It's come to a point where I've grown sick and tired of so-called New Jersey Devils fans pointing fingers, blaming and just plain bashing Ilya Kovalchuk and I just had to say something.
It's easy to point out the mistakes. The bad passes and poorly timed turn-overs. It's hard to look past the minus 36 rating over the last two seasons. These are things fans dwell on and for some they can't see anything beyond the bad.
Well folks it's time to wake up and take a good look at number 17. It's time for people to realize how important Kovalchuk is to this team and he really is worth all $100 million the Devils are paying him.
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