3-2 OT Czech or 5-2 Sweden. I think we have a shot at breaking them the first 30 minutes, with some luck. Our chance is breaking Hnlicka. But if this game is thight
the Czech will win it.
The Czech haven't played well so far, but the only reason for that is that they don't belive that they can play a offensive puck possesion game and play well for the entire tournament.
With the new rules its really dangerous to play a defensive game and trap like the Czech have. Before the tournament I would have called that a suicide-tactic. The fact that the Czech have made it this far is proof of how good they are. In terms of talent
they are maybe the most talented team in the tournament.
Look at their defense, 6 really competent players, defenitly atleast at the same level as Tre Kronor. Kaberle is a world star. Skoula is good offensivly and a better fit in international hockey. Hejda-Krajchek is a really steady 2nd pairing. Michalek and Richter are rocks on the defensive side. They have a great mix of offensive and defensive D's.
Up front they have allot of really low maintainance gamewinners. They are like a rattlesnake. Czech have one big star up front, and one big star on defense, they also have really good depth, maybe the best on defense in the tournament.
I am scrade sheite for this game. Sweden had a really tough game late last night, both physically and mentaly. The media in Sweden who have seen a Czech team wave the white flag and surrender, only to then pull a Trojan horse and win, belives that there is no way Sweden will loose this game are only asking Swe players stuipid questions, like "can you loose tomorrow?". That could be a major misstake...