At the first meeting, which will last until Thursday, April 1, Pešán invited 20 players from the extra league and compatriot Will, Mozík and Šuster from the KHL. Goalkeepers Frodl and Klouček, defenders Budík, Šalda, Ščotka, Zábranský and attackers Černoch, Hladonik, Horký, Plášek, Pour and Zachar have no start for the national team from the invited players. And they won’t see him even now, because the next preparatory duel awaits the national team until April 22 in Vienna against Austria.
“We have added players to the current selection who could attack the national team in the future. We looked at their age and their potential. We want to get to know them at work and at the same time they get to know our implementation team, “Pešán explained his nomination.
| Nomination of the hockey team for the first meeting before the World Cup: |
| Goalkeepers: |
| Dominik Frodl (Pilsen) |
| Milan Kloucek (Pardubice) |
| Roman Will (Čeljabinsk/KHL) |
| Defenders: |
| Vojtech Budik (Pilsen) |
| Daniel Gazda (Zlin) |
| Filip Král (Kometa Brno) |
| Vojtech Mozik (Kunlun / KHL) |
| Radim Salda (Hradec Kralove) |
| Jan Scotka (Litvinov) |
| Andrej Sustr (Kunlun / KHL) |
| Libor Zabransky (Karlovy Vary) |
| Attackers: |
| Ondrej Beranek (Karlovy Vary) |
| Matěj Blümel (Pardubice) |
| Jiří Černoch (Karlovy Vary) |
| Jan Dufek (Zlin) |
| Jakub Flek (Karlovy Vary) |
| Jan Hladonik (Karlovy Vary) |
| Luboš Horký (Pardubice) |
| Petr Kodytek (Pilsen) |
| Karel Plasek (Kometa Brno) |
| Jakub Pour (Pilsen) |
| Filip Suchy (Pilsen) |
| Marek Zachar (Hradec Kralove) |
There will be more players joining the team in the next two weeks; especially those from the KHL; so many players from the current selection will leave the staff. “Yes, but some players at this campsite have a great chance to go to the World Cup. I want to look at the roles of the players in the team and not where they play. Of course, it is clear that the quality of NHL players is different from that of extra-league players, “says the head coach.
His assistants Martin Straka and Jaroslav Špaček have already addressed most of the KHL players who have after the club season. “And almost everyone, with a few exceptions with health problems, wants to fight for the championship. A lot of guys will join next week, “Pešán reveals, adding that he is just about to connect with Dmitry Yashkin, whose Dynamo Moscow season ended only last Friday.
In addition to the KHL and other European leagues, Pešán is already focusing on possible reinforcements from the NHL. Although the situation is a bit more complicated, it will meet from the annual traditional inspection trip overseas this year due to the covid, so they will have to communicate with players remotely with the general manager of the national team Petr Nedvěd.
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“Conditions of travel not only to North America, but also between the USA and Canada, including the bubble in stadiums … The whole covid situation in these countries resulted in a trip overseas not making sense this year. Not only would we almost not get into hockey with Petr Nedvěd, but we would also not be able to communicate with the players in person, “reports Pešán.
For the time being, Petr Nedvěd is communicating with the NHL fighters by telephone. “He hasn’t talked to everyone yet, but so far we don’t have a single player to tell us that he doesn’t want to go to the World Cup. On the contrary, all respondents reacted very positively, which is very good news for us, “pleased the head of the Czech inverter.
The question mark remains only with David Pastrňák. And not just because his Boston can play the playoffs, where he wants to go far again.
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David Pastrňák celebrates his goal against Buffalo with his teammates from Boston.
Jeffrey T. Barnes, ČTK / AP
“Pasta is expecting the birth of a son. Boston will probably play high again, so we can’t count on Paste completely. But if Boston falls out, Pasta is ready to arrive. Therefore, if the situation regarding the birth of his offspring is favorable, “Pešán interprets the opinion of the best Czech hockey player in recent years.
The Riga Championship doesn’t start until May 21 this year, but the basic part of the NHL will not end until nine days earlier. And given that the tournament in the Latvian capital will take place in a strict bubble, it is not clear whether the national teams will be able to count on hockey players who will be eliminated with their teams in the first round of the NHL playoffs.
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“At the moment, these are the rules for the arrival of NHL players. To date, this is set so that players must be in individual quarantine for a few days upon arrival (in Europe) and then for a few more days on arrival at the World Championship venue. Logically, therefore, it looks like we will only be able to use players who do not advance to the NHL playoffs. If a player called by us, who falls out of the first round of the playoffs, has to be quarantined for six days and then travel, then there is no point in replenishing the national team, “thinks Pešán aloud.
“That’s why I’m currently working on the idea of taking only those NHL players who don’t advance to the playoffs. We will see if it will make sense in the end to take the players eliminated in the first round of the playoffs, “he adds, adding that the players of the teams eliminated in the 2nd round of the NHL playoffs are 100% passive in terms of usability at the World Cup.
That is also why he does not hide that he would not be angry if the teams with the Czechs in the line-up, now moving on the edge of the progress to the playoffs, did not pass to the elimination part in the end. These are, for example, Chicago with Dominik Kubalík or Philadelphia with Jakub Voráček.
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Dominik Kubalík from Chicago during the NHL game.
Vlastimil Vacek, Right
“With regard to our national team, I would definitely like to welcome players from these teams, on the other hand, I wish the boys to play in the playoffs. It’s not like I’m pouring coffee in the morning when I find out that Chicago has won. I support Kubas (Kubalík), I want him to score goals. And if he does play off, I’ll keep cheering for him. And if he doesn’t make the playoffs, I’ll be glad if he comes to the championship, “said Pešán, who went through a covid in recent weeks and even had to lie down in the hospital for a few days.
“Covid is not a flu, the disease is really not to be underestimated. I couldn’t get rid of the temperatures, I had trouble breathing and coughing. The doctors then discovered that I had pneumonia and had to be hospitalized, “Pešán describes his course of the disease.
“I am almost 100% medically healthy now. I feel a little weaker than I was before the covid, but I hope to breathe it, “he smiled.
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After the first meeting, which ends on Thursday, April 1, the national team in Holešovice will complete two more – from Monday 5th to Thursday 8th April and from Monday 12th to Thursday 15th April 2021.
In preparation for the World Championships, the national team is scheduled to meet with Austria (April 22 in Vienna and April 24 in Jindřichův Hradec), Germany (April 29 and May 1 in Nuremberg) and Slovakia (May 6 and 7, 2021 in Prague). ). The Czech hockey games will then take place in the Czech capital with the participation of teams from the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia and Sweden.
The World Championships in Riga will start on May 21, and in the basic group A, the Czechs will gradually compete with Russia, Switzerland, Belarus, Sweden, Great Britain, Denmark and Slovakia.
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