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Originally Posted by MontrealHabitant
I was reading some fan's post on multiple hockeys board and, it seem's like a huge bunch keep on < whining > about Koivu all the time, they do along with providing hilarious solutions such as retrograding Koivu to the third line and moving up Grabovsky to the 2nd line...
The Fact is...
Koivu has been stuck for YEARS with some weak players on his line or total rookies.
This is the points for players on first line 46 PTS 64 PTS 74 PTS
Look at the first Line A Kostitsyn-Plekanec-Kovalev
Right there, we don't even have a < real > first line...
let's have a look at the second line and the multiple team mates that Koivu had on it.
Koivu: 53 PTS
Ryder 27 PTS
Higgins 45 PTS
S. Kostitsyn 23 PTS
Latendresse 25 PTS
Pretty pathetic,Koivu's 53 PTS this year while playing with this bunch of 3rd/4th liners is awesome to me, not to forget he's on the second line.
Koivu is not a scorer, he's a playmaker( same as Adam Oates), how can fans expect him to reach let's say 80 + points with such n00bs on his line ? Does not even make sense.
Koivu got greats hands ( as seen in shootouts, he's a beast) but you can't expect him to do more then 60 points per season when you stick him with complete rookies.. it's just plain dumb.
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People want to dump all over Koivu? Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
