GDT: WJC, NYE, Canada vs Germany, 1:30 EST

[TonsofPuppies]

Lol, this team is so bad.

 

[SannywithoutCompy]

Embarrassing xenophobic comments in here by fellow Canadians. Stop bitching, kill the penalty and win the game. “Soft European hockey” has produced some of the greatest legends this game has ever seen. You dipshits.

Yeah and the USSR produced some of the greatest writers and artists of all time, doesn't mean it's not a terrible system of rules.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

get the hell out of here with your woke nonsense. nothing xenophobic about it.

It has the appearance of it when an obvious headshot is denied.

 

[therealdeal]

People are right to be angry when you can drive a guy in the numbers into the boards from behind, but an open ice hit with no charge, no elbow, no leaving the feet gets you kicked out of the game.
IIHF refs have always been dogs shit.

 

[King'sPawn]

You are correct. But it doesn't change the fact that European hockey is indeed "soft".

Wanting to avoid head hits and expecting players to execute better hits isn't "soft."

 

[TheBeastCoast]

The fact that the hit on Beck was determined not to be a penalty and the Geekie hit was a major is really everything wrong with the way the international game is called in a nutshell.

 

[SannywithoutCompy]

Wanting to avoid head hits and expecting players to execute better hits isn't "soft."

That was a perfectly clean hit in any NA league above Novice, that is exactly soft.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

People are right to be angry when you can drive a guy in the numbers into the boards from behind, but an open ice hit with no charge, no elbow, no leaving the feet gets you kicked out of the game.
IIHF refs have always been dogs shit.

Both should have been game misconducts. There was some leeway on the Beck hit but he was far enough away from the boards the player should have been booted.

 

[GreatSaveEssensa]

So Chara could never hit anyone, right?

If they're taking back boarding calls because players turn at the last moment, some logic needs to be applied to a player falling over backwards to avoid a hit at the last moment too. If the German player stays upright and takes the hit there is no head contact, because his head isn't at Geekie's torso. It's inconsistent.

This exactly.

 

[PanniniClaus]

Calling Germans soft... i'm not really paying much attention here but surely my fellow Canadians are not calling Germans soft.

What a play by Kechter... Bittner swimming away from the dock...

 

[nbwingsfan]

Dumais you’re f***ing killing us. This game it doesn’t matter but you could have independently tied or won the game against Sweden if you weren’t making the most brain dead passes when you have a top quality scoring chance.

He looked the same at times in the post season for Halifax last season as well.

Seems to utterly dominate lower competition but can easily shut down by better players

 

[LastOne2100]

Wanting to avoid head hits and expecting players to execute better hits isn't "soft."

That hit was literal textbook in North America. Other than not hitting at all, there was absolutely nothing that could've been better there.

Lane was good, tucked in his elbow, didn't launch upwards, etc.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Mateychuk is giving my Clarke vibes in that you know he's good, you know he's going to be good, but he's f***ing sucking here.

 

[TonsofPuppies]

Wanting to avoid head hits and expecting players to execute better hits isn't "soft."

Please explain to me how Geekie could have executed a "better" hit in that scenario without saying "don't lay the hit at all". Because if that's your argument, we might as well make hockey a non-contact sport. lol

 

[Snippit]

Too many Canadian forwards that just don’t possess the quality I would hope for this level

 

[Korpse]

That's usually the best time to hit. Set the tone of the game and make the other team timid with the puck.

You are Canada playing Germany in a round robin game. You don’t need to make the other team timid but you can achieve that by not making hits like Geekie made as well. I’m not crazy about it being a major but it’s not surprising to see it called that way. It’s just a dumb hit to make.

 

[hockey20000]

hah german player down..

 

[Orr Fourever]

Goal Canada.

 

[Leaf Fans]

if minton plays 17-19 mins today i hope a canadian fan jumps the boards and ****** slaps that useless hc of ours. and pours a mcflurry on his bald head

The team will cut off any fan an trying that. Lol.

 

[D0ctorCool]

that dude really needed to get up and skate to the bench.

 

[EdJovanovski]

Overturn the goal!

 

[TonsofPuppies]

Lmao at that clown laying in his own zone for 30 seconds while Canada scores. Enjoy the relegation game, bud.

 

[HabSgt]

Beauty passing leads to a nice goal 2-1

 

[SupremeTeam16]

Run it up on them boys.

 

[sepHF]

that was definitely a bad missed call

but get off the ice dude... i mean seriously

you guys are desperate for 1 pt and you're just trying to sell the call lol