Numbers, eyes test, New Jersey fans and management disagree with you.
Kovacevic would be our #3 dmen most games.
Numbers, eye test, fans and NJ management don’t make Kovy the top end shit down D Montreal actually need. And he would not be a top 3 D in Montreal. He’s not better than Matheson, Hutson, Guhle, Savard or Xhekaj. In fact I’d take Struble over him as well. The only D I’d say he’s clearly better than is Barron who is younger and less experienced than Kovy, so we’ll see in a few years if that still holds. No matter how you cut it, he’s certainly not the answer Montreal is looking for.
I always thought he was winger until I saw him play center and I was shocked.
Depth is damn imporant though. Our SFC run was down to Price, Weber and a lot of our depth.
Depth is fine when you have the top end talent to support. Depth means nothing when you don’t have the anchors like Weber or Price carrying the load. Without them, depth is meaningless. It’s just more important players who can’t get the job done.
Edmundson, Petry, Chiarot on a team without Weber would be mid as they’ve all shown on teams without playing with a Weber level player.
Have as many depth goalies you want on a team but if they’re not playing behind Price, all you have is too many bad goalies.
