PSR: Mikhail Kovalchuk

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Player Name: Mikhail Kovalchuk

Birth Place: Volgograd, Russia 

Render: Ilya Kovalchuk 

Height: 6'2.2"

Weight: 199

 

How do you scout a player who is the son of a past Hall of Fame hockey player? How do you not examine their play with optimism, hope and promise? Well, you'd probably scout them without those things if they sucked and fortunately for Maxim Kovalchuk's son, Mikhail, that isn't the case. Similar to his father, who retired as a Bears legend and VHL Hall of Fame, he's a a young defender starting out his career in the Russian Junior Hockey League. Also similar to his father is the style of hockey that he plays. While he isn't the biggest body and I don't think you'll be watching him flatten guys any time soon on a nightly basis, he's a big time hockey player that comes with an incredible offensive presence that's been described as the Russian scouting agencies as "nuclear". Mikhail has extreme potential to be a very strong player in whatever league is plays in that starts with a V and has officially declared himself eligible to become a free agent in the Victory Hockey League's minor association, the VHLM. Thus far, only a small amount of teams have reached out to him. Will he accept? Will he wait it out? Something tells me the clock is ticking and those that don't answer will soon regret it once they watch him play. Now, until that moment comes, let's show you what you can look forward to.

 

PRO'S 

Loyalty - Almost every player that comes from this agency shows some form of loyalty. They have been known to leave if something has gone sour with the organization but tend to stick it out. Alike many Russian's, he's very specific as to where he wants to end up and what he's looking for when he enters into the VHL.

Driven to win - He will stop at nothing to win. This kid was hungry in the Russian Junior Hockey League to collect W's and as the time went on, he slowly elevated his game to ensure he was doing the best he could at that time for his team. Every single statistics of his went up each season as his RJHL career progressed.

Offensively gifted -He passes the puck, scores the goals, collects the points. He's everything a team needs if they're looking for someone to help out from the blue line. As his career grows, I think he's going to blossom into one of the most dynamic, offensively talented players of this VHL era.

 

CONS

Probably doesn't want to play for you - "I will leave after 3 seasons" was a sentence he seen a prior rookie waiting to be drafted say and he's learned from the best when it comes to that. He wants to contend with his dad and there's two places he wants to do that.

Hitting - He isn't huge and he doesn't really hit right now. When needed, 100% he will. He doesn't want to get stupid penalties. This is a good and bad thing.

Loves McDonalds - Eats it every second day. Has the potential of become obese. He works out... for now.

 

Spoiler

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