How surprising was Canada’s loss to Czechia? | OverDrive Hour 3 | 01/03/25

[@JimmTheSwede]

To me this is all so ridicilous. Canada acts like You lost to a 97th ranked team. I hate to tell You, but You did not. You lost to a team/nation that has a bronze and silver at the last two WJC and add to that won the WC last year. Granted WC isn't the absolute best against absolute best. But Czechia is a great hockey nation. Take the loss and get over it, go forward and let it go. I'm a Swede and last year we lost the gold medal game on home soil, as well as we've lost basically every gold medal game besides 2012, and been getting the silver as sure as You'll get a paper You subscribed to. Even though we won over 50 straight round robin games in a row and almost always made it to the last game of the tournament, just to get our yearly silver medal. It sucks, but You just gotta' move on as a team and as a nation and just look forward. Aslo, there are not powerhouses in the way it was like 20 years ago. The world of hockey evolves and countries like Germany, Switzerland etc is getting better by the day. If You don't bring Your abslute A-game and have some additional luck, it is far from certain You win not only the tournament but the game of the day. They lost, move on. Just as I will when we get Your yearly silver medal.

[@quincee3376]

It's really not that. It's how they played. At home too. We know Czechia is very good but we played like crap. Our coach didn't even have practices once the tournament started. The coach and GM deserve criticism.

[@18laxX]

Witness the pompous attitude Canadian hockey fans and talking heads carry around with them like the rest of the world should bow down to them. He said it himself, they are losing their grip on their last bastion of strength on the world stage.

[@nj1638]

The teenagers are playing their hearts out, and the children are sitting in the stands booing a teenager every time he touches the puck. Classless!

[@leonardonocaprio2322]

@@nj1638 You realize these teenagers make massive $ to play hockey right? Part of the job description means that the customers watching get to judge you, for better or for worse. They underperformed and played selfishly.

[@r_p_m7330]

I wasn't surprised the team selection was bad.

[@bytownbylaw]

A microcosm of Canada in general. The world has passed us by.

[@Leroy-df3ee]

Blame PM Black-face and his minions.

[@RyobiCEO]

Not quite, the team wasn't wearing turbans

[@touchdownnnn]

@@RyobiCEO😂

[@HappyBirdGenetics]

United States of North America coming soon.

[@Zyrexed]

@@RyobiCEOExpected trades worker comment.

[@frantisekvtelensky820]

We were the better TEAM even without those calls. Two years in a row is not a coincidence. Silver medal 2 years ago, bronze last tournament, now in the semis again. We're slowly rising back to our best where we belong. Same as on a men's level. 4 nations without the Czech team is bloody weird. Nobody is scared of you anymore.

[@13e11even11]

You have dominated Canada and three years ago I expected you would have the Gold. As a USA fan I would rather not play Czechia, but love watching the games between us

[@TheLittleWolf2309]

They still haven’t change the flag on the recap of the quarter final yet

[@quincee3376]

Yeah that was disrespectful.

[@frantisekvtelensky820]

Disgraceful. Didn't even give credit to the opponents. Typical after the loss.

[@Jostra_FAME]

TSN is embarrassing

[@13e11even11]

That is embarrassing truly

[@Domes_TV]

Greeting from Czechia 🍀🇨🇿 Thanks for great covering on ytb of U20 💪

[@terminator6950]

Not shocking at all. Watched them play the whole tournament, knew they weren't good enough. Also TSN; the Slovakia flag is still in the thumbnail of the highlights video; you going to do something about it?

[@TommygunThompson]

TSN: No!

[@jesse1381]

Not surprising whatsoever. If they couldn't beat Latvia then their chances were extremely slim of beating the USA and the Czechs and as such they lost both games. The team wasn't good enough and was poorly coached. Couldn't score and left most of their best guys off the team.

[@13e11even11]

Not surprising at all Czechia was the better team again and they have beaten Canada in the last three tournaments

[@jamesbilodeau8188]

Canada lost by being undisciplined. The refs were calling knee on knee all night to both teams. One hotdogging player had to slew foot someone. Deserves the penalty. Good call refs! Cant believe the Canadian media, Bob Maclean and all the rest blaming the refs for the losses. Grow up! They just weren't ready, again.

[@quincee3376]

I honestly thought we'd squeak out an ugly win in the quarterfinal and then lose in the semifinal. My hopes weren't that high but i did think we'd beat Czechia. Congratulations to the teams in the semifinal.

[@FrédéricRenaud-q6y]

Watch out when the 4-Nations Cup starts. Same deal! They picked "coach/ gm favorite choices" vs grid. No Giroux, No Tavares, No Scheiffle!

[@terryjohnson9895]

Tavares? Has he ever won anything?

[@Haboobz66]

@@terryjohnson9895 Tavares is playing his best hockey in years.. Even as a leafs hater I would like to see him there..

[@richardzink6026]

Its the refs..the ice sucked..they gave us bad water.. wah wah. How about stop whining snowflakes

[@vaclavbastl500]

What is surprising is that you still didn't change the Czech flag on the game highlights video. Are you that incompetent or that butthurt?

[@evanjamieson]

If Czechia wins gold, they should raise the Slovakia flag 😅 just joking, not sure why they didn't change the thumbnail. I guess someone at TSN didn't take geography class 😂

[@realtd8666]

​@@evanjamieson It might be even a little poke from TSN but that's fine, for me as Czech it's funny and i get the frustration with how the tournament went for Canada this time.

[@evanjamieson]

@realtd8666 probably was a poke by TSN. TSN should not be poking the bear after losing. As a Canadian, hope you guys beat the USA!

[@realtd8666]

@@evanjamieson Thanks! We'll see if we can tame the beast in a minute.

[@evanjamieson]

Not surprised based on the roster selection. I was still expecting a bronze medal or 4th place. With a roster selection based strictly on stats, we would have won gold or silver. The worst part was seeing McKenna emotional after the game. McKenna is going to have a Bedard style tournament next year.

[@nj1638]

Given the lack of integrity of the commentary, I watched most of the Czech/Canada game without volume.

[@terrythomas247]

If the referees didn't call those ridiculous calls, would the scoreboard be different?? If there were different referees would there be a different score???

[@evanjamieson]

I just completed who I would have selected as Defenseman for Team Canada. This is kinda fun looking at all of our hockey talent! I picked these defenseman strictly based on offensive talent. We could have had three defensive pairings that were #1 Power Play lines. As a coach, I would have played all three lines evenly, 18 minutes a game for the top 6 defenseman, so they would have enough energy to play their best. I would have the Rover, the seventh defenseman, play 12 minutes a game, just to give the top defenseman a rest and allow the Rover to get some experience playing for Team Canada. My coaching philosophy would have the other teams coaches head spinning because they would never know who is going to be on the ice, with letting the Rover play 12 minutes a game. So, here's my roster, based on points per game and goals scored per game. For points I put P and for goals I put G, and then I added the two stats to choose the best players. Line # 1 Sam Dickinson - 1.76 P + 0.57 G = 2.33, shoots left, D Carter Yakemchuk - 1.33 P + 0.46 G = 1.79, shoots right, RD Line # 2 Zayne Parekh - 1.34 P + 0.37 G = 1.71, shoots right, RD Matthew Schaefer - 1.29 P + 0.41 G = 1.70, shoots left, D Line # 3 Henry Mews - 1.36 P + 0.30 G = 1.66, shoots right, D Luca Marrelli - 1.26 P + 0.39 G = 1.65, shoots right, D Rover - play 12 minutes a game with each defense line Bryce Pickford - 1.09 P + 0.48 G = 1.57, shoots right, RD Spare - play if a player is injured & against Latvia & Germany Brandon DuPont - 1.20 P + 0.29 G = 1.49, shoots right, D Call up - if a player is injured to take the role as a spare player Lukas Dragicevic - 1.27 P + 0.21 G = 1.48, shoots right, RD Nothing against the defenseman that were selected to Team Canada, but this roster looks way better. Now, I will be checking the potential forwards that we could have chosen. Cheers folks ❤ P.S. the spare player that I chose, Brandon DuPont, is only 15 years old. He's going to be the next Bobby Orr!

[@Leroy-df3ee]

They were 2-3 in the tournament. That is who they are.

[@evanjamieson]

I've researched the potential goalies that we could have had. I understand that Carter George had good numbers in the tournament. As a starting goalie his numbers were the best at 1.76 GAA and .936 SV%, with the exception of the Finland goalie with a .941 SV%. That being said, George's numbers in the OHL were not good, ranking him at 17th best OHL goalie, with a 3.49 GAA and a .905 SV%. And then we have Jack Ivankovic ranked at 18th best goalie in the OHL, with a 3.51 GAA and .896 SV%. Why was Ivankovic selected? Answer: his parents probably paid the scouting staff money, so he will get drafted into the NHL. His OHL numbers aren't worthy of being drafted into the NHL, but he will still get drafted because of hockey politics. So, who would have I selected as the starting goalie? Ben Hrebik from the Barrie Colts. Hrebik is ranked #1 for U20 eligible goalies in the OHL. He has a 2.21 GAA and .936 SV%. He was also named goaltender of the month for December. Hrebik would have been even better than George. The backup goalie should have been William Lacelle from the Rimouski Oceanic. Lacelle is ranked #1 for U20 eligible goalies in the QMJHL. Lacelle has a 2.04 GAA and a .920 SV%. The third goalie should have been Jesse Sanche from the Everett Silvertips. Sanche is ranked #1 as a WHL goalie. Sanche has a 2.29 GAA and a .913 SV%. I would have invited Carter George to the Team Canada training camp, as he had a great record for the U18 Team Canada last year, but I doubt that he would have made the team roster. Third string goalie at best. It's amazing the hockey talent that we have in Canada. We could have had two Team Canada's. The future is looking good for future goaltenders for Team Canada. I will be looking at potential defenseman that Team Canada could have had now. Anyway, nothing against Carter George. He did play well, but we could have even better goaltenders.

[@mgriffin4297]

Jonas was silent for so long, which was nice, then he chose to speak.. the guys immediately call him out for being wrong. P L E A S E get rid of Jonas. There’s tons of better options.

[@Woody13ify]

Ottawa can fill a game for juniors but empty for Sens games 🤔🙄😏

[@jesse1381]

The World Juniors is the major and premier national tournament of the highest prestige and importance. It's more important than the World Championships and yes more important than Sens games. The World Juniors typically draws more viewers than even the Stanley Cup Finals most years. The Edmonton and Florida finals was on par with the World Juniors though but most years it's not.

[@Eric-uh7nl]

I attended a game and watched the rest on TV, and I can tell you this was a bad team Canada. Their passes were sloppy, their defensive play was weak, inconsistent, goaltending was mediocre, and worse of all - they had the lowest goal per shot percentage of all the teams in the tournament. That goes back to coaching, scouting, leadership, systems, player selection, etc. Fire Cameron & company immediately. When the coach says he has no regrets, and can't think of new ideas, and can't find the chemistry with line juggling - it's on him.

[@13e11even11]

Not to rub salt in the wound, but the win over Finland was basically 2 to 0 until late in the third and a late goal and and empty net against a Finnish team that was simply not playing a great game, so that was not really what it is being made out to be to be

[@pauljmorton]

How surprising was it that TSN used the wrong country flag for the highlight video thumbnail

[@izumolee6714]

Every other team went with players with speed & skill, while Canada stuck to their old traditions of being big & bruising and that cost Canada with all the penalties they were taking. They simply couldn't keep up with the other teams speed and they were playing catch up the entire tournament.

[@ristorantanen5769]

I wouldnt go so far as saying that it was to be expected but it certainly wasnt a surprise. They have been on a roll for a couple of years now and Canada hasnt These things happen And now its time to roll up your sleeves and start working on a comeback. Im sure your fans will love you even more wenn you pull it off No team should expect to win every tournament.

[@giannicardinali175]

I don't get Hayes and O dog's comments about physicality. Say no penalties were called on the 2 hits how were those hits helping Canada win? Hitting people for intimidation purposes is poor sportsmanship!!!

[@scoopy187]

Tends to happen when we choose family and friends. 😮

[@mrzedlyt]

point to ponder: if Canada wins they play Finland...Finnish ref, finished us off.

[@tigermoosearmy]

3 good dude and I love them but unless you are currently entrenched in minor rep hockey in Canada you have no idea how bad and deep this goes. The system is broken. In 2013 hockey Canada changes the body contact rule from u12 minor PeeWee to u14 minor bantam. These current jr players are the first generation to fully go through this system and it sucks. U14 AA/AAA is unwatchable every game There is a suspension for a clean hard hit . Some 13 year old are 6.2 “ 200 lbs and are learning how to hit. The refs are told they have to protect the smaller player. That’s BS. You as a player are responsible for you OWN safety not the ref. A kid like Mckenna has only play 2 years of body contact now he’s on TeaM Canada. ? Playing against 19 year old from Europe that play in Men’s leagues !! If he played in the AHL /east coast he wouldn’t even touch the puck . Hockey Canada has developed small skilled players that are for F@c$ all. It’s not the roster selection it’s the talent pool in general.

[@evanjamieson]

There's so much better talent that we could have chosen. Hockey politics is running rampant in Canada, from U9 all the way up to the NHL. Apparently, rich parents are paying player agents as early as 9 years old. When I brought my son to his first U10 tier 1 - A tryout last year and watched the previous years U9 "tier 1" players show up to a hockey tryout wearing a suit and tie, I knew right away that the tryout process was going to be corrupt. There was one kid that was literally the best player on the ice and he got cut. Two girls were selected over this kid. He scored two goals in the tryout game, his team's only two goals and then gets cut. I was so pissed off about that because my Dad told his parents that he's a tier 1 player during spring 4 on 4 hockey and my Dad actually bumped him up to play against U13 players because he was that good. He was tearing it up against the older players too. As for body checking, we need to start it at the peewee level, agree with you. We also need to get rid of AAA and just have AA, A and rep. B. My older brother played rep. B throughout minor hockey and tore up the league every year, but my Dad wouldn't let him play AA because of some beef with the convenor. He ended up playing junior B at 16 and 17 and tore it up too against grown men. Junior B back then was a physical league to play in, nothing compared to the OHL now. The OHL is not a physical league anymore. The best player I ever watched was Marc Savard. I remember as a kid watching him play Junior A here in Ottawa. Pretty sure that he played for the Gloucester Rangers junior A team. Man, he was amazing to watch, but got his career ended by Matt Cooke. I'm all about clean body checking, but that Matt Cooke was a dirty player.

[@righton6935]

You could see from the start of the tournament Canada had the wrong coach , players were undisciplined, goalie was great , hockey Canada needs clean house put brainiac administration in place not friends

[@davidduzda8253]

Czech was always better

[@bethfraser7518]

I couldn't watch the game - they can't score goals/they're undisciplined which doesn't make for a positive outcome. Didn't think they'd win - sad to say!

[@mreppen1]

O Dog is friggin awesome.

[@letsssgooo4618]

Sadly US hockey numbers are down like crazy. So the US should drop off in a few years

[@swavekbu4959]

Canada is way too woke to build a winner hockey team. Hockey selection is a brutal process. Otherwise you lose. To Latvia.

[@adris432]

What is it with people blaming "wokeness" for a lost hockey match? I've never seen any other nation do that...What does that even mean?

[@Michaelholt32]

Latvia has gotten better they are no longer a easy win

[@dustydreaver]

Glad I didn’t sub this year . Didn’t watch one game either .

[@TK-xf4bh]

Skill level is high and elite on all teams Canada has no heart no team building, coaches are afraid to tell kids today especially privilege hockey kids to put there cell phones down and connect with your teammates, this team was a bunch talented individuals, not a talented team!!!

[@randychase305]

Ryan Reaves is black. Of course he has media in his future. If you're black and played one game in the NHL, you have a media gig 100% waiting for you.

[@randychase305]

It's hilarious to listen to woke media talk about Aaron Rodgers off field "takes" yet it's completely crickets on LeBron James' off court "takes". You're allowed an opinion people, as long as it's the mob's opinion.

[@cjl5515]

Is their a world juniors for cricket? 😅🤣

[@TomChe-i8m]

Get used to it..

[@Woody13ify]

But when the Americans done a big hit they never got a penalty or a 5 minute major ejection🤔 remember Canada easily beat Finland, Finland beat US so who knows 🤷‍♂️it’s sport, maybe Sweden wins it 🤔🤷‍♂️

[@sgtcrab2569]

Rough it up...rough it up. Canadian hockey is very weak in terms of skill training. The USA for example were faster through the line up, passed better, took passes in stride, found open space and open players and were infinitely better than Canada. The PWHL FFS is far better at at taking and giving a pass and finding space. Most US players were Uni players. (7 0r more from BC alone). NCAA has fewer games, more skilled based meaningful practices. Major Junior is a gong show. Fighting and macho BS. In NCAA you fight you are gone. The top US Uni teams would wipe the floor with the best U Sports teams, in spite of players being on average 3 years younger, (U Sports players are left over major Junior players). It is time to develop skills from minor hockey on up. The Czech goalie is a sophomore at U Mass for heaven's sake.

[@Woody13ify]

Can’t crush a guy, when refs calling it a penalty, big hit penalty if the NHL did this Leafs wud have won SC last 5 years!

[@13e11even11]

Canada looked soft but even more they showed no intensity and no creativity

[@gordoncheswick4169]

Not surprising - AT ALL!

[@thedankswordsmantm]

They played like maybe 4 good periods of hockey. And you can't survive getting screwed by bad calls when the other 75% of the time you're just shooting yourself in the foot constantly. That last period was, mostly, what a Team Canada roster should look like out there. But too little too late. Dave Cameron should be embarassed and possibly never coach a national team again. To say, about taking penalties after USA, "There's nothing more I can do, what else can I do, we've talked about it." That's RIDICULOUS. The callous attitude of the Canadian players when taking shit penalties, the apathy and lack of resolve. I watched Easton Cowan literally throw the puck at Czechia just to not get hit at the defnsive blue line, instead of taking the hit to make a play.

[@SoNowWhatEh]

Jonas is the worst dude

[@swavekbu4959]

Losing to CZE is EMBARRASING, two years in a row especially.

[@davidduzda8253]

Why embarraste to lose to CZ , we are one of the besos idiot

[@Nopinotnoir]

Really hate the Nicolas cage clip. So annoying and takes up time.

[@StoicNature444]

Don’t ever ask me to quit drinking 😅

[@TheJosephoenix]

Oh look... A real team beat czechia . What a surprise....

[@adris432]

Still that salty over the loss..?

[@Knylz666]

Forgot to ask O dog if all the daughters in Ottawa were on lockdown cause Team Canada was in town 🤔🤭🤣

[@terryjohnson9895]

The loss to Chechnya want surprising, but losing to Latvia??

[@pasekamobili]

Chechnya did not play.

[@hejlik4859]

Debilové pište CZECH Republic a bude to jistější

[@CrayTom]

Hey I want all you Canadians to know we won’t tolerate this whining down here when you become a state

[@leemantz3148]

Hate the Leafs but if I'm Shanahan I'm telling Matthew's your not playing in the 4 Nations Cup

[@legionalinus]

WHERE Is czech translate... for Real...!!! I fully uderstood everything what you tallking about but .. why. ? I every time.. no translate in every gama ,every, movie.. sorry but iam little bit angry .. little bit respekt... Ukrajin Leanguech Is here .. i know why.. So much czechs know how to speek ENG.. i know my gram i terifaing but iam trying my best ..

[@CrayTom]

We have like 15 states with bigger populations than the worldwide Czech population, why in the world would we speak your backwards language? And no you dont understand everything

[@realtd8666]

Why would they have to translate it into Czech? Its a Canadian show.