Can Belarus catch up to Slovakia ?

[ViD]

It seems that there are some promising things in Belarus and I wonder if they can get on a similar level as Slovakia

Slovaks have Slaf, Nemec, Cernak as their main stars with a few other decent guys like Tatar, Pospisil.

Belarus biggest stars now are Sharangovich and Protas. They also have Levshunov entering the league.

The last draft there were 3 Belarusian players selected to only one Slovak.

Is Belarus getting closer to Slovakia’s level of development?

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[erikhamren]

I dont think so. Slovakia has Slafkovsky, Nemec and Dvorsky as their young core and Radivojevic as their next big D prospect. Apart from Levshunov theres currently no Belarusian high end forward prospect

 

[kudla]

Catching up to Germany*

 

[Albatros]

Catching up to Germany*

Draisaitl, Stützle, Seider from Belarus? Not going to happen.

 

[Zine]

I don't see them passing Slovakia. Maybe Germany long-term.

They'll undoubtedly supersede Latvia and Denmark as the #1 country in the tier just below Slovakia/Switzerland/Germany.