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Congrats Slovakia!

There was a thread awhile ago about who has the better D.. Czechs of Slovaks. At the time I said Czechs as we had more guys in NHL... now that Nemec has arrived (did he play today?)... I'd say Slovakia has passed us on D for now.

Nemec, Ferhervary and Cermak is a hell of a trio (one is going to be elite, other 2 are very established) and I'd say ahead of Rutta, Gudas and Hronek collectively today. By 2026 - those 3 should still be able to anchor the blue line and play heavy minutes. Slaf should be a beast by then so the team will be a solid pain in the ass.
 
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Czechboy said:
Congrats Slovakia!

There was a thread awhile ago about who has the better D.. Czechs of Slovaks. At the time I said Czechs as we had more guys in NHL... now that Nemec has arrived (did he play today?)... I'd say Slovakia has passed us on D for now.

Nemec, Ferhervary and Cermak is a hell of a trio (one is going to be elite, other 2 are very established) and I'd say ahead of Rutta, Gudas and Hronek collectively today. By 2026 - those 3 should still be able to anchor the blue line and play heavy minutes. Slaf should be a beast by then so the team will be a solid pain in the ass.
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😂 we will get absolutely smoked by any top 5 team
 
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Fil said:
Isn't it there 1st olympics since 92?
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Since 2002.

France played the Olympics in 1920 (summer, 6th), 1924 (host, 6th), 1928 (5th), 1936 (11th), 1968 (host, 14th), 1988 (11th), 1992 (host, 8th), 1994 (10th), 1998 (11th), 2002 (14th).
 
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Albatros said:
I mean, he is the reigning Olympic MVP and top scorer already now.
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might also be the only guy from top 10 to play in 2026
 
nickp91 said:
Wasn't easy for Denmark over the tournament but they got it done and they kinda had to, probably their last shot to have their stars in the Olympics in their prime
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Absolutely, we did need Bjørkstrand today, he was sorely missed, but Jensen stepped up in the slot and put 2 goals on Norway. It was beautiful to see. But for us it is not easy to produce good NHL players, so we have to cherish these moments. We need some of the talents in the pipeline to go to sweden or north america, like Søgaard did, and take their chance. The junior level is just higher.

I do think Norway has more talents in the pipeline right now, but 2026 is too early for them. It will be difficult to get through Norway in 2030
 
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FrHockeyFan said:
Since 2002.

France played the Olympics in 1920 (summer, 6th), 1924 (host, 6th), 1928 (5th), 1936 (11th), 1968 (host, 14th), 1988 (11th), 1992 (host, 8th), 1994 (10th), 1998 (11th), 2002 (14th).
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France did not make it to Group stage in 2002. They where in the qualifications.
 
To me it looks like Group A is going to be tough... especially for Italy. Canada and Sweden are massive gold medal favs. Swiss are very good at Olympics and their core group will still be in tact with about 10 very good NHLers. May even have an NHL goalie full time by 2026.

Group B is the Finn's to lose as they are also a gold contender as they will have all their best together and I've been dying to see that. I feel like every game in this group will be 4-3 or 3-2. I don't see any blowouts and nothing but close games.

Group C - if France replaces Russia then the US should run roughshod over this group. I like Slovakia's chances against Latvia and France. If Russia joins this group then it's possibly the toughest group tbh. 2 Gold favs and Slovakia and Latvia are no pushovers!
 
Czechboy said:
To me it looks like Group A is going to be tough... especially for Italy. Canada and Sweden are massive gold medal favs. Swiss are very good at Olympics and their core group will still be in tact with about 10 very good NHLers. May even have an NHL goalie full time by 2026.

Group B is the Finn's to lose as they are also a gold contender as they will have all their best together and I've been dying to see that. I feel like every game in this group will be 4-3 or 3-2. I don't see any blowouts and nothing but close games.

Group C - if France replaces Russia then the US should run roughshod over this group. I like Slovakia's chances against Latvia and France. If Russia joins this group then it's possibly the toughest group tbh. 2 Gold favs and Slovakia and Latvia are no pushovers!
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If Russia is allowed to play, Latvia is definitely boycotting along with multiple other countries, so that option is not really worth mentioning.

It does not make any sense for France to replace Russia and the groups would clearly be re-seeded.
 
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Czechboy said:
To me it looks like Group A is going to be tough... especially for Italy. Canada and Sweden are massive gold medal favs. Swiss are very good at Olympics and their core group will still be in tact with about 10 very good NHLers. May even have an NHL goalie full time by 2026.

Group B is the Finn's to lose as they are also a gold contender as they will have all their best together and I've been dying to see that. I feel like every game in this group will be 4-3 or 3-2. I don't see any blowouts and nothing but close games.

Group C - if France replaces Russia then the US should run roughshod over this group. I like Slovakia's chances against Latvia and France. If Russia joins this group then it's possibly the toughest group tbh. 2 Gold favs and Slovakia and Latvia are no pushovers!
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In case Russia will not participate the groups will be regrouped as follows:
A: CAN, SUI, CZE, ITA
B: SWE, FIN, SVK, DEN
C: USA, GER, LAT, FRA
Source: hockeyslovakia
 
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HamburgerSK said:
In case Russia will not participate the groups will be regrouped as follows:
A: CAN, SUI, CZE, ITA
B: SWE, FIN, SVK, DEN
C: USA, GER, LAT, FRA
Source: hockeyslovakia
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That Group C is going to be wide open with one of Germany or Latvia having a chance to get a bye into the QFs. Not a bad draw at all.
 
I’m not a believer they’d go to goal differential based on results from three non-overlapping round robins. Comparing how much France ran up the score against Ukraine and Slovenia to how much Norway beat Japan and Great Britain isn’t exactly a clear establishing of the better team (especially if teams weren’t told clearly in advance that goal differential could matter outside their own pool ranking).

I think they have to go to IIHF ranking if they don’t have the means/time to have Norway France and Kazakhstan actually play each other. Goal differential against non-shared opposition is ridiculously arbitrary.
 
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Namejs said:
That Group C is going to be wide open with one of Germany or Latvia having a chance to get a bye into the QFs. Not a bad draw at all.
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If the information wouldn't stand on the hockeyslovakia official page I'd take it for a hoax. Considering IIHF ranking this doesn't make any sense. The group C is the weakest one by a great margin.
 
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