Well the deal is done, the sweepstakes are over. Ilya Kovalchuk will be a Devil the rest of this season. Lou Lamoriello pulled off an ingenious trade and the Devils will now have a threatening sniper every night in the lineup. Not to mention one of the top ten goalies to ever play the game still at very good form. I still don't believe the Devils are the team to beat in the East since their trap system always gets matched up against rather than teams taking a risk to one of their stars in a regular season game. I am interested to see how Kovalchuk fits into the system. He most likely will hang up high to unload his lethal shot off turnovers. Next week's home and home certainly has much more flare to it.
However, the more pressing matter at hand is going into a very tough Minnesota building and getting two points. Minnesota is a very defensive minded team with a phenomenal goaltender in Backstrom, but he has been battling an illness and placed on IR. As of now it looks like Anton Khudobin will start and Ray Emery for the Flyers despite a very solid performance by Michael Leighton against the Oilers. This is a big game to win going back to Philadelphia and having to face the new version of the Devils twice in a row. While they cannot look past this game, next week will be a real indication on where this team stands.
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