Will the Czechs go with Hasek or Vokoun?

[nomorekids]

let me just echo what other preds fans are saying:

so happy for Tomas, huge honor...

but please, let them start Hasek. Vokey needs the rest

As an aside, this will give opposing commentators one less pearl to include in their jewelry box of canned statements to make about the Predators. It never fails:

"In net for the Preds tonight is of course Tomas Vokoun, who will vie for the goaltending duty with Dominik Hasek. Boy, what a problem to have!"

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

but please, let them start Hasek. Vokey needs the rest

So does Hasek. We can't trust Emery here after his last few games. Start Hnlicka!

 

[Phanuthier*]

Summary:

Preds fan: "Don't play Vokoun. Play Hasek!"
Sens fan: "Forget that. Play Hnlicka!"

 

[shawn_kemp*]

Summary:

Preds fan: "Don't play Vokoun. Play Hasek!"
Sens fan: "Forget that. Play Hnlicka!"

Other countries' fans : "Forget that. Play Cechmanek, pleeeeeeeeeeeaaaaase!"

 

[Ovechkin_mvp]

Other countries' fans : "Forget that. Play Cechmanek, pleeeeeeeeeeeaaaaase!"

good one

 

[12# Peter Bondra]

Cechmanek actually wasnt bad for the CZE Republic in the 99-01 times.
He wasnt Hasek but he wasnt bad.

 

[Kaizer]

Other countries' fans : "Forget that. Play Cechmanek, pleeeeeeeeeeeaaaaase!"

nice

 

[Ciccarelli]

I voted for Hasek. more experience...will be a solid goalie in the olympic games

 

[Leo Naphta]

Hasek by default. You don't bench the best goaltender of all time, unless he screws up.

 

[Panopticon]

I'd like to say Vokoun, but it's true. You just don't bench Hasek.

 

[Kukla]

Dom with his "new " gear.

 

[rigger]

They will start Hasek for the same reasons canada starts Brodeur. You can't not play him. There may be better talent and younger guys waiting in the wings but you can't sit players that good with that much experience and guys that have won that much.

 

[JonathanK]

Hasek, unless he doesn't get his lost equipment back and he doesn't turn out to be any good without his TPS array.

 

[Porn*]

hopefully vokoun... for my pools sake, but they will probably go with Hasek for the first few or possibly switch em' up every game to see who's on and who's not.

 

[Predonater]

..... but they will probably go with Hasek for the first few or possibly switch em' up every game to see who's on and who's not.

I tend to agree with this point. Hasek is a great goalie who deserves the start, but Vokoun is also great and has the World Championships fresh on his mind (so to speak). I too, think there will be a rotation early on, with a set in stone type deal as the games progress.

 

[Silvercup Returns]

Poor Hasek's equipment got lost. He got to Italy but it didn't, said the Ottawa Citizen. Would link, but subscriber only.


edit: nevermind, I'm illiterate. Someone beat me to it. Um. The new equipment looks bad on him.

 

[jekoh]

Hašek will play the first game, the rest of the line-up should be :

Straka, Lang, Jágr
Ručinský, Prospal, Hejduk
Eliáš, Výborný, Hemský
Bulis, Čajánek, Erat
Olesz

Kubina, T. Kaberle
Židlický, Å paček
Kuba, F. Kaberle
Malík

http://www.zoh.cz/hokej/index_view.php?id=157434

 

[Sanderson]

Cechmanek actually wasnt bad for the CZE Republic in the 99-01 times.
He wasnt Hasek but he wasnt bad.

I never understood all the bad comments about Cechmanek. Sure, he wasn't consistent, but it's not like he didn't stand on his head quite a few times, while he was let down by his teammates.

I can't talk about the time he spend in the Czech Republic this season, but he was fantastic early on in Germany.
He was player of the month and won one low scoring game after another, his stats were superb and nobody could beat him in a shootout. He stopped like 20 straight penalties, enough to win every shootout handily.
His play has become worse though. He had to play every game, because all the other goalies were injured or re-injured themselves right when they came back. In addition to that the team lost quite a few defensemen to injuries.

With a Cechmanek who plays like he did in the early stages of his DEL-season, the Czech Rep. wouldn't have a problem to compete with any other team in the Olympics, even Canada. He might not be as good as Vokoun or Hasek, but he surely would surprise quite a few people...

 

[jstreet]

well bad news all around.

Sens fan didnt want Hasek injured and Preds fans wanted Vokoun to get some rest over the Olympic break.

 

[phillypensfan]

Sucks that Hasek injured his groin...I know exactly how he feels right now as far as pain goes,and hopefully anyone who has never had a groin injury doesn't get one...it just flat out sucks. Hopefully for the Sens sake once Olympics are over,he won't be out too long. Vokoun IMO can handle playing the rest of the way and I think it's just good for the Czechs have another great goalie in this case.