I hope Petr is gone after this tournament, but I don't get the criticism for today's game. They open it up a bit and walk away with a 2:10 beating instead of 1:4. Coach has to work with what's given to him and there is no coach on the planet that could have made this game close while also trying to push the pace.
Btw I don't remember Hrdina praising Petr in 2021, when the Czechs tried to play tempo game against everyone and it resulted in two trashings against Russia (1:11) and Canada (3:10.)
I agree with that, but also agree that Petr needs to go. For me its much better to defend a respectable result, then to try play openly a get 2:11 trashing. Lets face is we have a weak team this year, and US have a above average team even for their standarts. They are just unplayable this year (wont be suprised if they trash everyone else on their road for gold). 1:4 is still good, no matter how the game looked.
But in contrast to that, Petr still needs to go, he didnt brought anything to the team and made huge mistakes, which probably cost us a better qf and a chance for better result at a tournament.
Next year it could be better hopefully, team looks to have more offensive power next year, but at the same time mantaining decent quality in defense. And with new better coach (athough as I said hard to choose from) we can play a better game.
I just don't like him since he didn't take Hájek to the championship. I was ashamed of the game I played in today's match. Yes, maybe you're right and we would have lost a lot more, but obviously the scouts didn't like it either. And as I write, I don't want to be ashamed of my team in hockey.
Well I think that scouts are bit irelevant. This game wont shake Sale, Hrabal or Dvorak ranking in the draft, nor the guys lower in the draft rankins would gone up if they made some points today.
So they may not like it, but it just doesnt matter at all imo. Sale, Hrabal played good, Dvorak too, they wont go down in rankings. Other guys will maybe lose their ranks in the draft, but not because of todays game.