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WJC: Division I-III

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Wow. That's a proper reality check. All this bold talk from everyone (including me) about golden generation being wasted in second tier tournament and it all comes crushing down this stunningly. Tambijevs or no Tambijevs, the team with all this supposed skill should of won despite him. That being said, he deserves to be crucified and probably deserved to be sacked already last year. He can't coach or impose any structure or game plan upon the team. A huge mess.
 
ozo said:
Wow. That's a proper reality check. All this bold talk from everyone (including me) about golden generation being wasted in second tier tournament and it all comes crushing down this stunningly. Tambijevs or no Tambijevs, the team with all this supposed skill should of won despite him. That being said, he deserves to be crucified and probably deserved to be sacked already last year. He can't coach or impose any structure or game plan upon the team. A huge mess.
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I think the problem is the defense, I watched the game and there are major issues in mobility and outlet passing.
 
The really good thing about this team, is that most of the more talented players are 1st generation U20 players. Which means they will be available for the U20 team next year in Toronto/Montreal.

My parent's live in Toronto.. This is gonna be soooooo cool :D
 
cska78 said:
Latvia has what 30% Russian population, and only discriminatory laws don't make Russian a second official language.
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Don't start this.Please.

ozo said:
Wow. That's a proper reality check. All this bold talk from everyone (including me) about golden generation being wasted in second tier tournament and it all comes crushing down this stunningly. Tambijevs or no Tambijevs, the team with all this supposed skill should of won despite him. That being said, he deserves to be crucified and probably deserved to be sacked already last year. He can't coach or impose any structure or game plan upon the team. A huge mess.
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They are too young to overplay similar teams purely based on talent alone. If that would be possible- why even have head coaches? Just put them on the ice with a predefined training plan and let them play how they want to- their talent will prevail. But what bothers me is.. 16-32 shots? Really?! it should be way closer than that. If Tambijevs won't resign after this (although i am sure he will sniff out the possibility that he could get sacked) then i don't know what is happening.

However, the question is, who to replace Tambijevs with??

ImGoingNucks said:
The really good thing about this team, is that most of the more talented players are 1st generation U20 players. Which means they will be available for the U20 team next year in Toronto/Montreal.

My parent's live in Toronto.. This is gonna be soooooo cool :D
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Congratulations :)
 
Arthur said:
Don't start this.Please.


They are too young to overplay similar teams purely based on talent alone. If that would be possible- why even have head coaches? Just put them on the ice with a predefined training plan and let them play how they want to- their talent will prevail. But what bothers me is.. 16-32 shots? Really?! it should be way closer than that. If Tambijevs won't resign after this (although i am sure he will sniff out the possibility that he could get sacked) then i don't know what is happening.

However, the question is, who to replace Tambijevs with??


Congratulations :)
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Cheers mate:)

And sorry it had to be on your expence... For a rival team, I really like you Latvians :)

Does Latvia not have any ethnical coaches available, with the knowhow ofc?
 
ImGoingNucks said:
Cheers mate:)

And sorry it had to be on your expence... For a rival team, I really like you Latvians :)

Does Latvia not have any ethnical coaches available, with the knowhow ofc?
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I don't mind. We would get crushed next year anyway. It would get really ugly.. Do you think Denmark has the possibility of staying up next year?

There is not a huge pool of coaches to choose from.. This is the reason why we have Ted Nolan(Buffalo Sabres temporary coach) as our national team coach. Artis Abols has done a good job of having Dinamo Riga sitting comfortably in KHL Western conference playoff spot and he is the main candidate to take over NT coach role. But you were asking about u-20.. That i do not have an answer to.
 
Arthur said:
I don't mind. We would get crushed next year anyway. It would get really ugly.. Do you think Denmark has the possibility of staying up next year?

There is not a huge pool of coaches to choose from.. This is the reason why we have Ted Nolan(Buffalo Sabres temporary coach) as our national team coach. Artis Abols has done a good job of having Dinamo Riga sitting comfortably in KHL Western conference playoff spot and he is the main candidate to take over NT coach role. But you were asking about u-20.. That i do not have an answer to.
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Hmm realistically, I don't see us staying up. On the other hand, this team could be the best we have up, not just because of talent, but because most of them have/can play 2-3 consecutive tourneys together.

But again, realisticallly no! All im hoping for is a good showing with no crushing defeats.

Well we kinda have the same problem in DK. That's why we always have Swedes on the Sr. side. But we tend to stay with Danes on the Jr. side. Or I don't know if Todd counted as a Dane when he coached. But you get the picture.

In the future a lot of us hope to get Ehlers father Heinz to coach the Danis NT. He is our only serious candidate if you ask me.

Cant Latvia do that? Maybe hire a foreigner who is not Ted Nolan for the Sr. Side, and go Latvian for the Jr's ?
 
Netherlands and Hungary are playing each other tomorrow. It's most likely going to decide who gets promoted, barring an upset in their last games.

Same thing for Croatia and Estonia with Regulation. Both are sitting at 0 points. Whoever loses is probably going down.
 
2.00 on Croatian victory and 2.70 on Estonian. I am sure they didn't watch first three Croatian games.:laugh::laugh:
 
ficohok said:
2.00 on Croatian victory and 2.70 on Estonian. I am sure they didn't watch first three Croatian games.:laugh::laugh:
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mhm, I guess Estonia wasn't that spectacular neither ;)

2,4 on Latvia as some bookies set it could have some value, doesn't it?
 
ImGoingNucks said:
That is true.. It really depends on which team drafts him and at what #Pos he is taken.

Let's hope :laugh:
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Most of the back bone on the team is still on for WJC 2014 so I think we definately have a shot, with or without Draisalt on Germanys team. Who says they stay up instead of Norway anyway?

This is a perfect selling window for our prospects and they will do anything it takes to be chosen to this team. It could very well be their future that opens up if they get on the team and plays well. Scouts from all CHL-clubs will be seated here. If I were a young talent in the perimeter of national team level I would work my ass off the next 12 months to secure my place on the team.
 
bagge said:
most of the back bone on the team is still on for wjc 2014 so i think we definately have a shot, with or without draisalt on germanys team. Who says they stay up instead of norway anyway?

This is a perfect selling window for our prospects and they will do anything it takes to be chosen to this team. It could very well be their future that opens up if they get on the team and plays well. Scouts from all chl-clubs will be seated here. If i were a young talent in the perimeter of national team level i would work my ass off the next 12 months to secure my place on the team.
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2015 ;)
 
Bagge said:
Most of the back bone on the team is still on for WJC 2014 so I think we definately have a shot, with or without Draisalt on Germanys team. Who says they stay up instead of Norway anyway?

This is a perfect selling window for our prospects and they will do anything it takes to be chosen to this team. It could very well be their future that opens up if they get on the team and plays well. Scouts from all CHL-clubs will be seated here. If I were a young talent in the perimeter of national team level I would work my ass off the next 12 months to secure my place on the team.
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True, this is going to be very exiting :)

We could actually stay up this time around :)
 
Bagge said:
Most of the back bone on the team is still on for WJC 2014 so I think we definately have a shot, with or without Draisalt on Germanys team. Who says they stay up instead of Norway anyway?
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Did you see Norwegian roster? :laugh:

Lithuanians, meanwhile, are kicking Romanian butts and Lithuania - Netherlands will most likely decide who's taking the second place.
 
SoundAndFury said:
Did you see Norwegian roster? :laugh:

Lithuanians, meanwhile, are kicking Romanian butts and Lithuania - Netherlands will most likely decide who's taking the second place.
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No, I havent got a clue about the norwegian roster, but Denmark was not the obvious promoted team either, so you cant always judge a roster solely on the paper. Furthermore Denmark have had our grip on both Norway and partly also Germany when it comes to junior hockey, so I am not that affraid. Also worth noting is that our perfomance against for example Slovakia has been really good the last few years. Didnt we beat them the last two or three times?
 
Bagge said:
No, I havent got a clue about the norwegian roster, but Denmark was not the obvious promoted team either, so you cant always judge a roster solely on the paper. Furthermore Denmark have had our grip on both Norway and partly also Germany when it comes to junior hockey, so I am not that affraid. Also worth noting is that our perfomance against for example Slovakia has been really good the last few years. Didnt we beat them the last two or three times?
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I wasn't talking about Denmark, I just meant that in WJC relegation battle this year Germany looks waaaay better than Norway (since you said "Who says they stay up instead of Norway anyway?"). I do agree, however, that "on paper" judgment isn't always right but at this point Germany being relegated over Norway seems to be quite a stretch.

Denmark will surely have their chance to stay up next year with Ehlers, Eller, Bjorkstrand, Aagard and Sorensen returning.
 
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