Comments on: Is it Kovalev's Team?

By: AntropovGoodIToldUSo

AntropovGoodIToldUSo — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 10:35:46 +0000

If it's Kovalev's team, Montreal fans should be very afraid.

By: habsoverserver

habsoverserver — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:33:06 +0000

Gainey had a younger, cheaper and more productive scorer in Ribeiro and traded him so that Koivu would be the #1 center.

I don't see him moving Koivu, nor do I see any other NHL team paying Koivu what he gets for Montreal.

By: Pronger44

Pronger44 — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:06:13 +0000

Kovalev a season ago I’d say he was done. But this season, he’s really brought his A Game back, and as a Habs fan I thank him for his excellent play all season long.

By: darcysucker

darcysucker — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:01:44 +0000

Kovalev has been awesome, but I think one of the main differences this year, besides his work ethic, is that he's playing with very talented players who come to play every night, kovy, pleks and kots have been great this year, they've learned how to play together, and all 3 are very talented and make beautiful plays. How about Kotsitsyn's play last night? he was flying out there, remember last year, who did Kovalev play with? Early in the season he played with Pleks, but pleks wasn't comfortable in that role yet, and then there was samsonov who just plain old sucked ass, and at the end of the season carbo had him with 2 rookies latendresse and lapierre, no wonder he was pissed off. Now he gets tons of powerplay time, leads the forwards in minutes and has the most points, keep it up Kovy, I love this guy, and I was one of the few who didn't bash him last year, and now everyone is jumping back on his bandwagon

By: wayne2

wayne2 — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:32:05 +0000

Kovalev is great player and having a very good year but he hisnt a captain.How many times does he make a controversial comment and dont forget besides this season he usually puts an effort one game out of three.To me Montreal's next captain should be Higgins,he's got a big heart and plays hard every game.

By: yarfangor

yarfangor — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:08:39 +0000

I love Kovalev, hes just a magician with the puck, he can make Houdini drop his jaw, he honestly has the stick handling of an all-star. I think hes a perfect fit for captain and koivu in a blockbuster trade for a very productive player would be awesome….however gillet loves Koivu like a son, and with what koivu has been through and the amount of years hes put into the team, I don't think that we are remotely close to trading koivu. I'd love it if we traded Koivu+2nd round+huet for gaborik and burns, but it just ain't in the cards.

By: lafleur10

lafleur10 — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:01:20 +0000

i haven't seen kovalev play like this since his pittsburgh days!!and he is really starting to dominate games for us and is taking the play to the opposition and is the best stickhandler in the game!!and yes i'd like to see him as captain he's carrying this team on his back and that's usually what some captains and best players do!!he's not vocal in the locker room and does his talking on the ice!!!and his inspired play is rubbing off of his other team mates and his line mates they are playing with apurpose and a passion that we didn't see last year!i've been a big fan of kovalev!!even more now that he's on our team!!and he wants to lead this team to cup!!!kovy play this year has brought plekanec and a.kostitsyn's play to another level kovy is a great mentor for the kostitsyn brothers!!and there confidence and learning curve will soar with help from kovalev!!!i will go so far as too say if alex doesn't get hurt this year he will score 35 goals and 80 points for us!!!his highest total since the 96 point season he had with pittsburgh!!!good article !!!enjoyed reading it and posting a comment on it!!!

By: Quebec4Life

Quebec4Life — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 09:31:23 +0000

I thing it's not hard to understand that. Like he said often, the part that Kovy likes the most is the playoffs and I think he was really mad to miss last year's by a point so he simply decided to show up at every game to make sure we get that extra point…