WC: Kazakhstan 2022 roster talk

[Lartsaman]

Well since he left Barys on bad terms I wouldn't be surprised he doesn't care about playing for Kazakhstan at all.

If so, why the hell he participated at all this year?

 

[ozo]

There are some rumors that his deal with CSKA is not yet 100% official so that's why he is still kept out of the playing roster. No idea how legit is this rumor.

 

[SoundAndFury]

If so, why the hell he participated at all this year?

Maybe they only paid him for 2 games or something

 

[torero]

Hey Kazakhstan !!
So far all lost ... one more game against Italy.

Let me tell you that this does not reflect how you played.
appart of Canada , and Danemark, you lost all by 1 goal !

I felt you deserved way better and have the feeling that, year after year, you are on the way up.
tomorow, your first win against italy.

 

[torero]

Hey Kazakhstan !!
So far all lost ... one more game against Italy.

Let me tell you that this does not reflect how you played.
appart of Canada , and Danemark, you lost all by 1 goal !

I felt you deserved way better and have the feeling that, year after year, you are on the way up.
tomorow, your first win against it

i know ... i reply to myself ... but whoever reads it !! i called it !

keep it up Kasakhstan ...
i love you :;-)

 

[ozo]

i know ... i reply to myself ... but whoever reads it !! i called it !

keep it up Kasakhstan ...
i love you :;-)

I can't tell how serious you are about your posts, but in general, Kazakhstan did what they are supposed to do. Despite their early performances, nobody really expected Italy to beat them and this outcome totally makes sense.

 

[SoundAndFury]

Beating the old drum but it's a shame Kazakhs need Valk, Dietz, etc. to beat Italy while guys like Orekhov or Panyukov need to be on the verge of moving to big Russian teams just to get a decent role on the team.

Imagine seeing some of the guys who played in the WJC top division on the NT team before they are like 25... What a world that would be.

 

[member 305909]

Is hockey a big deal in Kazakstan? I mean like in Belarus for example?

In Italy an average Italian doesn't even know that Italy has a hockey-team. I guess the sport is a bit more popular than that in Kazakstan.

 

[SoundAndFury]

It's bigger/much bigger in Belarus. I'd say it's more important to the government/establishment than the general public. It's truly big only in a few hockey hotbeds in the north.

Other than that local league is played in tiny arenas with a couple of hundreds of viewers in attendance. NT doesn't sell out the arenas, Barys only fill over half of their arena in the PO. So the money is there but the actual interest is lukewarm.

Surely bigger than in Italy but still.

 

[Levshunov]

Is hockey a big deal in Kazakstan? I mean like in Belarus for example?

In Italy an average Italian doesn't even know that Italy has a hockey-team. I guess the sport is a bit more popular than that in Kazakstan.

Kazakhstan loves hockey, but not as much as Boxing. In the Soviet Union there was a good school in Ust-Kamenogorsk, a lot of good players who played at a high level came out of there. Ust-Kamenogorsk had one of the strongest goalkeeping schools in the Soviet Union.