Jabs102501
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RW Frantisek Ridzon - Quebec Remparts, QMJHL (2023 Draft)
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Better than Sisik and Dvorsky? Or is Dvorsky playing for Sweden now? Looks like he’s been on Team Sweden at the WSI youth tournaments lately...
Edit: and Sisik has been on the Czech teams with guys like Dominik Petr...is Sisik not Slovakian?
Outofbodyinhungary
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The WSI tournaments mean nothing for nationality. For example Slafkovsky was selected to team North America. Both Sisik and Dvorsky are the best 2023 draft prospects but I’ve heard pretty good things about this kid as well. Sisik i know looks legit, he is a very good skater and very talented. Dvorsky is wild card, some Swedes I’ve talked to say he’s very good too.
Both Sisik and Dvorský are Slovaks and both are probably better than him. But Slovak 2004 and 2005 born players have a lot of quality and there are more potential guys. Ridzon is one of them.
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Outofbodyinhungary
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Anyone know if he’s playing outside of Slovakia this year. I couldn’t find him on any u18 rosters
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Ridzon is not in Liptovsky Mikulas anymore, he'd decided to join HK Nitra before the season.
Having been loaned to HK Levice, Ridzon scored in his debut in Slovak second tier men's league tonight, at the age of 15Y/11M/10D.
He's also played in one Tipos extraliga (top tier league) game for Nitra before, becoming the 4th youngest player in the league's history (15Y/10M/7D).
Having been loaned to HK Levice, Ridzon scored in his debut in Slovak second tier men's league tonight, at the age of 15Y/11M/10D.
He's also played in one Tipos extraliga (top tier league) game for Nitra before, becoming the 4th youngest player in the league's history (15Y/10M/7D).
From what I've seen, the boy is a very talented and creative player. When he has a puck, he always tries to come up with something. I think that next season, together with O. Molnar they will play for men HC Nitra and the draft season, maybe they will both go to one of the CHL leagues. For me, he is now better then Sisik and he is the fourth best Slovak for draft 2023 (before him Dvorsky, Molnar, Ciernik)
He currently has 25 points for 16 matches in the Slovak Junior League in D-1 year (1,56 ppg). He also played some shifts among men in the top tier Slovak league and the lower tier Slovak league. For comparison, Martin Chromiak had 46 points for 39 matches in the D-1 season in Slovak Junior League (1,18 ppg). I'm curious about his next progress, he could get more chances among men.
Antiillafire
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I think he’s been great, even though that Nitra team is loaded with talent. It’s our version of the Winnipeg Ice
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Selected by the Quebec Remparts in the CHL Import Draft.
What type of player are we talking about?
What type of player are we talking about?
Antiillafire
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A small speedy winger, put up roughly the same numbers as Martin Chromiak in the Slovak junior league at the same age. Should be on Slovakia’s first line at the Hlinka Gretzky cup in 1 month.
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yes, a weird decision from a coach who said he didn't have enough performance, yet he wasn't even called to camp. Ridzon is better than all forwards in the roster, except Molnar and Jencko.
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Could it be the reason?
I doubt it. He’s not the first Slovak who chose to play in Canada and others who have played in the CHL were selected by Slovakia before.
Antiillafire
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I think it’s probably more that he did not play for the Slovak U18 project, and there is still favouritism there. We will have to wait and see how the top 6 Slovak wingers play, if they look great than maybe they made the right choice but if not…
SergeConstantin74
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When Patrick Roy spoke about his selection by the Remparts in the CHL International Draft, he said he was recommended by Peter Stastny.
The reason why he is not on HGC is not because of performance. Slovak national U18 team has a new coach and it is obvious that he prefers players who will play in the U18 project, as Antilla wrote, even at the price of performance. It's a pity, but it's a fact. Similar things happened in Slovakia when Ernest Bokros was coaching the under-20 national team. Similar things happened in the past in the U16 and U17 national teams, when players who play in Slovakia were preferred at the expense of better quality players who play abroad. Anyway, Frantisek is talented but I have slight doubts whether he will be able to adapt to NA and whether he will be able to establish himself there. We may know more soon, when the preliminary games in QMJHL will start.
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I don't get it, why would choosing to play in the QMJHL affect his national team eligibility? CHL is undoubtedly a better junior league and has a higher level of attention. If he chose there, it's not hard to understand why he made that choice. Many EU players spend their draft year in the CHL. Yeah, it's not easy, they have to learn another language,feel the culture difference, adapt the NA ice and may be more physically. But if they can deal with these, they will be a more mature player, more mature person.
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Most junior players worth giving a damn about play in the men's league in Slovakia during their draft year. See Nemec and Sykora going to the league finals this year. Which makes both facts you mentioned very doubtful, actually.
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Not wrong, but that's men's league, not junior League. Nemec&Sykora are great players so that they could handle it well. For Ridzon, he could get more ice time and score more if he come to CHL. I am not saying that it is better for him to go to CHL than to stay in Slovakia, it is a possible option.
And then there's the issue of attention that I mentioned, I'm not saying there should be a difference , but it's true that the North American market is bigger than any other single country.
I'm sorry if I offended you.
