While it is a well-known fact that the Czechs and Slovaks are phenomenal hockey players, the NHL draft for this year shows otherwise:
CZ: Cesi a Slovaci jsou velmi nadani na mnohe sporty, kde hokej je definitivne jeden z nich. Letosni vybery do NHL to bohuzel ale vubec neilustruji:
‘The situation in the Czech Republic and Slovakia is sad. Virtually no prospects are playing in their leagues and only a hand full play in the Canadian League. This is an area of concern for hockey.’
Even if you are not exactly a hockey fan, the rest of the article is worth reading (click here).
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There may be some minor decline recently, but that’s normal phenomenom for small countries which tends to produce good players in spurts.
But the article overestimate the decline as the number of Czech and Slovak players turning to the Russian KHL is breaking records.
Ok, that’s reassuring. It’s interesting though that BOTH countries are kind of on a decline.
Since I am far from being an expert on hockey, and you seem like one, do you know why the Czechs happen to be so good at hockey? Any particular reason?