I saw game two against Finland on Sunday and Havlat defenitly had the same syndrome some other NHLers in Europe have had this year. Best described Havlat played the same style as Jaromir Jagr did for the Penguins a few years ago, without the skills to back it up.
Its really tough for a skilled player to make it in the NHL, which means that the skilled players that do make it not always are the most skilled players but players with allot of skill who can take the physical wear like Havlat. They come to Europe thinking that they are a notch better then everyone else and plays like it. Forgetting what made them successful in the NHL. And that isn't enough, after awhile they don't produce and on top of it all lose their confidence which is A&Ö for a hockey player...
On the Chechz team, they look great. Guys like Varada, Vasicek and Cajanék will give them a physical aspect and a better balanced team. Vyborny, Rucinsky, Dvorak and Straka's constant skating on a big international ice surface drives defensemens nuts + the amount of pure snipers on the team gaurantees that if they manage to keep game close as they always do someone will come through and score the important goals.
The World Championships could turn out to a east-state fest. A really talented Slovak team. A really physical strong russian team with a ton of skill and a Chechz team playing by the book...