So we all grabbed some NJ Devils players in the draft right? How could we miss. Great names big fantasy numbers. Guys like Parise, Kovy, Zajac, Langenbrunner, Brodeur. Should be a slam dunk right?
Wrong!
What has happened to the Devils in a year is tough to figure out. Or is it.
Last year they were best in the league with 191 goals against
This year mid way through they already have 128
Is Kovy the reason for the collapse of the mighty Devils?
I think to some degree yes.
Last season Kovy played on a line with Elias and Zubrus. Which was pretty effective. Not much of a checking line but they did play that high flying european style hockey. When you contrast that to the number one line of Parise, Zajac and Langenbrunner, a hard hitting power forward beat you up in front of the net style of hockey, You have a difficult team to defend against. You also had a decent set of defenseman in front of Brodeur blocking shots.
This season went bad when Kovy got his big fat contract, because he thinks he is as good as OV and Semin, and the team had to play iron man hockey because the contract crippled the team. They did not have the money to dress enough players to run 4 lines.
So down goes Parise. I feel this was a result of to much play time. Now the lines have to shuffle. The Kovy line now becomes the scoring line LOL, and Zajac no longer has A big hard hitting wing to feed at the net.
The defense can’t block a shot and Broduer the ageless one shows us all its time to let go.
So like me we are all left with Devils players that can not get out of their own way. At least they have a shot at the number one pick in the draft.
Trade them all keep Parise he will not be a devil next season.
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