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Jacques Demers stated on RDS that part of the solution is to “replace veterans that have been here long, and haven’t made the team better.” (Article at RDS.ca)

He said he wouldn’t name any players, and that we can draw our own conclusions.

As far as I’m concerned, Demers is talking about Koivu… mainly…

The Breakdown:

“The ones who have been here long”

I mean, pretty much everybody on this team is quite new… Koivu has been here 12 years. Bouillon follows with 8 years… so maybe he would include him as well… who knows… Markov has been here 7 years but made the team better, and got better along the way. Brisebois has been here 15 years with an exodus to Colorado… maybe he was adding him to the mix, but really, he has no trade value.

“The rest”

Kovalev has been here 4 years which is not long, just had 2 points and was +1 in the game prior to his article.

Everybody else has been here 4 years or less.

Where it becomes more obvious that he’s pointing the finger at Koivu… Demers says that our problem is with the offense, and that our teams first need is an offensive center that could help Ryder produce!

Koivu is currently in a slump… he has 6 points in 14 games, and is -7. He went through something similar last year… when he went for 6 points in 20 games, and was -13…. this really hurts the team, as he is supposed to be our leader, and first line center…

Maybe Demers is right… Koivu needs to get Ryder and the players around him scoring… and maybe Koivu isn’t designed for the new NHL and struggles with the long and draining season.

OR maybe Demers is a giant illiterate loudmouth (Article - Jacques Demers admits he’s illiterate) … Lets us know what you think.

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