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U18: Hlinka Gretzky Cup 2024

Czechboy

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Which isnt to say we are better than the big nations or we are back. But our last few junior nominations had great D and okay forwards... this nomination seems to have a nice top end of forward talent. Time will tell of course. But as a defending silver medal squad here.. I think semis is the goal.
 
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Czechboy said:
Which isnt to say we are better than the big nations or we are back. But our last few junior nominations had great D and okay forwards... this nomination seems to have a nice top end of forward talent. Time will tell of course. But as a defending silver medal squad here.. I think semis is the goal.
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Not 100% back but maybe 75? Maybe more? It’s been so bleak the last 20 years. Especially in defence.
Evidenced by our lack of top players in NHL.

It still doesn’t seem real that we’re producing so many defence lol. What the heck happened.
 
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czechcanadian said:
Not 100% back but maybe 75? Maybe more? It’s been so bleak the last 20 years. Especially in defence.
Evidenced by our lack of top players in NHL.

It still doesn’t seem real that we’re producing so many defence lol. What the heck happened.
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Few of these guys hit top 6 and top 4 spots in NHL and we are looking much better. We definitely have a higher talent pool right in junior than a few years ago. Just need some of these guys to stick.. anything from chmelar to kulich. Or from Hamara to jiricek. Really curious how many push to NHL.. even the role guys like raska, Ivan, Marcel, brabenec, chmelar, Pavel... do any of them make it?lots of irons in the fire!

And krejcikova won Wimbledon!
 
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Czechboy said:
Few of these guys hit top 6 and top 4 spots in NHL and we are looking much better. We definitely have a higher talent pool right in junior than a few years ago. Just need some of these guys to stick.. anything from chmelar to kulich. Or from Hamara to jiricek. Really curious how many push to NHL.. even the role guys like raska, Ivan, Marcel, brabenec, chmelar, Pavel... do any of them make it?lots of irons in the fire!

And krejcikova won Wimbledon!
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Pretty good year for Czech sports.
 
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When do rosters usually drop for this? I feel like we knew much sooner last year but I only have been able to find Germany and Czechia’s rosters
 
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dr1234 said:
When do rosters usually drop for this? I feel like we knew much sooner last year but I only have been able to find Germany and Czechia’s rosters
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We didn't know much sooner last year even though the tournament was held 5 days earlier than this year. 5 of the 8 teams attending announced their rosters 2-4 days before the tournament started (there were 2 pre-tournament games 2 days before the start of the tournament).

Some teams have camps beforehand, so they won't announce a team before the camp ends.
 
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As far as I know Luka Radivojevic will miss the tournament. So that's 2 top Slovak D's minus from the roster. Still a solid defence core for Slovak standards with names like Zubek,Lisy,Goljer,Čapoš,Rusznyak and Kalman.
 
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From what I remember Luka Radivojevic is the first Slovak player ever (?) who decided to decline the invitation and skip this tournament. Hlinka Gretzky Cup could only slow down his career according to him and his father. He´s more ambitious than Slaf and Nemec combined, wow :oops:
 
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