Kovalchuk is a NJ Devil. Now, get over it already.

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Originally Posted by Goallum

He's a flashy Russian player, which is the only argument necessary to prove conclusively that you're full of s***.


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He might be flashy, but he hits, fights, stands up to other teams, scores, and plays at an extremely fast and high level.


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBUhjgtiTEk"]YouTube- Matt Cooke vs Ilya Kovalchuk Nov 21, 2009[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekxNR2Xu_U8"]YouTube- Bryan McCabe vs Ilya Kovalchuk Apr 9, 2009[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNg-PK7tvlA"]YouTube- White vs. Kovalchuk 25/11/08[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbAwtGhKLXk"]YouTube- Ilya Kovalchuk hits Paul Martin[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAW_AzCLfmo"]YouTube- Kovalchuk Lays Out Pettinger[/ame]

The thing with Brown.. It felt like he'd found his game in a big way back in 07/08. He was consistently hitting (and hitting HARD), letting others move the puck with him driving to the net looking for rebounds. Now it feels like he's playing with blinders on trying to do it all by himself.

I don't doubt his commitment but Brown needs to find and play to his strengths again. If he can't find his game by himself it's the coach's responsibility to make sure he does. He hasn't looked the same since Crawford left so I wouldn't ignore the possibility that Murray is simply coaching him the wrong way.

Do not want

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Originally Posted by BigBrown

The thing with Brown.. It felt like he'd found his game in a big way back in 07/08. He was consistently hitting (and hitting HARD), letting others move the puck with him driving to the net looking for rebounds. Now it feels like he's playing with blinders on trying to do it all by himself.

I don't doubt his commitment but Brown needs to find and play to his strengths again. If he can't find his game by himself it's the coach's responsibility to make sure he does. He hasn't looked the same since Crawford left so I wouldn't ignore the possibility that Murray is simply coaching him the wrong way.

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it's three different coaches trying to define three different roles for him.

gotta give it up to bland, he had him pegged real early on that Brown was too coachable and thus, a pleaser.

Andy Murray was probably the best coach for him. Terry Murray has done nothing but vamp on the anomaly that Marc Crawford created. Crow's feet is successful with players like Brown because he can yell the thinking off and turn the doofus level up.

Murray just like Lombardi like these hybrid-type guys.. the Madonna and the whore... like Justin Williams and Ryan Smyth. it's there with Dustin, but it's going to take a rough road because Brown wasn't inherently this type to begin with.

"Dewey it Drano"

lolz

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Originally Posted by dokworks

He might be flashy, but he hits, fights, stands up to other teams, scores, and plays at an extremely fast and high level.

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I know:

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Originally Posted by Goallum

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Originally Posted by SFKingshomer

Do not want

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Wow... hmmm Why??

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Originally Posted by CBGB

Dean Lombardi told me flat out he's not interested in Kovy - He's not Vinny, he's not Ovy and for the money he will demand he takes way too many games off... we already have Frolov.

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Same thing any GM would say to a blogger.

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Originally Posted by potsie03

Kovalchuk for Patrice Tardif, Roman Vopat, Craig Johnson, a first and a third.

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Awesome :)

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Originally Posted by gescom

what i agreed with really, was the overall concept of his being the only real person to at least pause about the idea, because i don't think it's as no-brainer as everyone there seemed to have.

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If he presented an argument that had legs beyond, "You don't know what you're talking about, son, because I have the ability to tell a man's true character and see the truth that you can't," then perhaps there might have been more people willing to stand on the same sideline in that discourse.