It's off topic, but since we're playing what ifs... what if Czechoslovakia never broke up and there was no BS involved with the selection process, where would this team rank?
Goalies:
Ondřej Pavelec
Peter Budaj
Jaroslav Halak
Defense:
Marek Židlický
Ladislav Šmíd
Michal Rozsíval
Zbyněk Michálek
Zdeno Chara,
Andrej Meszaros,
Andrej Sekera,
Lubomir Visnovsky,
Forwards:
Jaromír Jágr
Patrik Eliáš
Tomáš Plekanec
Jakub Voráček
Martin Hanzal
Vladimír Sobotka
Ondřej Palát
Milan Michálek
David Krejčí
Marian Gaborik
Michal Handzus
Marian Hossa
Tomas Kopecky
Jiri Hudler
I think that team can easily compete for a medal. Maybe not as good as Canada or Sweden, but definitely in the same league as USA.
What about the USSR team.... never mind, that team would still be hot garbage + Girgensons.
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