""Burns pinned me against the boards and I thought, 'I'll move my feet, the refs will see I can't go anywhere and I'll draw a penalty,' Kreider said. 'That's when I looked down and my feet weren't touching the ice. I'm 6-3, and I was playing at 230 pounds. Brent Burns just lifted me off the ice.'""
""I don't think I ever touched the puck when I was in this building,' Kreider said. 'It was [Corey] Perry and [Ryan] Getzlaf and whoever they were playing with at the time. ... I got the 'honor' of matching up against them a few times, and I was called into the coaches' room after that trip. I got told that my game wasn't where it needed to be.'""
Chris Kreider recalls early NHL California road trips as a nightmare, describing physically dominant opponents and brutal matchups. He details facing the Kings' large roster and confronting Sharks stars like Brent Burns, who once lifted him off the ice. He remembers minimal puck involvement in Anaheim while defending elite lines led by Corey Perry and Ryan Getzlaf and being summoned to coaches and told his game needed improvement. Kreider now highlights young Anaheim players such as Leo Carlsson, Cutter Gauthier and Jackson LaCombe as a rising core that will make the team a more feared and attractive destination.
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