And, OT, I think Kovalchuk's game is more likely to hit a wall, he's more likley to be a negative influence in the room and his contract is worse. He may once have defended better than Neal, but I don't think that's the case this year - I haven't minded Neal on defence as much as I thought I would, and Kovalchuk has apparently been pretty brutal. He was producing AND was benched. That tells me something.
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