Liam Kirk at the Worlds

[moosemeister]

I’m guessing there is a language barrier here but what the f*** haha

 

[JasonDemersWasOkay]

BA has said they’re watching him very closely. He’s near the top of the tournament in scoring. If that doesn’t lead to a contract, then clearly there’s something BA isn’t seeing.

I think he gets a slick 2 year ELC to see if he can show something in the AHL.

 

[HowlofRevel]

We've given ELC's to players who have proven less. The WC is a small sample size, but I think some posters in this forum are undervaluing the talent level he was playing against, even in a down year.

Biggest thing Kirk has working against him is that GMBA has never seen him in person. The entire staff that drafted him is gone. He will be invited to prospect and veteran camp like he was in 2019. It's up to him to earn a contract there.

 

[Hi De Hi]

I think he was proposing the AHL to start. Although the World's are missing many of the best players, there is still plenty of NHL talent in the tournament. One way to think of Kirk's accomplishment is that he outscored dozens of NHL players.

And he did it on the lowest but one ranked team in the tournament.

 

[Sm00chy]

Jow many anti talents is signed k. todays NHL? well, a lot.
A goal per game eate, lead GB to their first win, all over the strongest tourment ever for GB. But cause he is an UKer, no contract for you! I wishing him het outbof Arizona organisation( they wont trade him so others can profit on him).

Mix in a water bud.

 

[Coyotedroppings]

A players play in a tournament, often supersedes his abilities for a season’s grind. Hoping that’s not the case for Liam.

 

[Coyotedroppings]

How did Kuemper look?

What is it you’re “too busy” with to never watch games?
Good God man, you’re perpetually on this forum, asking the same questions, can’t be that busy? Have you heard of recording the games and playing them back? You can even fast forward through commercials and after breaks in play up to the next face off. It’s amazing technology and would allow you to form your own opinions.

 

[SwedishFire]

Mix in a water bud.

Typing while k. hurry. Has happend before. smartphones sucks. But its the world we live in

 

[Jakey53]

He let in a kinda weird goal but was really steady in the period or so I watched. Highlights suggest he was good.

Good. We need him back to his play of two years ago.

 

[Jakey53]

What is it you’re “too busy” with to never watch games?
Good God man, you’re perpetually on this forum, asking the same questions, can’t be that busy? Have you heard of recording the games and playing them back? You can even fast forward through commercials and after breaks in play up to the next face off. It’s amazing technology and would allow you to form your own opinions.

I don't watch or record any games of tournaments. I'll let someone else do that. I have no interest in watching a game after it happened, or if I know the score.

 

[Coyotedroppings]

I don't watch or record any games of tournaments. I'll let someone else do that. I have no interest in watching a game after it happened, or if I know the score.

So you watch for the outcome more so than player analysis and are content with forming an opinion of the latter based on the observations of others?

 

[Jamieh]

I'm not really that big of a fan of violence in sport but watching these games it drives me nuts to see guys do stupid stuff in front of net knowing the other team can't do a damn thing without getting a penalty. I liked the days when players could hold each other accountable.

 

[Hi De Hi]

Kirk finishes as joint top goal scorer and also makes the tournament all star team.

 

[Hi De Hi]

All British hockey fans are so proud
KIRK NAMED ON ALL-STAR TEAM AND FINISHES AS JOINT-LEADING GOALSCORER – IHUK

 

[MIGs Dog]

All British hockey fans are so proud
KIRK NAMED ON ALL-STAR TEAM AND FINISHES AS JOINT-LEADING GOALSCORER – IHUK

Garland too! Probably has some English blood in him.

 

[Jakey53]

So you watch for the outcome more so than player analysis and are content with forming an opinion of the latter based on the observations of others?

I could care less about these tournaments, so I will ask questions about a player to the posters who enjoy watching these tournaments. The reason I asked about Kuemper was because of his injuries last year and I wanted to see if he looked like his old self. I had no interest in any of the other Yote's in this tournament. I have watched these tournaments for years when I was younger and living in Canada when beating the Russians was almost as big as winning the SC. You had your BEST NHL'ers playing, not like now with half of them in the playoffs or sitting at home.

 

[Jakey53]

I'm not really that big of a fan of violence in sport but watching these games it drives me nuts to see guys do stupid stuff in front of net knowing the other team can't do a damn thing without getting a penalty. I liked the days when players could hold each other accountable.

You mean when hockey was hockey? The players policed themselves. This in front of the net BS that has being going on for a long time now is my biggest beef about the officiating.

 

[Hi De Hi]

Kirk's GB jersey from Riga to be exhibited at the Hockey hall of Fame!