The team is bad, can´t understand this decission.
yes they are, but i can.
He scored the majority of his goals in PP and collected most of his points in the first few games or so. Lately, he had 3A in his last 11 Games including a -4 Rating. Overall, he comes with a -10 which makes him last in his team in this category. And don't tell me, "LA is a bad team, so he can't have a good +/-" Kopitar has +/- 0 such as Brown; Sean Walker (defender!) managed it to reach +4 and collected as many even strength points as Kovi.
Long story short, he is a one trick (PP) pony, but an old lazy one. In a situation like that, you don't need guys like this in your team, you need more Sean Walkers...
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I used to be a Kovalchuk fan, but his NHL comeback is a mess.