PapaQ
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At this point I would almost prefer to have some more experienced players from our league, maybe even 2 complete lines. For some reason I have a feeling they'd do better than this.
GDT: Group B - May 11 - Slovakia (2) vs Belarus (4)
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At this point I would almost prefer to have some more experienced players from our league, maybe even 2 complete lines. For some reason I have a feeling they'd do better than this.
tobu
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Chill guys, Slovak hockey is not dead, it's been falling for a few years now, but it was expected. Reason why this year seems to be tragic is simple, a bad coach and manager and a badly built team. You can't base your 1st line on a 21yr old player who is known to be a *********. You can't keep rolling the same 1st line as a coach for 4 straight games where that line has the worst CORSI stats. You can't be silent as a coach on the bench and not react when your team collapses repeatedly. There are some decent players on the team, but the young guns like Reway, Dano are not first-liners, not until they get experience. Reway should have been at most a 3rd liner, along with Dano. The current 2nd line should have been the first line, the management should haven not failed in pre-tournament and we could have a solid 2nd line with Hrivik and Panik.
Other than this tournament, they youth is doing ok, U18 was fifth, next years team is expected to be as strong if not stronger. U20 made the quarters last tournament and was third in 2015. Hence if you look at the youth development, its consistently in the A division without a hint of falling down. To transfer this to the men, you just need a good coach and no political turmoil in the hockey federation as we had this past year.
Tl;dr: Slovak hockey is not bad, this coach is and this team was terribly built. Youth is doing fine.
Other than this tournament, they youth is doing ok, U18 was fifth, next years team is expected to be as strong if not stronger. U20 made the quarters last tournament and was third in 2015. Hence if you look at the youth development, its consistently in the A division without a hint of falling down. To transfer this to the men, you just need a good coach and no political turmoil in the hockey federation as we had this past year.
Tl;dr: Slovak hockey is not bad, this coach is and this team was terribly built. Youth is doing fine.
I kinda feel this was the game for both of the teams. Belarus will go to the qualies after this win (Germany, Hungary, France left), only to get beaten by the Czechs, but nevertheless. Big win for them.
kudla
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we are missing like 8 nhl/ahl players and 1 from finnish league who doesnt want to play
for us... but still we should beat those teams
for us... but still we should beat those teams
Actually, we are on par with "those teams". It just shocks me how we always find a way to **** up our lead, and it looks like our guys aren't even trying.
You are not missing them. You essentially no longer have 3 of the NHLers and the Finnish leaguer. So you need to plan how to beat these other teams without them, not dream of them coming back because except maybe for one pre-retirement rodeo they won't.
