I haven't read up on the situation at all, but why exactly does his old Czech club team have any say in him playing in the WJC, he's now no longer a part of the team so they shouldn't have any say, it's not like he's playing for them and they thought he was too vital to the team to release, if they had a say in anything it would be not allowing him to go to the CHL if he belonged to them, the WJC is totally unrelated in my mind, can someone explain this to me?
And yes I believe the Czechs can beat the Russians but absolutely everything has to go right for them, the Russians had absolutely no finnish against the Swedes, a lot of that was the result of the Sweden goalie but they should have scored regardless, if the Russians are off their game and the Czechs come to play I can see it happening, otherwise, I highly doubt it