I see people say this all the time and I thought maybe they were right, I'm not so sure at this point though. Color me skeptical.
I'm not sure if he'd be good playing 16 or 17 minutes a night, but the team would be better off for it.
He's a solid bottom 3 shutdown guy. But our coach for whatever reason thinks it's ok to use him and Moore as top pairing guys. It's just dumb. Both Lovejoy and Moore are solid bottom pairing or bottom 3 d-men for the exact opposite reasons.
Moore is a good power play and puck moving defenseman.
Lovejoy is a good PK and shutdown defenseman.
But when you give them top pairing minutes, you're asking for trouble.
I also think he's abusing Greene. Quincey and Auvitu are good enough they can handle 18 to 19 minutes consistently to take some of the strain off of Greene. Of course Auvitu isn't on the damn roster at the moment.