GDT: 2018 IIHF World Championship

[Brooklyn Rangers Fan]

Hey, look, the USA's most dynamic defenseman is by far Pionk. Amazing.

Well, but for the fan on the 1-timer just there.

 

[Fvital92]

Kreider has not been good other than the redirect.

 

[Fvital92]

BTW,Hughes doesn't look like a smurf out there like I thought he would.

 

[Irishguy42]

Kreider. Again.

 

[YoSoyLalo]

god damn we are so lucky to have kreider

he’s so good

 

[haveandare]

Nice little pass there

 

[GregSirico]

Kreider is a heck of a hockey player. This is also why he won't be traded. Speed is IMPERATIVE in today's NHL and he's hands down a top 3 fastest skater.

 

[ponytrekker]

Patrick Kane played in the Empire games, for high school kids. Can you imagine what it would've been like playing against him as a HS kid.

Hockey gold comes with a price Late power play erases Western lead Empire Games: Penalties, fight, heckling mar end of scholastic team's draw with Long Island

 

[Kovalev27]

Might be a really good idea to stop playing nick Jensen Like he’s a real nhler. Guy shouldn’t even be in the league. Stinks. He’s getting torched out there as is butcher as is Murphy for that matter.

Pionk looks good with osterle and Hughes looks fine. Can they bottle whatever those Hughes kids have to skate the way they do? Holy man the two of them unreal skaters.

 

[ponytrekker]

Meanwhile I see some D man flying down the ice through people and say "WTF is that? " Pionk

 

[Kovalev27]

I’m not sure I have it in me to watch 15 years of Matt Barzal in our division. Kid reminds me of Crosby and McDavid combined Horrifying

 

[haveandare]

I’m not sure I have it in me to watch 15 years of Matt Barzal in our division. Kid reminds me of Crosby and McDavid combined Horrifying

Yeah, agreed. He's scary good. I can't even deny it.

 

[GregSirico]

Kreider playing on a whole other level right now.

 

[Kovalev27]

You know what I like about pionk?

It’s not that he’s the most talented or biggest guy or even the best skater.

It’s that the kid just wants the puck all the time. He wants to go make plays. He’s always involved you never don’t know when he’s out there.

He’s a guy that wants to BE the guy. We have very few guys like that on this team. Lias Andersson is like that too. Shattenkirk. Fast surprisingly in his own way. Lundqvist of course. I think Brett Howden and maybe Chytil hopefully. But the list ends there.

Wahlstrom Boqvist are those types of guys.

 

[FultonReed]

hey man f*** that dude who tried to kill Pionk! make em pay, USA!

 

[GregSirico]

Pionk draws a power play for TEAM USA.

 

[Harbour Dog]

Probably should of been 5 minutes for that one. PLD left his feet by the looks of it.

 

[haveandare]

Definitely could have been 5, hit him in the head, from behind, into the boards.

 

[haveandare]

3 minutes left, on the PP, tied... and Kreider is on the bench instead of in front of the goal.

 

[FultonReed]

3 minutes left, on the PP, tied... and Kreider is on the bench instead of in front of the goal.

Jeff Blashill is a damn idiot

 

[Mac n Gs]

You know what I like about pionk?

It’s not that he’s the most talented or biggest guy or even the best skater.

It’s that the kid just wants the puck all the time. He wants to go make plays. He’s always involved you never don’t know when he’s out there.

He’s a guy that wants to BE the guy. We have very few guys like that on this team. Lias Andersson is like that too. Shattenkirk. Fast surprisingly in his own way. Lundqvist of course. I think Brett Howden and maybe Chytil hopefully. But the list ends there.

Wahlstrom Boqvist are those types of guys.

That aggressive, attack-on-the-puck mentality has been seen a lot in the younger guys that are coming in and doing well in the NHL like Debrincat, Boeser, Barzal, etc.

It’s an element I’d like to see us use more when it comes to attacking off the rush with speed and challenging Ds 1-on-1

 

[GregSirico]

Quinn Hughes has not looked outmatched today like I thought he might.

 

[Kovalev27]

Pionk will be leading the defense in mins by the end of the tourney. If he’s not blashill is even dumber than I thought he was.

 

[FultonReed]

Pionk will be leading the defense in mins by the end of the tourney. If he’s not blashill is even dumber than I thought he was.

kid is a stud. his confidence level must be through the roof right now

 

[Kovalev27]

Quinn Hughes has not looked outmatched today like I thought he might.

Because he skates Better than almost everyone on the ice not named McDavid Barzal Larkin Kreider.

Kid can skate with anyone. I thought he’d look tiny but he doesn’t. Good showing here and he’ll go top 6 or so. For me he was the guy that would drop a bit. Size and being a lefty d. But definitely a great player.