Dreaded Czech U18 Thread

[martygod12]

Do i also see Pšenička there?? Lets goo

 

[martygod12]

And my boy Kachlir in the lineup

 

[Goodman68]

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There's even Pšenička. The only thing missing is Nestrasil, and he wasn't even at the HGC. I have no idea if there's a problem between the coach and the player, but I'm extremely happy with this nomination.

 

[Sebarek]

This might no joke be the best Czech u18 team in like 20 years. The top six is gonna be crazy, the bottom six are no slouches either, good D with two studs in Mrtka and Dravecký and very good goalies. Hopefully the coaching will be up to the level of the squad, but considering Čermák coached the team to two Hlinka silvers, I am confident.

 

[Czechboy]

The f*** is going on???? I go to bed, wake up and see we 'maybe' have Benak (I mean, those tweeters are never inaccurate but seems too good to be true).. then I wake up to see Psnecka? Mrtka? Benak?

If this is April Fools and AI .. I am reporting all of you.lmao

 

[Czechboy]

And to add to what goodman said, we were also missing at least 5-6 guys

I don't want to get into it because I love my Slovaks but yeah.. guys missing for us:

Mrtka, Benak, Psnecka, Novotny, Poletin and Katolicky played only 1 game.

 

[martygod12]

The f*** is going on???? I go to bed, wake up and see we 'maybe' have Benak (I mean, those tweeters are never inaccurate but seems too good to be true).. then I wake up to see Psnecka? Mrtka? Benak?

If this is April Fools and AI .. I am reporting all of you.lmao

Yeah we are basically at full strength minus Nestrasil. It starting to scare me a bit, when we go somewhere like the stacked team, we usually burn and fall into pieces ...

Hope this will not be another case of that lol

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

USHL teams aren’t like CHL when it comes to this tournament. They’ll sometimes release players during the playoffs. Tri-City released Connelly last year for USA. For your sake, let’s hope it goes a bit better for Benak.

Nestrasil probably didn’t have the same type of negotiating power as Benak or Czech federation probably didn’t push as hard for him as they did Benak.

 

[Czechboy]

I expected Mrtka and maybe Pekar. I did not expect all 5. Now get Pasta/Vej/Hronek to the World's and I'll be a lot less bitchy around here.

I appreciate the comment from Erik but I don't think we are a gold contender on paper. US and Sweden are and have better rosters. However Canada is usually weaker here. Finn's are always dangerous. I think we are in the medal conversation.

Benak is our wildcard. While he may not end up being in the NHL and he's not going first overall. I will be in absolute shock if he doesn't finish with 10 to 12 points and is top 5 to 10 amongst forwards. He may not be the next McDavid but, at U18, he's a massive difference maker.

The supporting cast is unreal

Got our starting goalie
Got our 2 big D in Psnecka and Mrtka
Got 2 potential first round D in Mrtka and Dravecky
Got a potential first rounder in Novotny and Katolicky
I love that it's Kachlir and do see Goodman's point but I think he'll be sheltered because he won't be taking ice from Mrtka/Dravecky/Psnecka. In a playoff game we can really shorten that D up and play those guys big minutes.
Then you got guys like Poletin and Cihar to help with the scoring.

Top 4 D will be good to great
Goalie will be good to great
Top 6 F will be as good as we've sent in awhile

Without counting.. I assume at least half the team to 75% played on the Silver Hlinka team?

If Kazakhistan beats us again this year then I quit!lol

 

[Czechboy]

No Nestrasil sucks becasue he's a big body and can defend. Be useful agains the big 3 but this isn't the end of the world for me. This roster is about as optimal as we could get. No one gets everyone for these tournaments and Canada will be hurt the most by playoffs. So it's fair game.

I won't be bitching about the roster. And I like the coaches. So, to be honest, let's drop that puck!

 

[Czechboy]

Yeah we are basically at full strength minus Nestrasil. It starting to scare me a bit, when we go somewhere like the stacked team, we usually burn and fall into pieces ...

Hope this will not be another case of that lol

I totally agree but we still aren't the favorite. We are still the plucky underdogs. No way the Swedes/US/Canada are shitting their pants at our additions.

Reminds me a lot of our U20 team where I thought we'd do well and we performed to our standard.

I love our crossover because US and Swedes are in our pool. So there are 2 nightmare quarters avoided right away. Dream is we manage to beat Swiss and Germans and get a point/split out of US and Sweden. However, even losses to them will strengthen us for the quarters. I don't mind round robin losses as they often improve us.

I will say though... and I don't think we are winning gold, but whenever we win gold it is always the hardest draw possible and we have to beat everyone.lol Eg. Nagano was US, Canada and Russia. Last World's was US, Sweden and then damn near the Swiss A team. 2010 was Sweden, Finland and the Russian A Olympic Team. So when we win, we really win.lol

Hoping to win the quarter and have 2 games to watch that weekend!

 

[Czechboy]

Still hate that.

Also, are they flying in Benak, Mrtka, Psnecika, Stebatek and Pekar only to fly them to Texas a week later?lol

 

[Czechboy]

Pavel B was right, all our good D are right handed.lol