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Devils Alley: Kovalchuk is Secretly Killing The New Jersey Devils

Found December 04, 2011 on MyTeamRivals.com: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Ilya Kovalchuk,  Zach Parise,  Adam Larsson,  Patrik Elias
TEAMS: New Jersey Devils

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Like it or not, Ilya Kovalchuk is doing more to hurt the New Jersey Devils then help. Since Kovalchuk joined the Devils midway through the 2009-2010 season, New Jersey is 63-71 in the regular season (OT losses combined with regulation losses) and failed to make the playoffs for the first time in a decade last season. One of Kovalchuk's biggest weaknesses has been maintaining a positive +/- rating, posting a -28 since coming over from Atlanta and a -112 rating for his career. For those fans who don't think +/- is an important statistic in hockey, let's look at what he has done this season. Kovalchuk has an average ice time of 25 minutes per game, which ranks 17th in the NHL and 1st on the team. During that time, his +/- rating has dropped to -11 on the season and makes him seventh worst in the league out of 746 players. In other words, Kovalchuk is leading the team in ice time but giving up the most goals in the process. Granted, most of the team's failures ha...
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