quebec2 said:Goalies:
Miroslav Brož (Slavia Praha), Michal Neuvirth (Slavia Praha).
Defenders:
Patrik Prokop (VÃtkovice), David R?ži?ka (Kladno), David Å tich (Plze? ), Bohdan ViÅ¡?ák, Ji?à Jebavý, AntonÃn Drbohlav, FrantiÅ¡ek MoÅ¡?ic (vÅ¡ichni Slavia Praha), Tomáš Jurdi? (T?inec).
Forwards:
Ji?à Tlustý, Michal Kazatel, Martin Látal, David Stieler, Jakub Vorá?ek (vÅ¡ichni Kladno), Martin BartoÅ¡ (VÃtkovice) David Kv?to? (VsetÃn), Jakub Sklená?, VladimÃr R?ži?ka (oba Slavia Praha), Lukáš Rybecký (Sparta Praha), Michal ?epÃk (Sparta Praha), Jan Semorád (Pardubice).
Coaches: Martin Pešout and Karel Najman
cagney said:From the little I know about these players, this seems like a very strong squad. I've heard some hype for D. Ruzicka, Stich, Tlusty, Voracek, Kveton, V. Ruzicka, and Repik in the past. Anyone have any up to date comments on the potential of these players?
Are there any other players on the team with high NHL potential? Are there any players who should be great on the international junior level but might not be big NHL prospects because of size or style of play?
Finally, where's Frolik?
czechhockeyfan said:I think Frolik will play for U-18 team only at World U-18 championship in April in Sweden. He will play lots of games this season at various level.
This team is strong, especially offensively. Stieler, Latal, Bartos, Jebavy or Prokop are also very good prospects. Besides Frolik another good players who are missing are Lukas Lang, Tomas Zohorna or underagers Marek Benda and Ondrej Roman.
cagney said:I'm glad you saw this thread. I figured you'd be the only person who could give a good answer.
Since I've got your attention, I'm curious if you could answer one more question about the Czech '88 and '89 birth years. I've looked through stats for the past several birth years (back to '82) and it seems there are a significantly larger number of high end prospects in the '88 and '89 birth years. The only year which seems to possibly have them beat is the '84 birth year. Frolik has gotten a lot of hype but I'm curious to know how guys like Kveton, Repik, Voracek and Vladimir Ruzicka compare to players like Hudler, Michalek and Olesz. Whenever you get the time I'd love to hear a reply. Thanks a lot in advance.