Feed Me A Stray Cat
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Not this season.
Loktionov played in 28 games and had 8 goals with 13 total points. He was a healthy scratch towards the end of the season. He played no PK time.
Ilya Kovalchuk played 37 games and had 11 goals with 31 total points. Played signficiant PK time.
Not even a contest who was more valuable.
If your criteria is something along the lines of "performance relative to expectations", then fine, but anyone thinking Loktionov's absence would hurt the team more than Kovy's is delusional.