There is literally almost zero chance that Benák will be nominated. If he didn't get a chance at all in the last U20 tournament, the coaches apparently assessed that it would be too big a bite for him in the current state.
I wouldn't be at all surprised if Sweden finished first in the group. He plays at home and they have a very strong team.
WHL - Sadly Titlbach didnt convert it. He started really good in the WHL, but now it looks like he will be glad to even get drafted. I guess I was wrong on that one lol. At least Jecho is going strong(ish), shame he is injured, and I still think he needs to be a bit more productive to be drafted in 1st round, but 2nd should be a pretty much lock for him. Curran also being decent and he should get drafted too somewhere between 3rd-5th round maybe?
Sounds like it is going very well! Now we need Kulich back in AHL.lol
Was cool to see him deke out a goalie. Didn't know Sapo had that in him. He usually posts up near the net with his big frame and puts home rebounds/tap ins. Good on him for showing that he's got some extra tricks in the bag.
Our annual curse is already hitting us! Jiricek may be out.
We must remain realistic.. Our team really won't look bad on paper, but others will be even stronger on paper, there's no point lying to ourselves. I think that we all realize that we won't have a defense as strong as last year (although it certainly won't be bad, but we won't replace the absences) and most of all, the implementation team did an awful lot of work in how we played. He gave them a lot of confidence, the question is how this will work out for the new coach and if he is able to build on the work of Rulík et al. The previous coaches wanted their team not to embarrass themselves, Rulík wanted to win and was able to transfer that to the team. I see it as a more important question than whether Jiříček will be available (and I really want him to be in the team)
One thing I will say... I think Jiricek was going to be a 5/6 Dman for us so his loss is not devastating if he doesn't play. I obviously wanted him in the final nomination but he is 17 after all and this is U20. He probably would/will get less minutes than a guy like Cech. Hamara will get PP1. I could be wrong of course.
Very likely yes. But of course I wanted to see him play, he belongs to the team efficiently.
Those would be my guesses too.
