I see Hasek in real life xD

What are you talking about? Czechs were outsiders in Nagano

@@theold4734 Were they though? 1995 - 2000 Czech won 3 world championships and ended 3rd in 2 others. I was a kid back then and we were always expecting the gold. Nowadays making quaterfinals is the expectation....

@@tomasmrazek8506 Yeah they were.... 1998 Olympics= best players from every country (NHL players actually playing there!) You cant compare championships to olympics. Most of those championships were played without NHL superstars. Also you shouldnt say 1995-2000! You should count 1993-1998. Why? Because those 2 championships we won were after Nagano not before. The fact is the we were outsiders in Nagano. Canada, USA, Russia, Finland, Sweden were supposed to be Top 5 teams there. We were supposed to fight for 6th place. Yeah we had Hasek and Jagr (one of the best players in the world), but those 5 teams had one of the best players too and they added Nhl stars. We added mostly extraliga players.

@@theold4734 The best two players in the world in 1998 were both Czech. To think that Finland had a better chance is a joke. Also every single WC had top NHL players. Sure it wasn't an all star full stack but it these were no amateurs. In those years Czechs won almost every WC and neither of them had Hasek nor Jagr in it. So even without the best two players in the world Czechs were winning almost every tournament.

@@lukebruce5234 Well yeah, but Most of the players werent even in NHL. Reason why they were winning was that they wanted Czech Republic to be proud again. They played with heart

Lemieux was better one on one than anybody. Jagr is one of the best ever, but even he lived in Lemieux's shadow in Pittsburgh.

@@templetonbob Lemieux was good one-on-one but nowhere near one of the best. Definitely did not have as quick hands as Jagr (but on the other hand Mario was even taller and had a pretty darn long stick - it's hard to stickhandle quick with that combination - even if Jagr adapted to a quite long stick and heavy weight as well). When Mario returned to the Penguins in his 30's, it was really hard for him to get around any player at all (while Jagr continued to deke around players close to his 40's!). Lemieux had amazing vision of the ice, ability to read the game and play making skills though. In that aspect better than Jagr. I'd say that Jagr was more about raw technical and physical power and Mario more about the rest you need to be a great player. Also, I think Jagr _wanted_ to be able to dominate the puck and one-on-one - and developed into that style of play even if training another style could have been more effective sometimes, Obviously both players were still good at most aspects of the game.

Heartbreaker for Canada, they thought they would win.

Pecka, zdravíčko do Japonska z Taiwanu.

sorry, it wasn't "lucky" at all, and the better team did not win. the team that Hasek happened to play on, won. because without him Czech would have been lucky even with a bronze.

@@fecesd5g Well Roy was worldstar goaltender just as well. Although I agree Hasek may have been a bit better at the time. But it was wake up call for Canada. And while our hockey have plummeted since then, yours have flourished.

@@fecesd5g I hope you realize goaltending is part of the game so yeah Czechs were the better team.

But now only Czech. And so not a strong as in privious life.

@@AndriiNikolaiev eeee, we weren't Czechoslovakia back then.. we split up with Slovaks in 1993

No , Hasek was on the ice

Gretz was nothing special in penalties shots.

Piss off