The other good news is that we have 7 goalies in and out of the NHL... and a lot more developing like Skarek, Patera, Dobes and this draft has Hrabal and Dybal who are both highly rated. We don't have a Vezina candidate but we have some solid goalies. Hoping Vejmelka gets traded to a contender as I think his stats will improve I think.What’s with the Czech’s suddenly pumping out high-end (or potential high-end) blueliners these days? Feels like Jiricek and Svozil (and even Spacek who I think is hugely underrated) is just the beginning. Hamara, Dvorak, Badinka, Galvas II, Jiricek II, on and on.
I remember a time when the Czechs had really solid rearguards but it kind of fell into an abyss the last decade until this new explosion of talents.
Czech (and Slovakia) talent pool seems to be entering a new golden age potentially. Very exciting even if this kid is way too young to make big judgements on.
Just that Skarek.. He looked great in HGC and since then meh..The other good news is that we have 7 goalies in and out of the NHL... and a lot more developing like Skarek, Patera, Dobes and this draft has Hrabal and Dybal who are both highly rated. We don't have a Vezina candidate but we have some solid goalies. Hoping Vejmelka gets traded to a contender as I think his stats will improve I think.
But it'll be pretty funny if we ended up overcorrecting the D probem and stop producing forwards... it'd be very Czech if that happened.lol
Sorry for my bad english....What’s with the Czech’s suddenly pumping out high-end (or potential high-end) blueliners these days? Feels like Jiricek and Svozil (and even Spacek who I think is hugely underrated) is just the beginning. Hamara, Dvorak, Badinka, Galvas II, Jiricek II, on and on.
I remember a time when the Czechs had really solid rearguards but it kind of fell into an abyss the last decade until this new explosion of talents.
Czech (and Slovakia) talent pool seems to be entering a new golden age potentially. Very exciting even if this kid is way too young to make big judgements on.
Your English is great. Keep us updated on future prospects as they mature!Sorry for my bad english....
Yes, in the last 10 years there has been a shortage of strong players in defense. Now the situation with the defense players has begun to improve. All of these listed players will become prominent figures in the Czech national team in the future. Moreover, I'll tell you a secret, among even younger ages, there may be even more interesting names.
I follow youth hockey in the Czech Republic closely and already now I see the potential of the first round, and possibly the top 10 for at least 7 more players. I will not name names, I will only foresee gifs. GIF, GIF, GIF, GIF, GIF.
Kachlir and all of these defs (and there are a few more) will hopefully leave at the top of the 2026-2031 draft.
Funny GIFs. It is obvious that the individual skills of the czech defenders are really improving compared to the past.Sorry for my bad english....
Yes, in the last 10 years there has been a shortage of strong players in defense. Now the situation with the defense players has begun to improve. All of these listed players will become prominent figures in the Czech national team in the future. Moreover, I'll tell you a secret, among even younger ages, there may be even more interesting names.
I follow youth hockey in the Czech Republic closely and already now I see the potential of the first round, and possibly the top 10 for at least 7 more players. I will not name names, I will only foresee gifs. GIF, GIF, GIF, GIF, GIF.
Kachlir and all of these defs (and there are a few more) will hopefully leave at the top of the 2026-2031 draft.
His movement reminds me of a young Galvas.First 3-point match today. 6 pts in last 3 games!
This kid looks amazing… looks to play with a lot of confidenceToday, in the game against the Slovaks in overtime, Kachlir brought victory to the Czech team. The Czechs eventually became the winners of the u16 tournament.
This is an opinion obtained only on the basis of those positive reports and statistics. In fact, in the last international event, it was clear that he has a lot of shortcomings defensively and will have to work on this side a lot. And I write this as his fan.He is probably already better than all the Slovakia defenders at HGC. He could probably make the Czech team as well.
That’s a crazy problem to have.Czechia finally having some offensive style defensemen is great. Kachlir, Dravecky, Galvas, and D. Jiricek is offensive in nature also.
Too bad almost all the good young Czech defensemen shoot right.
Slovaks have the same problem.