Pavel Buchnevich
"Pavel Buchnevich The Fake"
Hear me out here.
Forever since I’ve been a hockey fan it’s been looked at as a big five in international hockey with Czechia as the sixth best in a category of their own.
We’ve seen a Czech resurgence of late and Finland has been going the opposite direction.
In terms of top 50 picks the last 3 drafts, Finland has 8 and Czechia has 7. I think it’s likely after 2025 that Czechia will have more for the last 4 drafts. Finland is starting to hover around low teens for total draft picks most years.
Last year was an exception with 18, although it was talked up for years as their best draft in a long time (and you still saw a lot of disappointing fallers like Kiviharju, Vaisanen, Muhonen, and Vinni). Finland has only had 4 first round picks the last 4 years with the highest going 14th. Czechia also has 4 in the last 4 years with their highest pick being 6th.
Could we see more total Czechia picks and top 50 picks for 2025? I think there’s a good chance.
Is Finland closer to keeping up with Canada, USA, Russia, and Sweden for producing players or are we starting to see them fall back into a tier with Czechia?
Forever since I’ve been a hockey fan it’s been looked at as a big five in international hockey with Czechia as the sixth best in a category of their own.
We’ve seen a Czech resurgence of late and Finland has been going the opposite direction.
In terms of top 50 picks the last 3 drafts, Finland has 8 and Czechia has 7. I think it’s likely after 2025 that Czechia will have more for the last 4 drafts. Finland is starting to hover around low teens for total draft picks most years.
Last year was an exception with 18, although it was talked up for years as their best draft in a long time (and you still saw a lot of disappointing fallers like Kiviharju, Vaisanen, Muhonen, and Vinni). Finland has only had 4 first round picks the last 4 years with the highest going 14th. Czechia also has 4 in the last 4 years with their highest pick being 6th.
Could we see more total Czechia picks and top 50 picks for 2025? I think there’s a good chance.
Is Finland closer to keeping up with Canada, USA, Russia, and Sweden for producing players or are we starting to see them fall back into a tier with Czechia?