Kovalchuk still got it pretty good

His defense tho...

I know its terrible ! Even during the PP he look nervous with the puck

so ?

Claude and Marc both addressed this
''we got plenty of Defensive minded players , what we dont got are a lot of is Goal Scorers who are comfortable shooting a lot ''

MTL shoots a lot , we often lead the league but thats because everyones just throwing anything at the net with quality really only coming consistently in that department from Gallagher , Weber , Armia and Tatar . Kovalchuk his first 2 games was involved in a key role in 4/5 goals scored and averaged 20 minutes ice time because his rebounds create chances for opportunistic Lehkonen who's been sensational since Kovy arrived with 4 points in 4 games to match Kovalchuk's .

Lehkonen's D is good enough for both of them but his offense needed something and Kovy's been that something so far

4 points in 4 games man , lets not find a reason to be a Debbie Downer and just give Credit where its Due .

his shot is still elite man. this man was so good back in the day, i miss those days of him just dominating, and datsyuk in detroit, sedins in vancouver. man were those days fun

Same has pastrnak ?