Herman the German
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What are the excuses now? One point against France and yesterday a loss against Finnland, who put the breaks on after the first period.
What are the excuses now? One point against France and yesterday a loss against Finnland, who put the breaks on after the first period.
Germany should beat France and not after penalty shots. Finnland, small population dominated Germany. A game against the Slovaks could go either way. Then there is Canada and that should be an interesting loss. Bulgaria game, should be a win but it won't be, I hope that I am wrong. Against USA, good skating team but can't score but still a loss for Germany. When it comes time to play Hungary, guys are tired(mentally)but they will win a close one. After that, then the excuses will be coming out. First off, with the NHL players and players from the DEL, talk was about the quarter finals and now? Thank the IIHF, Germany gets to stay in the A group. Germany was always compared to the Swiss, a small populated country and now France is a comparison? Wake up Germany the next big hockey nations Slovenia, Poland, are on their way and then once again excuses come out. Some advice, reduce import rule, let top talented players, play and not sit on the bench or be given to an Oberliga team, improve coaching in the DNL, it is terrible, there isn't any development, games are won based on talent and not team play. Most of these coaches have been nowhere in their lives, as players, how would they know what it takes to be a pro? It is called PLAYER DEVELOPMENT, which is next to none. Ich habe fertig.
@munchin10. 5 of the players you have named, which I believe, played and DEVELOPED in North America. One of my comments was player development. Why do our young players leave?
@sanderson, I have to disagree, Germany did not qualify for the Olympics, the IIHF has changed the format of the world rankings which has saved Germany from moving down and if that would happen, yikes. People running hockey in Germany are going to have to stop filling their pockets and start giving out money for development and better coaching.
By the way.....stats are for losers.
@munchin10. 5 of the players you have named, which I believe, played and DEVELOPED in North America. One of my comments was player development. Why do our young players leave?
Players don't suddenly appear out of nowhere at age 16/17, they developed prior to that. Not to mention that North American teams don't just sign these players because they have a soft spot for Germany, they sign them because they think they are talented.
Germany is far from having a great junior system, but the players develop just fine compared to similar nations. It's not like players from those nations all develop at home, they do just the same thing German players do. All the good Danes moves to Sweden, plenty of players from all over Europe move to North America.
@ sanderson wow you seem to know your stuff,,,,,not. Did I hit a nerve? Coaching in the youth programs across Germany are at a low standard. Tell me one good coach in the DNL. Like you, I would like to see a top national team but the development ratio to players playing at a top level are low and that is a direct reflection of DNL coaching.
Sanderson, just letting you know that I enjoy your posts, they are well informed and sensible don't let certain posters with agressive attitude get to you too much!
If Germany played in World Cup, how would the team look like?
Probably the same as the Olympic qualifying team. I don't know what the lines were exactly, but something like this:
Tobias Rieder - Leon Draisaitl - Brooks Macek
Tom Kühnhackl - Felix Schütz - Patrick Reimer
Philipp Gogulla - Patrick Hager - Marcel Noebels
Marcus Kink - Marcel Goc - Dominik Kahun
David Wolf
Christian Erhoff - Korbinian Holzer
Dennis Seidenberg - Daryl Boyle
Sinan Akdag - Moritz Müller
Frank Hördler
Thomas Greiss
Philipp Grubauer
Dennis Endras
Schubert, Sulzer, and Braun might be defending instead of Hördler, Akdak and Müller especially if they play on small ice.
To me it's unclear though how much say national federations have in roster selection for this tournament - and which regulations apply. I'm guessing the NHL would also want Heatley in there.