So that's one gimmick team likely through to the SF. 
And another one tonight, followed by the hopeful elimination of the US.
Hilarious.
And another one tonight, followed by the hopeful elimination of the US.
Hilarious.
PGT: 9/19 - Team Europe vs. Czech Republic - Team Europe 3 Czech Republic 2 F OT
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Doesn't matter, I was wrong. OT wins count as less than regulation win. So if USA can win both in regulation, they go on.
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Regulation wins trump OT wins, so US need not worry about goal difference. They just need to win two hockey games.
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Nope. Junior development was put on the back-burner. It wasn't until Lener arrived that it was restarted.
The current generation of players who make up most of the national team (Palat, Hertl, Jaskin, Jordan, Gudas, Sustr, Kempny etc) were the guys who struggled mightily at the WJC's. So it's not really a surprise that we're struggling now. The older generation is aging (Plekanec, Krejci) and the younger guys aren't there yet (Pastrnak, Vrana, Zacha, Necas, Zboril, Zadina etc).
We'll be back. It's just a question of when
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no, all goal differential comes before h2h goal differential(which is stupid) but ROW and regulation wins come before that as a tiebreaker so in a 3 way tie Europe likely loses out because they didn't beat the Czechs in regulation.(assuming the USA do)
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They figured they had a better chance winning in the shootout than by pulling their goalie in OT.
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My guru of Eastern philosophy says that actually the team is **** and Kempny is great.
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He can understand Czech for the most part and can have a very basic conversation.
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Probably everybody was thinking this. + Kempny who is awful as well. The worst combo possible.
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No, if USA beats CAN and CZE in regulation and CAN beats Europe in regulation there's a 3 way tie at 4 points. All 3 teams would have 2 ROW, but Canada and USA would have 2 regulation wins while Europe would have just 1. Europe would be out.
h2h is only the tiebreaker if it's a 2 team tie, I always see people reference the h2h when they can at best tie with another team, without factoring in that a 3rd team can also be in this tie which throws out the h2h as it would always be 1-1 h2h for everyone in a 3 way tie(which is why it's not a 3 way tiebreaker)
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Well Canada can only get 4 points as well if the US beats them which leads to a 3 way tie so head to head becomes irrelevant .
Nope. Junior development was put on the back-burner. It wasn't until Lener arrived that it was restarted.
The current generation of players who make up most of the national team (Palat, Hertl, Jaskin, Jordan, Gudas, Sustr, Kempny etc) were the guys who struggled mightily at the WJC's. So it's not really a surprise that we're struggling now. The older generation is aging (Plekanec, Krejci) and the younger guys aren't there yet (Pastrnak, Vrana, Zacha, Necas, Zboril, Zadina etc).
We'll be back. It's just a question of when
I have said something similiar in a other thread and I agree. We are pretty much in a rebuild stage right now, just like Finland (though Finns have better prospects).
Yeah, was thinking the same. Kempny, who did more bad than good the whole tournament, Hanzal who is slow and Michalek, who is even slower. Did Palat get some time in the OT? Some bad coaching here.
