tobu
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Gajan. That's it, that's the game summary.
GDT: WJC - Slovakia vs Switzerland, Dec.. 27, 2023
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jj cale
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Slovakia goes 2 and 0 to start, not their best performance but got the job done
Frustrating loss. We have been better for almost the entierty of the game and just cant buy a goal.
tobu
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vlady
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Ugly win, hopefully we have the stinker out of the way and we can only get better from here.
Swiss were really good and probably deserved better luck.
Swiss were really good and probably deserved better luck.
kudla
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that's probably true but do you really deserve better if you are so wasteful with the opportunities? Gajan was great but they had to at least score once and take it to OT
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Every team will have their bad games. Good wake up call for Slovakia here. It will benefit them down the road. Same thing goes for Czech.
A really good goalie makes a big difference.
Hats off to Swiss for a very impressive showing!
A really good goalie makes a big difference.
Hats off to Swiss for a very impressive showing!
Well, almost every game SUI and SVK are playing at any level is a tight game. It was an important win against well skating swiss team. The second slovak line has been invisible so far which actually bears some potential for improving the perfomance of the whole slovak team.
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Oh. I missed it then. Looked to me as if it was Beglieri doing Beglieri things. I'll have to check the highlights. If that's the case it's quite annoying for the Swiss team to lose because of a goal that shouldn't have counted.
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Yeah. I told you that the Swiss have the ability to keep this tight. The international junior games between those sides are almost always tight even if there's a skill gap. Switzerland doesn't have a goalie like Gajan so Slovakia was always gonna win an even game. I didn't expect the Swiss to dominate the game though. Expected a lot more from Slovakia, especially after yesterday's result. That Czech team looks very strong on paper. Maybe fatigue was a factor though since Slovakia played yesterday. It shouldn't in game 2 but you never know.
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The big question is though where the heck were Matteo Wagner and Ewan Huet. Do the Swiss mickey mouse coaches really see Huet as their nr.3 now and if so, what happened? Huet was the nr.1 in camp and he clearly outplayed Beglieri in exhibitions.
Wagner is a curious case as well since he's a perma scratch. Didn't play any of the exhibition games, still didn't get cut and now sat out vs Slovakia as well. If he's sick or injured, why keep him on the roster and cut a healthy forward instead? Or is he the team's designated press box Nacho tester?
Wagner is a curious case as well since he's a perma scratch. Didn't play any of the exhibition games, still didn't get cut and now sat out vs Slovakia as well. If he's sick or injured, why keep him on the roster and cut a healthy forward instead? Or is he the team's designated press box Nacho tester?
kudla
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It doesn't really, I actually think this is one of the weaker czech teams. Curious about them versus Switzerland.
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It does. They opted to not select goalies like Milota and Matecha who would be the clear cut nr.1 on any team except Slovakia, Finland and the Czechs themselves. Those two are among the top CHL goalies. Matecha is probably top3. We haven't even talked about the injured Jan Spunar. Upfront they have the AHL's leading scorer and very good depth, therefore decided not to select guys doing well in pro leagues this season like Perez or Felcman.
Granted, they may be regretting their selections already. They're also kinda thin on defense now that they lost not only Dvorak but also Port and Jiricek. Still, this is a very good Czech team. Or at least it should be.
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Going in, on paper, we had no major weakness and some strong points (Hrabal in net, very good first line and a solid D core).
Of course, none of that has happened and we got our lunch handed to us.lol
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How much closer can it get? Slovakia scored a goal that apparently shouldn't have counted and two emtpy netters.
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I watched the highlights and I still don't see it. If there's contact it's outside of the blue paint. Beglieri was just too aggressive. Lost his net as he always does and then got caught in nowhereland. That's classic Beglieri, not goalie intereference to me. That's what you get if you bring your ~10th best eligible goalie to the WJC20 and decide to start him in game 1. Can't really blame your goalie for a loss if you don't score any goals but that Honzek goal still remains Beglieri's mistake. And it makes you wonder where on earth Ewan Huet was. If he's sick or injured, Switzerland may well get relegated. Beglieri most likely isn't gonna cut it. Grüter has a righty bonus and a little bit of pro experience but he's not significantly better.
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If you saw Reid's segment where they actually looked at it closely using the correct camera instead of random replay then you would have seen it too. However, even if we disregard that, he was still their best player today.
