Case in point, Hungary is getting murdered by another extremely uninspired effort.
Drozg with 3 points though, nice game for him.
Also, the way it is, Hungary and Poland really need to rethink what the hell are they doing with their hockey. Club hockey is moving in a positive direction in both countries but their NTs bombed big time.
Can't be too hard on Poland, it just feels they didn't take the tournament seriously. Few important vets refused to go (Zapala, Pasiut), Chmielewski probably didn't want to play in 1B without a contract because it seems (and it absolutely makes sense) he wants to move to a team which gives him a bigger role. Pretty weird roster decisions but again, I think they just wanted to give young players a taste while not dragging the vets into something they had in their pocket. The game against Romania was an unlucky loss as well although that game shouldn't even be close.
Hungary, on the other hand, bloody hell. Their club hockey is on a high with every team doing better than expected in both EBEL and Slovakian league but the performance they showed here.. Disgusting. The junior teams are back to sucking as well after the golden generation with Gallo, Erdely, Stipsicz, etc. And even most of their best prospects right now are born in Romania. /dramatic take