If it were a 5 Nations Face-Off with Czechia invited, where would Czechia finish?

[dalewood12]

As a point of reference, here is a projected Czechia lineup from Steven Ellis at Daily Faceoff, had Czechia been invited:

Ondrej Palat – Pavel Zacha – David Pastrnak
Tomas Hertl – Martin Necas – Jiri Kulich
Jakub Vrana – Radek Faska – David Kampf
Ivan Ivan – Filip Chytil – Jakub Lauko
Tomas Nosek

Jan Rutta – Filip Hronek
David Spacek – Radko Gudas
John Ludvig – David Jiricek
Stanislav Svozil

Lukas Dostal
Karel Vejmelka
Petr Mrazek

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[I am not exposed]

5th. Finland and Sweden are better on paper.

 

[tmg]

If Finland was healthy and you’re comparing each country’s healthy best, that Czech team finishes 5th.

In this scenario, but with Finland icing the injury decimated team they did? That Cze team might slip past into 4th. I still think they’d be an underdog to finish ahead of Finland but it would be a closer call.

 

[ACC1224]

They'd finish in the top 5 for sure.

 

[Eternal Leaf]

Fifth.

Maybe they pull an upset on Finland but doubt it.

 

[Fatass]

It will be fun to see all the best hockey nations at the 2026 Olympics. A hot goalie in the knockout games and the Checks have a shot, like in ‘98.

 

[KevinRedkey]

Anyone can win 1 random game in a tournament like this, so they would maybe finish ahead of Finland - but on paper I'd say they'd finish last. Their D would be their downfall.

 

[Suntouchable13]

David Kampf on the third line, lolll. The guy is bad. 5th place, and not even a single win.

 

[SelltheTeamFrancesco]

Who knows but with Lukas Dostal he could stand on his head like he has all year and who knows at that point.