Necas is very underranted in Carolina.

@RavenPilsen

26 күн бұрын

for sure ;) hopefully we will win

@TucnakNik

26 күн бұрын

Same as Kubalik in Ottawa. He needs to play first two formations and he's gonna shine, I'm sure of it.

@ldhorricks

25 күн бұрын

@@TucnakNik It doesn't work that way, especially in the NHL. Kubalik is doing exactly what Ottawa needs him to do...he's doing what they expect of him and what they signed him do...he hasn't disappointed. Maybe he will prove he is a top six forward, maybe he wont...and maybe he would be a top six on a different team with different combination of players. Can he be a top six? probably yes...but he contributes where he is at and he is solid two way player that gives them secondary scoring...which is what Ottawa needs out of him. It's what Chicago needs out of Bedard (who went -50 during the reg season)...Bedard is a top 6 player but a serious liability 5 on 5. You cant be a liability at this level of play.

@ldhorricks

25 күн бұрын

I don't think Brind'Amour or his teammates feel that way...I don't think anyone playing against him in the NHL why do you say he is underrated...by whom? Usually players fans think are underrated, are absolutely not by their peers.

@Tomas.P

25 күн бұрын

I'm Czech, but he's not. He just looks better on bigger, Europe ice. NHL is a whole different story.

I was in Prague for the opening weekend and the crowd is insane. It like having an extra team.

@user-kt6yx7ox7z

24 күн бұрын

I bet. I could hear everyone pushing their car air horns when we won yesterday. It was heartwarming.

@incumbentvinyl9291

23 күн бұрын

An extra team?

@jantchakonig

19 күн бұрын

@@incumbentvinyl9291 Yes, extra team. Motivational team! ❤

World Championship is just on a whole another level for europeans compared to americans and their NHL (fans, not players). Same for european players, career peaks with IIHF (or olympic) medals for national teams, not NHL playoffs or Stanley. 76% of all TVs in Czechia had the Semis on. 82% of all TVs in Czechia had the Finals on. + 17,5k in the arena, 7k in the fanzone and unknown thousands in the Old Town Square Average NHL playoff has 2,62mil viewers, WORLDWIDE. Czechia alone (10,5mil pop) made it past 3mil viewers, DOMESTIC.

@incumbentvinyl9291

23 күн бұрын

Why are you talking about Americans? Shouldn't you be talking about Canadians? Interesting domestic stats. We tend to have slightly better percentages in Finland if we play in the final. In 2019 it was 2.54m out of a population of 5.6m, in 2022 it was just over 2.20m.

@Tommyrah

22 күн бұрын

@@incumbentvinyl9291 Every city had its big screen to play the match, a lot of people were in pubs, just outside watching with friends.

@UpRealBug

21 күн бұрын

those are rookie numbers...jsut the national TV alone clocked in 4,87 mil viewers plus all the ppl who watched in town squares etc. Estimates are 7-8 mil viewers for the finals

@RaineriHakkarainen

19 күн бұрын

Canada had 18 million tv watchers over-time versus USA in 2010 olympics! USA had 34 million tv watchers both in 1980 and 2010!Russia 50 million worlds in 2012 2014!Fibland 2,4 million in worlds and 2,4 million Juniors under 20 years old worlds in 2016! Czech Rep and Switzerland numbers i do not know! These people should watch Stanley Cup too!

@incumbentvinyl9291

17 күн бұрын

@@UpRealBug Those are official estimates. It's clear that you do not comprehend the mathematics behind it. You're resorting to guesswork.

Obviously as Swedes we can only congratulate Czechia. Erik Karlsson simply stated: "They wanted it more from the get-go". And it showed. Sweden never adjusted.

@foreignfat6009

19 күн бұрын

They didnt expected to be behind and werent prepared for that. They even started to buckle when it went even. This is why you need to lose in the group. It happens a lot when you win a group and they you wont even get a medal.

@matsinilsson9578

18 күн бұрын

@@foreignfat6009 Good lesson for the Swedes. It is not like they underestimate anyone, but you gotta be at your best when it matters the most. Overall, we are happy for Czechia and we love when Europe stands strong against Russia as well as North America. We can and will be better than both. In everything. ;-)

Nečas is what you call "light footed". Not even Bedard or Pastrnak have his level of agility and finesse on the ice...

@Alexirongatewelding

26 күн бұрын

True, light on his skates very quick ankles. But.. Bedsy’s hands and his stout stature makes the movement even in different ways.

@ldhorricks

25 күн бұрын

@@Alexirongatewelding Bedard might be a natural scorer but he has some real growing to do...he is a serious liability 5 on 5 (-50 in the reg season with Chicago and he was the same in Junior)...something you don't get away with at NHL or Worlds (MENS) level. He's 18 so maybe he will learn...but he needs to spend the summer doing chores at Mark Messier's house to learn about hard work and Character. Even Natural scores like Lafleur and Bossey played well in their own ends.

@bencze7030

25 күн бұрын

Pasta is mainly a shooter, but still true

@ldhorricks

25 күн бұрын

@@bencze7030 Pasternak is good play maker his assists show that...and he's an "OK" two way player. He has defensive lapses that in the Regular season don't matter so much, he makes up for it with his offence...but in the Playoffs, especially this year Florida had him figured out from the start...and he made made some costly give-aways...he sometimes gives up on the puck...whereas someone like Tachuck or Verhaege never do. Very few offensively gifted players can play equally in both ends of the rink...that is truly an elite club.

@incumbentvinyl9291

23 күн бұрын

@@ldhorricks *Bossy Indeed, Bedard does have a lot of growing to do. Otherwise he could end up a form of Ovechkin, who has had some abysmal +/- seasons and is a liability in his own zone, mostly because of apathy, not a lack of hockey IQ.

I hope Martin gets a chance in the team that trusts him and gives him an important offensive role. In my opinion he can be a 90+ points player.

@ewabraun4151

25 күн бұрын

He should go Boston. Czech dominace would be in Boston

@sicilian10

25 күн бұрын

@@ewabraun4151 that would be fun to watch 🙂

@greatslavia9662

13 күн бұрын

90+ is low imo he has potential to be a 100+ point guy

Well done Czech Republic 🇨🇿👍🏻

@Ogeroigres

24 күн бұрын

Czechia

@jakubkrizka2283

24 күн бұрын

@@Ogeroigres Both are correct. I, personally, prefer the longer version.

@danielcz6882

24 күн бұрын

Thank you very much, don't worry about these prudes here ❤️

This a first match that Czech dominate in semifinal in WC. Martin Nečas and Sedlák were outstanding. This year U20 take bronze so good year for czech hockey.

@laarons7723

25 күн бұрын

First time the czech team dominates in semifinals? What is that supposed to mean? Hardly any team dominates in semifinals considering there are currently four world's best teams playing. And certainly it's not the first time the czech team takes a medal. Is it a chance for them to take a gold after long time? Certainly. But 'first time they dominate' is a weird statement to use.

@dudmenn

25 күн бұрын

@@laarons7723 Im 42 old and watch WC since 8 and it is first time SEMIFINAL that CZ scored 7 goals. Normally czech defense when the score is 1:0 or 2:1. Specially when we take gold medal in WC semifinal matches was fitty fifty abou. Now have CZ third lines that can score anytime.

@millmoormichael6630

25 күн бұрын

Thank the finns, Sweden really had to work hard in physical game

@ldhorricks

25 күн бұрын

@@laarons7723 agree kind of a dopey observation

@ldhorricks

25 күн бұрын

@@dudmenn I'm not sure what you are trying to say, but I don't feel Czechs have a history of sitting on a lead like Finland or Sweden often do. Czechs don't play a neutral zone trap...it's not their style...it's why we Canadians like how they play. They play a "200ft" game and play to win...rather than trying not to lose...there is big difference between the two.

Máte pravdu ja osobně jsem to nečekal že se naš týmdostane až do finále. Ale samozřejmě jsem rád že naši hokejisté po 14 letech se dočkali finále. Co mě ale nejvíce překvapilo že budeme ve finále ze Švýcarském. 🇨🇿

The problem is that in the NHL you often wipe your ass with Czech players and put them in the 3rd or 4th line, although they have the first two - typically Nečas or Kubalík, who just shone against Sweden and the Swedes just looked in disbelief at who they were playing against.

Nečas to Boston for the new Czech line please hockey gods and thank you.

@Je1imanek

16 күн бұрын

I'm hoping for NYR, panthers, maybe Canucks

In Group A it was i different type of hockey from day1, it was tough play off hockey since begining. B was like public skating and they were not ready for this (3/4 teams from B was eliminated in 1/4finals, and Sweden almost lost with weakest Finland team in last two decades. Necas is a dominant player overall, but he is not used properly in CAR. Give him more icetime, 1st line, PP...and you will see..

Let's go Czechia 🇨🇿

Yea, cut the commentary in the middle of a sentence, why won't you.

Czechs beat Sweden and referees at the same time!

This guy in right is verry good im like him:)

I was not impressed by Sweden in the preliminary round nor against Finland....this was not a surprise.

@daste848

25 күн бұрын

This was suprise by all means.

@tvojeprezuvky

25 күн бұрын

Literally everyone in CZ was surprised, from the match commentators to the team 😂

@user-kt6yx7ox7z

24 күн бұрын

It was literally a huge surprise to all of us

@incumbentvinyl9291

23 күн бұрын

Only a fool would say it was not a surprise. The odds alone prove this beyond any doubt. It's easy to make wild claims after the fact.

Sweden did everything right this tournament except getting the pucks over the goal line, so many chances, but no....Kempe is a fine example of that, guy played really well, did everything right, was everywhere, but simply just couldn't get the puck into the goal. 28 goals, 47 assist, 75 points with LA kings this season...0 goals in world championship...hitting the goal bar a few times, that was it... Think he even had a crossbar hit vs Czech, if he would have scored it would have been 2 - 3 to Sweden. Kempe is the one i feel bad about, could tell the guy was really dissapointed.

@ldhorricks

25 күн бұрын

there is a saying in this country...Kydby neexistuje...there are no if only's. I suggest you adopt that philosophy

@dallbauossenn6325

25 күн бұрын

@@ldhorricks WOW that sounds so deep....gonna get a tattoo of that one day

@CzechMirco

25 күн бұрын

@@dallbauossenn6325 Well, as much a trite that saying is and as much as it probably exists in every single language in the world and not only in ours (though we have also some quite "spicy" variants of it), it is still fundamentally true. It may be that our universe, our reality is only one variant in a huge multiverse where every single decision is a split point in which two or more realities emerge, each with different outcome, thus there are different universes where Kempe scored and maybe even brought Sweden to victory. Well, you can always celebrate for those universes and let us now celebrate the reality of ours.

@Mirinovic

23 күн бұрын

@@ldhorricks Kdby nebyly by ryby , nebylo by rybníka

World Cup of Hockey without IIHF World Champions...good job NHL.

@incumbentvinyl9291

26 күн бұрын

It's an NHL sanctioned tournament. To be fair, the Czech Republic and Switzerland have the sixth and seventh most players in the NHL. I do not know if they can even take players to the team that are not officially part of the NHLPA, so that would create problems icing an actual team for the tournament. It's a four nation tournament, so it makes perfect sense, even if you may not find it fair.

@razen_cz

25 күн бұрын

Noone cares - noone wants to play icehockey against uncivilized monkeys anyways

@laughingbeast4481

25 күн бұрын

@@incumbentvinyl9291 Why should it create problems ? Czechs won Olympics with half of team from Europe. Even back in days of Canada Cups Czechoslovakia and USSR participated without single NHLer. It's only NHL that makes problems with players participating on tourneys. For Europeans it's the pinnacle of sports.

@saablicjohn7947

25 күн бұрын

@@incumbentvinyl9291 If also players from AHL would be allowed (many of our AHLers already tried NHL - e.g. Blumel, Zohorna, Kulich, Jiříček, Jeník, Klapka, Raška..), I think we would be able to make a team. We already have good NHL goalies (also at this IIHF WC), now when Chytil is back (hope he will stay heathy now), I just think it´s doable. Goalies: Rittich, Dostál, Vejmelka (Mrázek, Vladař), D-mans: Gudas-Hronek-Jiříček-Rutta-Zbořil-Šimek-Svozil - we have some good NHL experienced d-mans in Europe (Šustr, Kundrátek, Hájek), FW: Pasta-Zacha-Palát-Nečas-Hertl-Chytil-Faksa-Kampf-Lauko-Nosek-Kubalík-Smejkal-Zadina-Vrána.. But, they do not want us and/or Swiss and other countries, no problem, let´s meet at OG.

@CzechMirco

25 күн бұрын

@@incumbentvinyl9291 Well, it is on par in ridiculousness with American "World series" in a sport that only US is actually seriously interested in (and yes, I actually know that it was more probably than not named after a newspaper called "New York World") but we are already used to American general selfabsorbedness which starts to bite them in the behind in recent decades so thats that.

prague aint a country, its a capital city of czech republic

This just shows how out of touch the pundits are in the States. Every Czech fan expected this line to be our best one, as Nečas had been our best player, while Pasta and Zacha were quite mid so far.

But we don't play on your World Cup...

@incumbentvinyl9291

23 күн бұрын

It's not the World Cup, it's called the Four Nations Tournament. The Czech Republic is not one of the top four hockey nations in the world. They are firmly in fifth place now with Russia out. It's worth remembering that it's an NHL sanctioned tournament, and countries such as Sweden and Finland have more NHL players than the Czech Republic, so it makes perfect sense when you consider the facts.

@code6400

21 күн бұрын

@@incumbentvinyl9291 LOL, if you look at the number of medals at the World Championships - the Czech Republic is in 3rd place :)

@incumbentvinyl9291

21 күн бұрын

@@code6400 How is that relevant? It's not an IIHF sanctioned tournament, and it has never been a best on best tournament. Furthermore, they are actually tied for second in terms of number of medals at the World Championships. These numbers are all inflated either way, because it includes all the years when the country was still united, thus had Slovakian players as well. ''LOL''

Just imagine if Dostal actualy got that goal. That would be soo funny and disrespectful

@incumbentvinyl9291

23 күн бұрын

What goal?

@brok8085

22 күн бұрын

@@incumbentvinyl9291 goalie goal

@the_teri

21 күн бұрын

@@incumbentvinyl9291 By the end of the match, when Sweden played with empty net, Dostal (Czech goalie) tried to score the goal himself by sending the puck towards the goal. He didn't get it, but OP is saying it would be funny if he actually did score.

@incumbentvinyl9291

21 күн бұрын

@@the_teri Oh, I didn't know that. Thanks for the info.

what good is Erik Karlsson's 80pts in season if he accrues minus90 in +/- stat. Karlsson is overrated as a D.

@incumbentvinyl9291

23 күн бұрын

He has always been a purely offensive guy. Never understood why he played significant PP minute in Ottawa. Probably because they had few other valid options. He is a liability in his own zone without the puck, and it pretty soft too. It's worth noting that he scored 'only' 56 points this year, not 80, and was actually a +4, the exact goal differential of the team this season.

Kubalik should stay in Europe. Looked like a completely different player than the poor performing Senator of 2023-24.

@patrickschannelpokemonswee3803

26 күн бұрын

He plays in the 3/4th line?

@jansmid4765

26 күн бұрын

It's not his fault. Senators could use him better then in 3rd or 4th line.

@zlatanclovecic1944

25 күн бұрын

@@jansmid4765 Yes, he is a shooter, not a defensive grinder.

@incumbentvinyl9291

23 күн бұрын

@@patrickschannelpokemonswee3803 *on

@incumbentvinyl9291

23 күн бұрын

@@jansmid4765 *than

Czechia sounds soooo dumb! would they say Slovakia came out ready to play or the Slovaks came out to play....

stuns? i dont know about that. it was a game that took off and happened. not a big deal.

@kubka4

26 күн бұрын

I would say that defeating a team that was smashing through the group phase without loosing even once or without even once being behind in goals, is a big deal, especially 7:3 like this...

@tallesttreeintheforest

26 күн бұрын

@@kubka4 meh.. its sports.

@kubka4

26 күн бұрын

@@tallesttreeintheforest From what I've seen you write essays about how good Finish team is and how they'll win, I'd say you don't take it as "just sports" 😅🤣

@tallesttreeintheforest

26 күн бұрын

@@kubka4 why wouldnt they win that group? sweden and usa, the rest were just a bunch of teams.

@zdistav

26 күн бұрын

@@tallesttreeintheforest To je Váš problém - nemáte úctu k soupeřům.

TSN, You're fantastic! Let's be friends and have fun!

Sweden did not take that eastern European country seriously.

@buzz9825

26 күн бұрын

It sucks not to be able to accept defeat 😉

@zdistav

26 күн бұрын

Česko leží ve střední Evropě. Taky bychom mohli říct že Švédsko leží někde mezi Norskem a Ruskem.

@ajr3071

26 күн бұрын

Central Europe.

@annasmidova1404

26 күн бұрын

Central Europe...poland, slovakia,czechia= central europe

@ThutUPB

26 күн бұрын

Stockholm is basically as far East asi is our eastern border...