GDT: 2020-21 IIHF WJC, Edmonton/Red Deer, Canada: 12/25/20 - 1/5/21

[Zegs2sendhelp]

Watching boldly play I dream of a

boldy turcotte zegras line

 

[Ollie Weeks]

Kings fan first.

Canada/Jingoism fan 2nd.

This is going great.

 

[KingsCourt]

US killing it. Wow!

 

[HookKing]

I really thought Canada would come out of the first guns blazing.

 

[Schrute farms]

Been like 15+ all USA. Last few minutes Canada seems to be betting up to speed and 50/50. Gonna be a great last 30 minutes

 

[tny760]

boarding: not boarding when you're wearing red

 

[Schrute farms]

Arty draws penalty

 

[KingsCourt]

Loving this game, tsn been gushing over cozens all tournament, tonight can't get out of his zone... Lol

 

[Jericho111091]

I find it hilarious that people are back to bashing Byfield, as if the rest of team Canada has done anything tonight

 

[HookKing]

The Turc backchecking all over the place.

 

[tny760]

was zegras out for that entire PP?

 

[TwzKing]

So are people gonna start respecting Turk as a legit blue-chipper now?

 

[KingsCourt]

I find it hilarious that people are back to bashing Byfield, as if the rest of team Canada has done anything tonight

His line the only one getting sustained pressure!/time in the US zone

 

[Matt13]

 

[tny760]

why did knight play that puck?? canadians were dead and that was easy icing

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Jesus. Canada gets away with the monster interference choke slam in the slot, then like a 15 ft. offsides.

I find it hilarious that people are back to bashing Byfield, as if the rest of team Canada has done anything tonight

It's very transparent. Plenty of Canadians with more playing time/offensive roles to lay into, but gotta go after the guy getting deployed as a stopper..

 

[bouncesonly]

Zegras gots some hands. He's on the Ducks? Oof.

 

[tny760]

Shit, Zegras gots some hands. He's on the Ducks? Oof.

feelsbadman

 

[LAKings88]

Turcotte does all the little things. Mike Richards type impact on a game.

Byfield is a couple years away.

 

[kingsboy11]

It was insanely important to get out of that period with the 2 goal lead intact. Gotta prepare for the inevitable storm that's going to come next period.

 

[Eagle Fang]

Byfield doing more in this game than most of the other CAN forwards which is good to see. They all kind of look like shit though so I dunno if that's really saying much.

 

[tny760]

Byfield is a couple years away.

HoW dId hE gO 2nD OvErAlL?!?!

people on the main board seem to think he's just supposed to slot right in to the NHL, that's never been the plan.. that's exactly how i feel about him, season him properly and he's gonna stick

 

[tbrown33]

Turcotte does all the little things. Mike Richards type impact on a game.

Byfield is a couple years away.

yup. a big difference is that the Kings have already been developing Turc for over a year. They havent even had Byfield in LA yet. You can see the difference, Turc is playing a much more NHL style game. Byfield is just still raw - but tomorrow, he’ll be in a pro environment finally.

 

[Telos]

Canada is going to throw everything including the kitchen sink at USA this period. This is going to be the most exciting hockey we've watched since the Stanley Cup. Can't wait

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

I don't think Byfield is that far away. I think he needs to be used offensively if you want him to create offense, not play 4th line minutes with relative plugs and be told to dump the puck in.

His only 'problem' right now is not saving Canada, he's far and away their best defensive player by advanced stats because he's clearly being told to focus on possession and defense. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

Everyone is going to be 'shocked' when he goes back to juniors and puts up 2PPG again when it's his default state, be 'the guy,' play 20 minutes. It's so f***ing stupid.