Jeremy Hronek
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I hope one day GB can become a competitive hockey country. It would be really good for the sport.
I mean I only closely follow the national team myself, but in terms of D-men, Richardson-Tetlow are far and above the rest, esp when it comes to ability to position and sense danger. Guys like Batch and Ehrhardt are more symptoms of us not having anyone better - the first two are among very few players who can actually compete at D1A, let alone WC level.im not expert on uk hockey. what would the team look like?
I hope one day GB can become a competitive hockey country. It would be really good for the sport.
Of those you mentioned I think losing Richardson will have the most serious impact - compared to the players we had available 5 years ago, the forward options look already much healthier, just defensively there is a bit of a risk we end up stumbling into a situation where the choices are Tetlow + a bunch of numpties.It's going to be really interesting to watch how GB survives this generational shift as well. O'Connor, Phillips x2, Richardson, Dowd, Mosey, Myers all on their way out. Not exactly an irreplaceable bunch but still the young guys need to be developed to reach their level.
See Sam Duggan. In general, so many kids that looked promising are in kinda dubious point of their careers.