Confirmed with Link: Ilya Kovalchuk to Capitals for 2020 3rd round pick
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ArtVandelay1987
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Was so excited I ended up getting a Kovy jersey from Hockey Authentic haha. Super happy he is with us even if it is just for this last part of the season.
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Great Dane! Love that Eller feller.
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Portable Mink
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Wait, this is Offense with Kovy? I thought it was defense with Kempny, Jensen or Siegs?
txpd
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Wait, this is Offense with Kovy? I thought it was defense with Kempny, Jensen or Siegs?
I cant see the chart on my phone real well. What does it say?
One great thing about a Ovie-Kuzy-Kovy line is that Hagelin-Eller-Wilson should be a freakishly good shutdown line. Good for a top heavy team like Tampa or Boston.
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Its a massive red blob right in front of the goal and other high danger spots. Like a dominant offensive performance heat map. That's why I joked it looked like our terribad defense instead. It also says its only 40 minutes worth of time.
txpd
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I see, maybe its only a matter of time before something goes in for him then
txpd
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Reasonable bet. He has 440 some odd goals, its only a matter of time indeed
Tomorrow night would be a good time.
obviously Kovy is new here so its hard to tell but I don't remember Kovy being very irresponsible... maybe in his early Trasher days but he was a two way beast in New Jersey.
Only way to find out is to try it!
CapitalsCupReality
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he was I said, obviously not anymore. Not many guys are at 36.
another possibility is Oshie on the top line and Kovy with Backstrom.
Melkor
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Kovalchuk just needs to score. He's always been responsible defensively. What he always lacked badly is defensive skill. He just can't defend properly. Obviously, it's not the same as being irresponsible.
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Can’t?
Defense isn’t a skill you’re born with....takes effort to get good.
Defense isn’t a skill you’re born with....takes effort to get good.
txpd
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Tom Wilson is 4th on the team in goals. He is tied for 3rd on the team in EVG but you want to drop him down to the 3rd line? That doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
Edit: come playoffs the opposition is going to put their 1st d pair out against Ov. With Wilson on his line that d pair gets destroyed by the hitting and heavy play that 1st line provides every game. Kovalchuk in for Wilson lets the opposition off the hook
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I like the brief O-K-K line after PKs finish, but not as a long term. I think O-K-W is the right top line.. .we won a Cup with it, I'd roll that again and let Kovy get some shifts up there after PKs only.
I'd keep him up there to going into the playoffs, I just recognize that things will change and having other viable options matter.
It cost us the playoffs last year when Kempny and Oshie went down, I'd like someone to step up this year.
How much did that cost? I've been looking for cheap-ish jerseys but they're hard to come by hahah
Melkor
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Defense isn't a skill you're getting good at based solely on effort. You're either gifted with understanding basics of the game without the puck or you're not. Bergeron would school 90% of the players in the world in his sleep when it comes to defending. This talk about "effort" and you're suddenly good at defense by putting it in is silly.
