GDT: 2018 IIHF World Championship

[nyr2k2]

Who is in goal for Russia?

 

[Kovalev27]

Shesterkin only gets starts against teams with no chance to win for some reason

 

[FireGerardGallant]

This is seriously getting ridiculous

 

[Kshahdoo]

What a play by Buchnevich!

 

[Harbour Dog]

This is seriously getting ridiculous

The tweet won't load for me. What does it say?

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

 

[Harbour Dog]

Hard shift for Buch there. How visible has Chytil been this game? I'm just tuning in.

 

[nyr2k2]

Hard shift for Buch there. How visible has Chytil been this game? I'm just tuning in.

According to the box score he hasn't played.

Everyone likes to compare him to Necas, so, Necas has played 6:43, has 2 shots, and is -2.

 

[Fvital92]

Hard shift for Buch there. How visible has Chytil been this game? I'm just tuning in.

Scratched.

Buch basically missed an empty net goal.

 

[FireGerardGallant]

The tweet won't load for me. What does it say?

It just said how chytil hadnt played a single shift in the first idk why it wont load

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

According to the box score he hasn't played.

Everyone likes to compare him to Necas, so, Necas has played 6:43, has 2 shots, and is -2.

Chytil is listed as a spare F for this game.

 

[Harbour Dog]

That's too bad. Really doesn't seem like he is getting a fair shake in this tourney.

 

[nyr2k2]

Yeah it's a bummer, but he'll be okay. He still got to go, get in some games, take it all in. He'll have plenty of international tournaments ahead of him, I have no doubt. That's how I'm looking at it.

 

[Fvital92]

That's too bad. Really doesn't seem like he is getting a fair shake in this tourney.

Hopefully he will get a chance next game, the Czech Republic was a 2 man show today, pretty incredible that the Russians found a way to lose this game.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Koshechkin gave up four goals on 24 shots. Will he continue to start?

 

[Graves94]

That's too bad. Really doesn't seem like he is getting a fair shake in this tourney.

I think we all had to know that when Pastrnak & Krejci were added to the team, that the rookies, including Chytil would become a spare.

 

[Harbour Dog]

I think we all had to know that when Pastrnak & Krejci were added to the team, that the rookies, including Chytil would become a spare.

Yeah, that was certainly the most likely result, and it may be the right decision, but in the previous games, I feel that he could of been utilized better and given more of a chance to prove his worth.

 

[Levitate]

Chytil is 18 and though he's shown a ton of promise in the NA game I'm not super surprised at the national level they're not giving him much of a chance yet. It's very much "he'll have plenty of time to contribute in the futuer"

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

McAvoy is going to play for the USA. Pionk is right now the 3RD, but he's outplaying Jensen and Murphy. Lets see how Blashill deals with this. Is he going to play the veteran plug and his own player over Pionk? I think Blashill is a bad coach, and I expect him to do this. Hopefully I'm proven wrong.

 

[Kovalev27]

He’s definitely going to play them over pionk no question

 

[Machinehead]

Koshechkin gave up four goals on 24 shots. Will he continue to start?

Probably.

All these teams seem to hate us except for Sweden.

 

[Phoicon]

McAvoy is going to play for the USA. Pionk is right now the 3RD, but he's outplaying Jensen and Murphy. Lets see how Blashill deals with this. Is he going to play the veteran plug and his own player over Pionk? I think Blashill is a bad coach, and I expect him to do this. Hopefully I'm proven wrong.

Pionk has been the best defenseman for the United States. And that should not be surprising. He has the speed and the smarts to take advantage of the bigger ice surface. A good coach would recognise this and make the most of it. If not by giving more PP time then adding favourable 5v5 match-ups.

 

[Phoicon]

Chytil is 18 and though he's shown a ton of promise in the NA game I'm not super surprised at the national level they're not giving him much of a chance yet. It's very much "he'll have plenty of time to contribute in the futuer"

That and he is completely tired - his legs were barely moving the last couple of games. Him sitting actually plays to our advantage. Additionally, people should not take his performance at international tourneys too seriously.

He is 9 months younger than Necas and has played 72 games vs 37 by Necas.

Yes, that is almost twice as much. In considerably higher competition most of the time. (And Andersson has been similarly very tired.)

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Pionk has been the best defenseman for the United States. And that should not be surprising. He has the speed and the smarts to take advantage of the bigger ice surface. A good coach would recognise this and make the most of it. If not by giving more PP time then adding favourable 5v5 match-ups.

I've seen the same. It's really not that important. It's not anything that matters towards our hockey team. But I feel like the player has earned a bigger role. And it's especially annoying to see one of our players being held back by bad coaching from a rival head coach.

 

[UnSandvich]

That and he is completely tired - his legs were barely moving the last couple of games. Him sitting actually plays to our advantage. Additionally, people should not take his performance at international tourneys too seriously.

He is 9 months younger than Necas and has played 72 games vs 37 by Necas.

Yes, that is almost twice as much. In considerably higher competition most of the time. (And Andersson has been similarly very tired.)

Damn, I didn't realize the disparity was that large.