That you haven’t seen Pavel Zach since signing a rookie contract in the New Jersey Devils at the national team? You looked right. Even now, however, do not look for this twenty-five-year-old native of Brno. He was originally supposed to go to the World Cup in Finland, but in the end he refused to represent again.
That is indeed the case. Pavel Zacha’s last match in the national team jersey took place at the turn of 2015/16 at the Junior Championships in Helsinki. Since then, the talented young man has avoided representation.
It will not be different this year either. “From my point of view, it is almost a shame that such a young boy does not want to represent his country. It’s also alarming from the fact that we agreed on the Beijing Olympics,“The general manager of the national team, Petr Nedvěd, praised Zach’s decision iSport.
This has been several attempts to lure Zach into the national team. No wonder Nedvěd was surprised by his refusal. Preliminarily, they both agreed on a possible championship, because in the end the NHL players did not travel to the Olympic Games.
The reason for the absence? “He told me that he did not have a contract and that the agent did not recommend him to go to the championship. I told him that I didn’t care what the agent said, but I wondered what he thought and how he would decide. Paul repeated that he would not go”Added Nedvěd, who met Zach in the past in the jersey of the Liberec White Tigers.
He regrets the decision of the Czech attacker, although of course he respects him. However, he himself emphasized that this was not the first apology. “I would probably look at it differently if Pavel had represented in the past and he could feel that he liked to play for the national team. But he apologized in the past, he never came. And he doesn’t drive now“Said Nedvěd, who is primarily in charge of overseas players.
This was probably the main reason why Nedvěd, unlike Filip Pešán, was not fired by the national team. He has been in contact with NHL players for a long time due to the February Olympics. When it became clear that Beijing was a closed matter for them, Nedvěd immediately kept the back door open for communication for the World Cup in Finland.
The general manager of the national team firmly believes that they will be able to put together a strong team even without Pavel Zachy. After all, a few weeks ago, the Red Wings trio from Detroit, Jakub Vrána, Filip Zadina and Filip Hronek, gave him an offer to represent him. Most likely, the seasoned leader Jakub Voráček should not be missing in Finland either.
Source: Czech hockey, iSports
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