggest he's not good enough for this team is crazy. He is exactly what Czech hockey needs. Dvorak didn't play last year but got invite after declining. Jiricek didn't play at all and is on the team based on 4 games played since last year's tournament. And I don't mean NT games.. I mean CHL games.

2. This d is stronger than last year's D. That squad already had galvas, port and koci. I'll argue they are all better a year later because they are older, stronger and more experienced. This could be flawed logic and maybe they're regressed but I'll take the 19 and 18 year old versions of them over the 18 and 17 year old versions.

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Dvorak is better than alscher or hamara (who were excellent).

Fibigr is definitely of a similar quality to guys from last year and I would put him on par with Cibulka and Cech.

If jiricek plays.. he should be at least as good as last year. I'd argue better because he's older but this much time off is a risk.

I don't know enough about the rest of the guys. Oh wait.. I like rocak. I meant the two euros. I assume they are big and hard working. Really have no idea though.

The wildcard is Jiricek here. 2 good games in CHL this weekend. Then a good camp. Our pool is not that stacked so he could get 4 more games in before the quarters. Get him ready for the killer crossover.

No Mrtka pisses me off but right now our potential D is

Galvas Dvorak
Fibigr Jiricek
Koci Port
Rocak

This is a nice Top 6. I say better than last year.

3. Our forward group looks better to me. No Kulich but Sale feels like he is ready for the Kulich spot. Only forward I question is Simek but no guarantee he plays a game. And I'm not knocking Simek, I'm just not sure what they are hoping for from him? Offense? PK? Cerna Prace? PP? I'm not seeing size or points so I'm not sure what is expected.

A lot of our bottom 6 guys being .ppg in CHL is tremendous.. this is depth I dream of.

I'm actually not even sure who the top 6 is.lol It's that even to me. I'd keep Holinka and Jecho together and add a guy (I would've added Benak but they cut him). Cihar and Novotny have some offensive upside. Zidlick and Petr are having very good seasons for undrafted bottom 6 type guys. Sale is doing amazing and they almost didn't release him. He may get a NHL game in this season. Sikora, Kos, Mastalariskiy are all excellent. Hradec is a big body C. It's a very nice forward group. I have no idea how they mix them up.

4. Our goaltending is sublime. I'm not saying they'll win it for us but I have no issues at all here. Starting Hrabal as an 18 year was genius. He now has the experience as a 19 year old. Give him every start but Kazakhistan (which I'm attending but Kavan is from Brno and I like Milota so I don't care). Let him know he's the guy. Run with him. We still have guys like Matecha and Strebatik as well.

I would just swap Rocak and add Husinecky instead of Koci, of course Skok or Svec and espeically Badinka would be better then both of them imo, but we must build with what we have

Dvorak Galvas
Fibigr Jiricek
Rocak Husinecky
Port

Forwards as I said looking good especially the euro part, the CHL not that much. Besides Stancl no one seems really thrive in CHL this year. Jecho and Zidlicky are defensive forwards so not that much of a problem there, but Holinka and Petr and especially Simek? Idk I just think Benak could have been much bigger threat there.

The forward lines I really dont dare to predict, but I would definitely play both Cihar and Novotny, would not use one of them as 13th attacker.

GKs are solid. Hrabal can carry this team if he can keep his head together.

Yeah as I said I maybe exaggerated the weakness of this team and Jiricek could be a huge buff, but still medal will be rather suprising this year imo.

As for Badinka, all I am saying is that this is just interesting double standard we are doing here with Badinka and Jiricek. One cant go straight to World Cup, other can. So that Augusta´s argument kinda falls apart here and is completely ridiculous. Idk Badinka may be still a stupid kid with attitude and maybe thinks too much of himself, could be the case and part of the blame could definitely be on him, but to me it seems like some kind of arrogance and hurt ego from Augusta´s side also plays a big part in this dispute.

 

[Czechboy]

Sure, but one of those isn't like the others. The US and Canada are both ridiculously stacked this year. Finland, on the other hand, has a LOT of question marks. If that ends up being the QF match-up, I would peg Czechia as the favourite.

I cannot get my head wrapped around, after the last 2 decades, of Czechs every being a fav against Finland.lol I do see your point though and yes, I'd take Finland over US/Canada. But watch. no one expects much from them. There are even 2 threads on HF about it. Watch them get all sisu'd up and win it.lol

 

[kudla]

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For fun.. here is my guess. I'm not saying I'll be right or even close. So instead of telling me I'm a moron, post your guess on the forward group. FTR... yes, Benak shoule be here. I would've put him on top line with Sale and Stancl. Or with Holinka/Jecho 2nd or 3rd line as they have size.

Some posiitons may be off

Sale Stancl Petr

Familiarity with one another. All 19. All know the system and what it takes. I get I have a Petr bias but he's .ppg and big. His job is to make those 2 look good. Stancl can fire it Sale can do some damge with these two.

Holinka, Jecho and Kos

I'm probably higher on Kos than most but I like his offensive risks and upside. Holinka and Jecho are more of a 'pro game' and can help insulate his mistakes.

Felcman Hradec Mastalirsky

Solid and big 3rd line that can score and skate.

Zidlicky Sikora and Cihar/Novotny

Zicklicky is probably PK and such and will end up with a lot more minutes. .ppg of close in CHL and on our 4th line as a returning 19 year old. I'm very high on Sikora/Cihar/Novotny.

That leaves out one of Cihar/Novotny, Zemlicka and Simek.

It also leaves out Curran, Benak, Zahesky, Pekar and Poletin. Nice problems to have. No one has been 'gifted a spot' (except Jiricek which I approve). Everyone is good.

How do you guys see the lines? I can totally respect I wasn't close but please tell me your lines instead.

Good guess. I would put Kos and Felcman a formation lower though and I expect that Cihar will make it and Novotny will be cut.

I understand the Benak omission, but picking a guy like Simek instead of him is comical really.

 

[Czechboy]

Reading up on it.. so not all of them are going. 2 still need to be cut. You can bring 25 guys (including 3 goalies) and no subsititues once it starts. Little different from last year.

Anyways... YELLOW = drafted or playing in a pro league (AHL, Extraliga, LIIGA, NLA - I did not include any 2nd pro leagues). That is a lot of drafted kids and kids playing pro!

Blank - Junior players that are undrafted.. Zidlicky is near .ppg. Petr is near .ppg. Very happy with them on team. I like Koci and Rocak in a bottom pair role. I think Kavan is every bit as good as many other Czech goalie prospects.

GREEN - guys I don't full understand.lol I'm not saying they suck. I'm not saying they don't belong here but I don't get it. Zemlicka is big and scoring very well in Finnish U20 league. SO I assume he is a good skater with a big body. Simek has nothing on his resume that suggests NT. I don't fully understand. Benak over him seems painfully obvious. Curran over him seems painfully obvious. Perez over him seems obvious. I don't get this one at all. So watch him Jakub Krejcik his ass to the All Star team.lol


Volas is a big body. Only Czech on team in U20 Czech league. Can't really comment on him but it seems like a Smid pick. Go block a shot and starfish! I can maybe understand this one due to size.

Husinecky - same thing. I don't see it. He's not big. He doesn't get many points. He's played in Finland and CHL in last few years. Now 2nd league, firsrt league and junior league.lol He's the least stable resume I've seen in awhile:

I'll agree with Marty that there were better picks like Skok or Svec.

It'll be even funnier when they send home 2 good players and keep some of the 'greens' on here. It will happen. Be prepared.

 

[Goodman68]

Good guess. I would put Kos and Felcman a formation lower though and I expect that Cihar will make it and Novotny will be cut.

I understand the Benak omission, but picking a guy like Simek instead of him is comical really.

 

[Czechboy]

Dvorak Galvas
Fibigr Jiricek

If this ends up our Top 4 then I"m very happy. Badinka is a righty and so are Jiricek and Dvorak I think. We have a logjam of good RHD drafted in Top 40. Tht is lovely.lol I get Gavlas is undrafted but, at this level, he should really stand out with his exceptional skating and he may be beside a giant. Fibir is like a Hamara to me but a little less talented. Can do it all. Remember, Cibulka and Cech were second in D scoring with 2 points in 7 games last year. I feel there are more points in this group.

Best case scneario for Jiiricek seems reasonable...

Quarters are in 23 days.

He has 2 CHL games to skate and move. A bunch of practices to into the rhythm. 2 exchitibion games including a potential ass kicking from Canada (I don't care about exhibition). 4 games (maybe in a lower roll to start) to play on the team and adjust.

Then, hopefully, in decent form for the Quarter game after roughly 8 healthy games. This is my dream anyways.

no one seems really thrive in CHL

I think that is because a lot of them are in pro leagues to be honest. Eg. I think Kos,Cihar, Novotny, Mastalarisky, Sikora and Felcman would all have good seasons in CHL.

all I am saying is that this is just interesting double standard

It is. It's classic Czech bullshit. Constant struggle. Always a fight. Barinka over Hejda. Cutting Hudler. Why didn't Dvorak go a year ago? What the f*** happened to David Svozil?

It's nice that Augusta can make his comment but I guarantee we'll see another comment from the Badinka side at some point.

Problem is that Badinka is still eligible for next year too. They need to fix that relationship! We have a potentail Badinka/Jiricek top pair next year... that would be amazing.

 

[Czechboy]

Good guess. I would put Kos and Felcman a formation lower though and I expect that Cihar will make it and Novotny will be cut.

I understand the Benak omission, but picking a guy like Simek instead of him is comical really.

I think, in the end, that Cihar and Novotny will be the better players and much higher NHL potential. Today, they are 17 while Kos and Felcman are big 19 year olds playing in pro leagues. I don't disagree with your opinion though. Just justifying my own.

To me I see 2 pairs to build around.. Sale/Stancl in top 6. Holinka/Jecho in middle somewhere. I would've like Benak to be added to one of those pairs personally.

 

[Goodman68]

I would just swap Rocak and add Husinecky instead of Koci, of course Skok or Svec and espeically Badinka would be better then both of them imo, but we must build with what we have

Dvorak Galvas
Fibigr Jiricek
Rocak Husinecky
Port

Forwards as I said looking good especially the euro part, the CHL not that much. Besides Stancl no one seems really thrive in CHL this year. Jecho and Zidlicky are defensive forwards so not that much of a problem there, but Holinka and Petr and especially Simek? Idk I just think Benak could have been much bigger threat there.

The forward lines I really dont dare to predict, but I would definitely play both Cihar and Novotny, would not use one of them as 13th attacker.

GKs are solid. Hrabal can carry this team if he can keep his head together.

Yeah as I said I maybe exaggerated the weakness of this team and Jiricek could be a huge buff, but still medal will be rather suprising this year imo.

As for Badinka, all I am saying is that this is just interesting double standard we are doing here with Badinka and Jiricek. One cant go straight to World Cup, other can. So that Augusta´s argument kinda falls apart here and is completely ridiculous. Idk Badinka may be still a stupid kid with attitude and maybe thinks too much of himself, could be the case and part of the blame could definitely be on him, but to me it seems like some kind of arrogance and hurt ego from Augusta´s side also plays a big part in this dispute.

Honestly, I don't understand how you can keep repeating that the situations with Badinka and Jiříček are the same. Badinka - he played poorly in the national team and his non-nomination was a logical matter last year. At least for me for sure. Since then, he did not play in the national team, he did not play only with only by his own decision. If you don't understand that this attitude greatly affects the coach's decision-making, then I really don't know how else to explain it.
Jiříček - always played great in the national team, he was a player with a difference. His playing and physical commitment in the national team was absolutely exemplary. He always wanted and wants to play for the national team. Jiříček did not play in the national team for a year due to injury, Badinka only because he was offended. And are you able to write that you don't see the difference? It's called: are you kidding?

 

[Goodman68]

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For fun.. here is my guess. I'm not saying I'll be right or even close. So instead of telling me I'm a moron, post your guess on the forward group. FTR... yes, Benak shoule be here. I would've put him on top line with Sale and Stancl. Or with Holinka/Jecho 2nd or 3rd line as they have size.

Some posiitons may be off

Sale Stancl Petr

Familiarity with one another. All 19. All know the system and what it takes. I get I have a Petr bias but he's .ppg and big. His job is to make those 2 look good. Stancl can fire it Sale can do some damge with these two.

Holinka, Jecho and Kos

I'm probably higher on Kos than most but I like his offensive risks and upside. Holinka and Jecho are more of a 'pro game' and can help insulate his mistakes.

Felcman Hradec Mastalirsky

Solid and big 3rd line that can score and skate.

Zidlicky Sikora and Cihar/Novotny

Zicklicky is probably PK and such and will end up with a lot more minutes. .ppg of close in CHL and on our 4th line as a returning 19 year old. I'm very high on Sikora/Cihar/Novotny.

That leaves out one of Cihar/Novotny, Zemlicka and Simek.

It also leaves out Curran, Benak, Zahesky, Pekar and Poletin. Nice problems to have. No one has been 'gifted a spot' (except Jiricek which I approve). Everyone is good.

How do you guys see the lines? I can totally respect I wasn't close but please tell me your lines instead.

I will not engage in similar speculations, I will just write that I expect Sikora in the lineup above. And I also expect him to play power plays. Just from the coach's statement, he has a high opinion of him and I don't expect him to play the fourth line.

 

[martygod12]

Honestly, I don't understand how you can keep repeating that the situations with Badinka and Jiříček are the same. Badinka - he played poorly in the national team and his non-nomination was a logical matter last year. At least for me for sure. Since then, he did not play in the national team, he did not play only with only by his own decision. If you don't understand that this attitude greatly affects the coach's decision-making, then I really don't know how else to explain it.
Jiříček - always played great in the national team, he was a player with a difference. His playing and physical commitment in the national team was absolutely exemplary. He always wanted and wants to play for the national team. Jiříček did not play in the national team for a year due to injury, Badinka only because he was offended. And are you able to write that you don't see the difference? It's called: are you kidding?

The comment was mostly said towards Augusta´s completely ridiculous explanation for why he is not going, if he said that Badinka had bad attitude towards NT and thats why he is not going it would be much more understandable. But giving us some shit about that he is not differential enough to go straight to WC is just not true period.

Or just because he had some bad games in U20 last year as 17 yrs old he sucks? You telling me that he is not differential enough to play at U20 level while he is already playing SHL with men for two years? If he stayed in Swedish U20 this year he would completely destroy that leauge at that age level and thats the best junior league in europe. He was picked 34th (and I honestly think he should have gone late 1st round instead) last year for a reason, or you telling me that you see further then NHL scouts who rated him that high? He would definitely be much better player in our lineup then Volas, Koci, Port or Husinecky.

You clearly dont like this guy, you have problem with him since the beginning here. But the fact is that he is good, otherwise he just would not be where he is at his age. thats just completely obvious.

And I am definitely not stating that Jiricek isnt a better prospect with bigger potential. He is, but the difference is just not that big imo for you to ask if I am kidding about this. No I am not, I actually think this is completely ok to compare. Its obvious double standards here.

Augusta either should bring him and should try to make it work (hope they will make it work till next WJC) or he should have said the truth why is he not going. But giving us some BS about that he is not differential enough to go straight to WJC to play at U20 level is just ridiculous, because its simply not true.

 

[Goodman68]

1) Augusta's explanation is exactly what you want it to be. He openly admits that he does not like Badinka's relationship with the national team
2) you are not capable of understanding the completely obvious differences between the two players that I described. It's like a spinning wheel
Sorry

 

[Goodman68]

And where did I say he can't play for the U20? That he played badly is a fact, I am not saying that he cannot play well in the future. But I agree that he probably won't be the kind of player who should go to the championship just because he plays in the SHL (less and less minutes) and was high drafted. When he had the national team completely on the hook for a whole year (hopefully that will be understandable). Are we supposed to screw someone like that?

 

[Czechboy]

add Husinecky

Why?

I'm not being an ass here... I know NOTHING about him. Isn't he the smaller of the 2? Being serious, what does he bring?

 

[martygod12]

1) Augusta's explanation is exactly what you want it to be. He openly admits that he does not like Badinka's relationship with the national team
2) you are not capable of understanding the completely obvious differences between the two players that I described. It's like a spinning wheel
Sorry

1. I disagree here he just said it badly. I agree with you that he probably meant it in the way that Badinka is not going because of his attitude towards U20 NT, but the way he said it it simply read as that Badinka is just not good enough to go straightt to WJC and keep up with the tempo and quality there, which is just not true.

2. I am not sure we are talking about the same thing here. Do you mean you compare those two based on attitude and dedidaction towards NT or the sole quality of those two players?

 

[martygod12]

Why?

I'm not being an ass here... I know NOTHING about him. Isn't he the smaller of the 2? Being serious, what does he bring?

He playing full time with men in Czech 2. Looked solid in U20 games so far, idk feels like out of those four Husinecky, Port, Koci, Volas he is the one that can cause the least damage if you know what I mean lol.

Obivously I would rather see 4 other players there before him, but they are not in the team for some reason so we must work with what we have.

 

[Goodman68]

1. I disagree here he just said it badly. I agree with you that he probably meant it in the way that Badinka is not going because of his attitude towards U20 NT, but the way he said it it simply read as that Badinka is just not good enough to go straightt to WJC and keep up with the tempo and quality there, which is just not true.

2. I am not sure we are talking about the same thing here. Do you mean you compare those two based on attitude and dedidaction towards NT or the sole quality of those two players?

1) No. He made it absolutely clear, it was clear from all the articles I read. Here is even an article where the reason is written in the title.
2) If I compare both factors, I will always prefer Jiříček.
To be clear, I will repeat what I already wrote. If in the future Badinka has performance and wants to play for the national team, I will not have a problem with that. I have a problem with him wanting to play when he didn't care about the team at all and was insulted the whole time. He is definitely not the kind of star who should have a place in the team for sure, when in addition he has not played a really good match for the national team for at least 2 years.

MS hokej U20 | Bereme zdravý a soudržný tým, těší Augustu. Badinku nepozval kvůli omluvenkám - Sport.cz

 

[martygod12]

1) No. He made it absolutely clear, it was clear from all the articles I read. Here is even an article where the reason is written in the title.
2) If I compare both factors, I will always prefer Jiříček.
To be clear, I will repeat what I already wrote. If in the future Badinka has performance and wants to play for the national team, I will not have a problem with that. I have a problem with the fact that he didn't care about the team at all and now that he cared about the team in the first place and after he got offended after last year. He is definitely not the kind of star who should have a place in the team for sure, when in addition he has not played a really good match for the national team for at least 2 years.

MS hokej U20 | Bereme zdravý a soudržný tým, těší Augustu. Badinku nepozval kvůli omluvenkám - Sport.cz

"Podle mě to není tak dominantní obránce, abychom ho mohli vzít rovnou na mistrovství světa." > this line is just not true in my opinion. I feel its obvious that he would just be better then one of the four Port, Koci, Husinecky, Volas. He says it like he needs to be freakin Lane Hutson to come straight to WJC and be viable in Czech defense lol.

Btw Mrtka another 2 points, plays over 25mins a night, but he is not going. Good we are bringing Volas though, he would definitely keep up with the speed of stacked Swedes, Americans or Canadians lol.

 

[Goodman68]

1. Tady nesouhlasím, řekl to špatně. Souhlasím s tebou, že to asi myslel tak, že Badinka nejde kvůli jeho postoji k U20 NT, ale jak to řekl, tak to prostě vyznělo tak, že Badinka prostě není tak dobrý, aby šel rovnou na WJC a držel krok s tamním tempem a kvalitou, což prostě není pravda.

2. Nejsem si jistý, zda zde mluvíme o stejné věci. Máte na mysli, že tyto dva porovnáváte na základě přístupu a oddanosti vůči NT nebo pouze kvality těchto dvou hráčů?

1) Ne. Vyjádřil to naprosto jasně, bylo to jasné ze všech článků, které jsem četl. Tady je dokonce článek, kde je důvod napsaný v nadpisu.
https://www.sport.cz/clanek/hokej-u...stu-badinku-nepozval-kvuli-omluvenkam-5041873
2)

"Podle mě to není tak dominantní obránce, abychom ho mohli vzít rovnou na mistrovství světa." > this line is just not true in my opinion. I feel its obvious that he would just be better then one of the four Port, Koci, Husinecky, Volas. He says it like he needs to be freakin Lane Hutson to come straight to WJC and be viable in Czech defense lol.

Btw Mrtka another 2 points, plays over 25mins a night, but he is not going. Good we are bringing Volas though, he would definitely keep up with the speed of stacked Swedes, Americans or Canadians lol.

Of course, that's one of the other reasons. The primary reason was his excuses. I don't know, do you want to write down the reasons again in their entirety and in some order?

 

[martygod12]

1) Ne. Vyjádřil to naprosto jasně, bylo to jasné ze všech článků, které jsem četl. Tady je dokonce článek, kde je důvod napsaný v nadpisu.
https://www.sport.cz/clanek/hokej-u...stu-badinku-nepozval-kvuli-omluvenkam-5041873
2)

Of course, that's one of the other reasons. The primary reason was his excuses. I don't know, do you want to write down the reasons again in their entirety and in some order?

Yeah but it was completely unnecessary to add that he is not "dominant" enough. Publicly diminishing his quality, that will certainly not help in comunnication between them towards future NT tournaments and next WJC possibly.

 

[BigBadBoar]

And where did I say he can't play for the U20? That he played badly is a fact, I am not saying that he cannot play well in the future. But I agree that he probably won't be the kind of player who should go to the championship just because he plays in the SHL (less and less minutes) and was high drafted. When he had the national team completely on the hook for a whole year (hopefully that will be understandable). Are we supposed to screw someone like that?

I agree. Badinka is hugely overrated by some fans. He is in fact a very fringe player in his SHL team, usually playing a few minutes per game. With the terrible attitude he has been constantly showing to the national team, he deserved no spot on the roster. He probably thinks he is a rising superstar of world hockey or something, but he may well end as a completely averarage and forgettable player with his current attitude.