1 on 1 with Johnny Kovacevic after he signed his new three-year deal with the Jets

[ICdave]

Fresh off signing a three-year contract with the Jets I caught up with the Grimsby, Ontario product.

Topics:

1) His takeaways from the 2021-22 season {:54)
2) Transition from Pascal Vincent to Mark Morrison (1:40)
3) What worked so well for him this season after setting a number of career highs (2:38)
4) How tight the Moose team is (4:09)
5) What did he learn from his first playoff experience in the pros? (5:32)
6) Building playoff muscle memory (6:55)
7) His chemistry with D partner Dylan Samberg and how they compliment each other (7:55)
8) Making his NHL debut with Jets vs Canucks back in January (9:26)
9) Was that achievement more significant given the adversity he faced as a youth (10:51)
10) Does he keep mementos? Did he keep his first Jets jersey? (11:57)
11) Having most of his family at his first game (14:16)
12) From 250 fans in NHL debut to close to 19,000 in St. Louis vs the Blues (15:38)
13) Do the four NHL games he played make next season easier? (17:22)
14) Differences in NHL vs AHL road travel (18:58)
15) Signing his three-year deal with Winnipeg (19:50)
16) Is he involved in the contract process or does he leave that to his representation (21:07)
17) Was there any talk about role (22:15)
18) His mentality heading into the season (24:03)
19) Areas of growth in his game (25:50) 2
20) Benefits of Jets prospects learning from each other on Moose (28:45)
21) How excited is he for assistant coach Marty Johnston's promotion to Jets (31:04)
22) Has he gotten up to anything exciting this summer? (32:15)
23) When is he back in Winnipeg? (33:34)

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[voyageur]

Great interview Dave. Kovacevic has a great attitude. I think he's probably starting as a depth player, and he's realistic about it. But the progression in his game hopefully makes him a full time NHLer in the near future.

 

[ICdave]

Great interview Dave. Kovacevic has a great attitude. I think he's probably starting as a depth player, and he's realistic about it. But the progression in his game hopefully makes him a full time NHLer in the near future.

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it.

 

[ERYX]

@ICdave thanks for doing these interviews and posting them. I don't have time to watch all or even many of them, but the ones I've watched I liked. I like that you let the interviewee talk, without you saying much other than prompting them with questions.

Kovacevic seems like a solid, humble guy. Hope he makes the big show eventually, he certainly seems to have the right attitude.

 

[ICdave]

@ICdave thanks for doing these interviews and posting them. I don't have time to watch all or even many of them, but the ones I've watched I liked. I like that you let the interviewee talk, without you saying much other than prompting them with questions.

Kovacevic seems like a solid, humble guy. Hope he makes the big show eventually, he certainly seems to have the right attitude.

Thanks for the note. I try to let the folks being interviewed do the talking.

 

[trebendan]

I’m afraid they might lose him on waivers. Draft & develop, then don’t make room for him.

 

[DEANYOUNGBLOOD17]

13 forwards
8 dmen
2 goalies

Roster of 23 with Kovecevic being your 8 th D-Man this year.

 

[Teppo Numenor]

I go to about half the moose games and johnny is one of my favourites. I hope he has a great camp and gets some regular minutes at some point. Also a really positive and likeable guy who will be a welcome addition to the room