Czechia's David Pastrnak drops 2-word reaction to Connor McDavid's wish for "all countries" to be represented in next 4 Nations-like tourney

Czechia native David Pastrnak approved of Team Canada star Connor McDavid's comments regarding the participation of other nations in international best-on-best events.

McDavid addressed the media ahead of Thursday night’s 4 Nations Face-Off final.

"I'd love to see all countries represented. It's great that it's best-on-best, 4 Nations [...] but there's some great players sitting at home."

Some of the league’s best players did not have a chance to play at the 4 Nations Face-Off as their countries were not represented. Players from Czechia, Slovakia and Russia were among those who had to sit at home instead of playing best-on-best hockey.

Boston Bruins sniper David Pastrnak dropped this two-word reply on X:

“Well said.”

Pastrnak, a native of Czechia, did not participate in the 4 Nations Face-Off as his country was not a part of the tournament. Alexander Ovechkin of Russia, Anze Kopitar of Slovenia and Erik Cernak of Slovakia were among the other big names who did not get a chance to play.

David Pastrnak has a chance to participate in 2026 Olympic Games

David Pastrnak will hope to get a chance to represent his country at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina. The NHL announced earlier this month that it will allow NHLers to play in the 2026 and 2030 games.

As such, Pastrnak, among other highly-skilled NHLers, will have their first opportunity to represent their native countries in a high-level international tournament. The last time the NHL allowed players to participate in such an event was at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

Since then, an entire generation of players has not had the opportunity to represent their countries at a best-on-best event. While David Pastrnak led his native Czechia to a gold medal at the IIHF World Championships last spring, he has not had the chance to play in a tournament like the 4 Nations Face-Off.

Pastrnak was 18 years old the last time Czech NHLers played in the Olympics. It remains to be seen what the Czechia roster will look like for Milano Cortina. But with Pastrnak on the team, it could be one of the best teams on the ice.