Czech Republic's final roster

Team Czech Republic's final roster, announced this morning.

Goalies : Milan Hnilička (Liberec), Tomáš Vokoun (IFK Helsinky/Fin.), Adam Svoboda (Norimberk/Něm.)

Defensemen : Tomáš Kaberle (Kladno), Jiří Šlégr (Litvínov), Jaroslav Špaček (Slavia), Jiří Fischer (Liberec), Pavel Kubina (Vítkovice), František Kaberle (MoDo Hockey/Švéd.), Jan Hejda (CSKA Moskva/Rus.), Marek Židlický (IFK Helsinky/Fin.),

Forwards : David Výborný, Jan Hlaváč (oba Sparta), Radim Vrbata (Liberec), Radek Dvořák, Václav Prospal (oba České Budějovice), Aleš Hemský, Petr Průcha (oba Pardubice), Josef Vašíček (Slavia), Martin Ručinský (Litvínov), Martin Straka
(Plzeň ), Václav Varaďa (Vítkovice), Petr Čajánek (Zlín), Petr Sýkora (Magnitogorsk/Rus.), Jaromír Jágr (Omsk/Rus.).

Vyborny will wear the C, and Vokoun is the team's no.1 goalie.

Ruzicka released Kotalik, Pilar and Martin Havlat.

Ummm, who´s the number one goalie. According to what I´ve seen Svoboda looks hellova good compared to Hnilicka and Vokoun ;)

Hejduk? :(

Hejduk? :(

I think Hejduk is injured. I'll have a operation for his knee. And Elias is ill.

That's a nice looking squad. Definately one of the favorites.

Excellent, they didn't kick off Kubina.

nice to see prucha on there...he's been playing excellent lately

I like the defense most of all honestly.

how is hlavac doing in europe this season? could anyone please let me know?

Looks like a good team.

Is it a 23 or 25 man roster?The Czech Republic has 25 players

I think Hejduk is injured. I'll have a operation for his knee. And Elias is ill.

Then make sure you don't screw his knee up even more :D

Doesn't Ellias have some form of hepatitis/mono but it's not considered serious

Where's Bulis??

I like the defense most of all honestly.

Same here! Great defense.

Now, who of the Czech A team isn't here? Elias, Lang, Hejduk, Slegr, Hasek, Reichel (he wasn't invited, right?). Who are the others?

Kind of surprised Havlat didn't make it and Bulis :amazed:

Same here! Great defense.

Now, who of the Czech A team isn't here? Elias, Lang, Hejduk, Slegr, Hasek, Reichel (he wasn't invited, right?). Who are the others?
Reichel is not an 'a' list guy for them anymore imo.Havlat to me is the oversight.

Reichel is not an 'a' list guy for them anymore imo.Havlat to me is the oversight.

well havlat was given a chance, and apparently played like complete crap...so he was cut. In a short tournament, i guess you dont' want to have to wait for players to decide they want to play hard

well havlat was given a chance, and apparently played like complete crap...so he was cut. In a short tournament, i guess you dont' want to have to wait for players to decide they want to play hard
Is the word going around that he just played like he did'nt care if he was there or not?If so,yeah....i'd cut him too.On talent alone he should make the cut,talent does'nt always cut it though....ya gotta compete.

well havlat was given a chance, and apparently played like complete crap...so he was cut. In a short tournament, i guess you dont' want to have to wait for players to decide they want to play hard

Havlat played crap ALL season and the training camp of the national side only proved it. This year was just horrible for him and Růžička did the right thing by throwing him out. What I don´t understand is the absence of Erat and especially Bulis :madfire: But Hlaváč, who had a s.hitty season with Sparta, is there. Řučinský is also a surprise for me. He has´nt played for three months and is not 100% fit after a stomach injury. I don´t doubt his skills - he is a great player - but it is not that long ago that Růžička said he will only take in-form and healthy players :dunno: I have a feeling that their friendship played quite a role in his nomination.

Who cares if Havlat played poorly he is the second most talented player after Jagr in the camp. You dont cut guys like that you bring them along until there game turns around. Thats like Nash having a bad year then Canada not picking him its stupid.

Who cares if Havlat played poorly he is the second most talented player after Jagr in the camp. You dont cut guys like that you bring them along until there game turns around. Thats like Nash having a bad year then Canada not picking him its stupid.

Sure. That is your opinion. Keep it. But let me remind you that you have not seen him play. A sorry sight. Or have you?

I think they did well by kicking Havlat out. This tourney is for players who are good NOW, not for players who will be good in a month/year/decade...

The coach picks the best squad now to win, he doesnt pick players on the basis of talent or what they have done.

Who cares if Havlat played poorly he is the second most talented player after Jagr in the camp. You dont cut guys like that you bring them along until there game turns around.

Like i said, i don't think it's a good idea to "bring a guy along until their game turns around" in a short tournament. If we were talking about a complete hockey season, then yes...but can the czech team in this tournament afford to wait until Havlat gets his crap together? He's apparently played like this for awhile now so how long are they going to wait?

I think they did well by kicking Havlat out. This tourney is for players who are good NOW, not for players who will be good in a month/year/decade...

The coach picks the best squad now to win, he doesnt pick players on the basis of talent or what they have done.
That's true.Short tournament,ya need people going well now....little time for gambles of "well,he's gotta turn his game around"

Suprised Bulis isn't there, after the solid year he had.

One thing to keep in mind about Havlat. He stunk the joint out in the NHL playoffs last year as well. Maybe his early success has gone to his head.

This team has what it takes to win it all. Happy to see Prucha make the team :handclap:

Who cares if Havlat played poorly he is the second most talented player after Jagr in the camp. You dont cut guys like that you bring them along until there game turns around. Thats like Nash having a bad year then Canada not picking him its stupid.Bad example. If Nash had a bad year, I wouldn't want him on the team either. Canada has enough depth to warrant that type of a move.

Czechs on the othere hand need Havlat. He's one of their few gamebreakers.

However, I still like this lineup alot. They might not have Canada's depth, but most of their players have been playing and I can't seem to find a single weakness in their lineup.

Sucks that Elias and Havlat won't be playing (whatever the reasons), because those two have scored some timely goals in recent tournaments. But I think the team will still be very competitive. DO TO HO! :jump:

I think they did well by kicking Havlat out. This tourney is for players who are good NOW, not for players who will be good in a month/year/decade...
The coach picks the best squad now to win, he doesnt pick players on the basis of talent or what they have done.

If Havlat's been playing poorly (and it seems that he has been), then absolutely he shouldn't be there. I'm not particularly enamoured with Havlat's general game face, so hopefully this is a message to him to step it up a bit.

Czechs on the othere hand need Havlat. He's one of their few gamebreakers.

i dunno...havlat is slick and all but I think it's a good idea to put in guys like Hemsky and Prucha who have been playing very well of late if havlat isn't playing well...no point in having a game breaker if he isn't playing well enough to break games. Hemsky and Prucha are both very skilled players in their own right and can definatly contribute...not as skilled as havlat but I think they're good additions to the team

i dunno...havlat is slick and all but I think it's a good idea to put in guys like Hemsky and Prucha who have been playing very well of late if havlat isn't playing well...no point in having a game breaker if he isn't playing well enough to break games. Hemsky and Prucha are both very skilled players in their own right and can definatly contribute...not as skilled as havlat but I think they're good additions to the team

Agreed. The Czechs will have some great chemistry with this team. Remember that Hemsky and Prucha played a big part in Pardubice's championship this season (same goes for Prospal and Dvorak in Ceske Budovice). They filled in well when Hejduk and co weren't 100%. Havlat will be around for a lot of years and continue the get international experience, but if the coach sees a lack of commitment from him why not send the message not so he won't take these opportunities for granted in the future?

I saw game two against Finland on Sunday and Havlat defenitly had the same syndrome some other NHLers in Europe have had this year. Best described Havlat played the same style as Jaromir Jagr did for the Penguins a few years ago, without the skills to back it up.

Its really tough for a skilled player to make it in the NHL, which means that the skilled players that do make it not always are the most skilled players but players with allot of skill who can take the physical wear like Havlat. They come to Europe thinking that they are a notch better then everyone else and plays like it. Forgetting what made them successful in the NHL. And that isn't enough, after awhile they don't produce and on top of it all lose their confidence which is A&Ö for a hockey player... :shakehead

On the Chechz team, they look great. Guys like Varada, Vasicek and Cajanék will give them a physical aspect and a better balanced team. Vyborny, Rucinsky, Dvorak and Straka's constant skating on a big international ice surface drives defensemens nuts + the amount of pure snipers on the team gaurantees that if they manage to keep game close as they always do someone will come through and score the important goals.

The World Championships could turn out to a east-state fest. A really talented Slovak team. A really physical strong russian team with a ton of skill and a Chechz team playing by the book... :)

Anyone know why Jagr and Hemsky didn't play against Canada?

As a Penguins fan -- does anyone know if Milan Kraft was invited and cut or just not invited?

thanks in advance

Does anyone know why Havlat is still listed on the Czech team's official roster? I thought he was cut???? :dunno:

Here's the roster for the Czech team from the IIHF website:

Roster (http://live82.ihwc.net/english/teams/roster.ihwc?team=CZE)

Havlat is there, although there are 28 names listed. Go figure.