Match #18 - Kronwall vs. Kronwall, Take Your Pick | Greatest Hit Of The 21st Century

It’s Niklas Kronwall going up against himself in this matchup, where he crunches Ales Hemsky in the first hit and clobbers Dany Heatley on the second in Sportsnet's Greatest Hit of the 21st Century bracket.
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[@alexe606]

The first one, Kronwall didn’t even feel the impact. Badass

[@Buddzzy]

You feel every hit bub.. Why it so impressive.

[@alexe606]

@@Buddzzy It looked like he didn’t feel it. Little reaction to the hit

[@Buddzzy]

Have you ever thrown a check?

[@Buddzzy]

When you throw the check… you don't feel at the moment most of the time... But trust me… you will feel it.

[@alexe606]

@@Buddzzy Yeah I’ve hit. And yeah you feel it. But so rarely does the hit ever line up so perfectly where you can be in a situation where it looks like you don’t feel it. Thats why I found it more impressive, even though the 2nd one looked harder

[@simonlee4504]

Tough, but I'm gonna have to go with Kronwall

[@SliptreamSaint]

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[@sos5684]

The first time Sportsnet broadcasts 2 murders full HD

[@ukraineupdates9380]

Man I miss watching people get kronwalled. Unique hit like Scot Stevens cutting across the ice. Players knew to keep their heads up when skating out of the zone on Kronwalls side and when entering the zone opposite Stevens. I don't like watching people get hurt but I love a good clean hit

[@doomedandconfused411]

Same here! It’s not the same. Who’s the big hitter now? Tom Wilson?

[@judeau9151]

lol I love how it’s Kronwall x2. I might give it to the Heatly hit for the crowd reaction

[@TrueNorthGolf]

Definitely taking Kronwalls here. Kronwalls hit wasnt even close to as nice as Kronwalls. No brainer here

[@mdsupreme1776]

The Wings will rise to the top once again

[@BrotherJoe96]

The greatest hit of all time was the Umburger hit, no question

[@nrmproductions1150]

Didn’t even make the list🥴

[@kanegarvey3188]

Right? He literally looked like he was dosed with ten hits of acid

[@salmanhatia9039]

out of all the hits in this contest that Umburger one is the only one that made me say OHHHH out loud. definitely should be in this bracket.

[@TGCreaTion]

1:18 thats a great QR code. Great work, editor!

[@salmanhatia9039]

lol

[@kdubz7680]

Kronwall a brickwall legend

[@waylongladue8911]

They both are real good hard to choose.

[@Subihabsfan]

Nik Kronwall on Hemsky! 🔥

[@mr.e8432]

When talking about hits, it was only a matter of time until Kronwall had to face Kronwall.

[@unklesalty3732]

Where's the one where Kronwall straight-up gave Martin Havlat amnesia?

[@schampookungen2201]

Kronwall no doubt

[@connerxuan3431]

Should've put Kronwall's hit on Voracek that was a huge hit.

[@judeau9151]

that one’s almost hard to watch ⚰️

[@connerxuan3431]

@@judeau9151 Yeah it was a hard hit to watch but it was legal.

[@salmanhatia9039]

or the one on kucherov. literally all kronwall hits are in that exact same spot and he hits everyone the exact same way. starts doing some crossovers and then BAM!

[@connerxuan3431]

@@salmanhatia9039 exactly there should be more Kronwall hits in this debate.

[@mattryan3559]

First hit for the helmet pop off 100%

[@civilizedpro9356]

Nice

[@ottomatic3123]

The Kronwall Krunch!

[@sojiroseta98]

Much of this list could be Kronwall

[@mulph7738]

Kronwall!!!

[@JohnSmith-cy9tt]

NICKLAS IS KILLER...STFFAN ALSO...SMART AND RUGED KILLERS - NOT JUST FORCE...SKILLED PLAYERS

[@alexe606]

I choose Kronwall

[@probieff]

The first one for sure.

[@dlogicallynasty1903]

Smashed

[@dlogicallynasty1903]

Both of those were hard elbows I don't care what you say dude you need to check your eyes or something.

[@dlogicallynasty1903]

Left-handed elbows to the chest to the face it doesn't matter they were both elbows with force from skiing.

[@Buddzzy]

The 21st-century was all his

[@So4ny_Balesh]

Where is hit on Havlat? Crash booom bang knockdown!

[@Buddzzy]

Kronwalled!! If he doesn’t win this entire thing then this is the worst of all time

[@Buddzzy]

Every dog has his day

[@PeachesCobb123]

The second one is better. Bigger guy, bigger fall

[@youlikedyourowncomment5151]

Heatley only because it was on Heatley

[@oriamir8994]

The man got a genericized trademark of his brand of hits. That is kinda it's own reward regard less of this matching fest where reporters pick which hits the masses will vote on. kinda like real elections.

[@ianhawxhurst6197]

i pick kronwall

[@denniseriksson3883]

First Kronwall

[@skyskimmer]

kRONWALL WINS

[@klompsauce]

Why are these the hosts?

[@eastsidebinzy]

Hemsky

[@benny6639]

Why have put a clean headshot

[@Rafters23]

Look at the difference in reaction. Then, it was clean, not dirty and play goes on. If that same hit were to happen tomorrow there would be a 10 man scuffle. Sometimes you just gotta accept your teammates head was down and got hit clean and keep skating lol

[@TJS3]

Next Kronwall visor vs. Komarov visor on competition of most useless item in hockey.

[@richrealdeal6606]

Kronwall>Kronwall

[@canadianchaos1517]

WHAT? No way. Kronwall is even better than Kronwall!

[@richrealdeal6606]

Wrong! Kronwall is better than Kronwall

[@LeLaidbackLauncher]

I may be a biased bruins fan but that Torey Krug hit against Thomas in 2018 was MASSIVE

[@MrBiteme39]

Both Kronwall hits were elbows forward to the chin. Prove me wrong.

[@kenneththorberg6914]

I proved you wrong.

[@Buddzzy]

Before him Scott Stevens

[@xJuiCYxxJaYx]

the dude doesnt know what a kronwall means if he has to say that they look similar? go back to the star wars world bud

[@Stalkingwolf]

both penalties. 1st charging, 2nd left his feet. so nice selection sportsnet