That's what i thought - if he can compete on the PP and play 3rd line minutes, thats good enough for me. Anything more is candy
he looked pretty good tonight. 1 point and a good board battle led to an earlier goal
Not just a screen on the first goal, but he forced the turnover in the zone and kept it in until Tatar setup the play.Most of the way through his Habs debut he had a screen on the Habs first goal and an assist on the second. He's also laid the body a few times and tried to tackle the puck into the net at one point, so its safe to say the efforts there.
I don't expect a guy his age to keep up the intensity for the rest of the season, but its been a fun debut for him.
I was aware about slight transcribing differences, but your post was very insightful. I didn't know all this. I assume you've studied linguistics?i was just joking around, but if we want to discuss language, technically theres no wrong or right answer. Why? There’s no one standard for transcribing Cyrillic into Latin alphabet.
The biggest example is Ё in Cyrillic. It is either transcribed as either “e” or “yo” depending on the person that does the transcribing. So, two big examples in hockey are Фёдоров (Fedorov) and Семён (Semyon). If you were to write it as Fyodorov and Semen (lol), you wouldnt be wrong.
Taking your case for example, the way j is pronounced in english is approximately equivalent to the letter ж. Transcribing it into latin, you’ll most often see it as “zh”. But it’s also possible you’ll see it as j or even dzh which all approximately sound the same in english (there’s one very famous georgian whose Ж is popularly transcribed as dzh).
It’s pretty confusing. I mean the NHL doesnt even stick to one standard when they transcribe Cyrillic! I’d personally spell it as Kovalchuk which is the common version, but Kovalchuck is not exactly “wrong” either because, in the end, an English person is gonna pronounce both versions the same regardless. The goal of transcription is to transcribe the foreign language in such a way that the person can approximately sound it out.
He was +2 in a 2-3 loss.
Surprise, surprise. 1st liner tonight, 1st PP on the left point.
Linguistics is just a hobby of mine along with hockey.I was aware about slight transcribing differences, but your post was very insightful. I didn't know all this. I assume you've studied linguistics?
How would a name like Julian or Alejandro be transcribed since the 'J' is an 'H' sound?
By that alone he's worth 700k.
No surprise, he's still a physical freak and a good player. Kings brass probably invited Rian Johnson to one of their games as part of the Look At The Hollywood Celebrities Instead Of The Ice organizational direction they decided to take and he convinced them to deconstruct one of the more iconic players of the past 20 years and subvert le expectations by playing him against his strengths. Most logical explanation for the Kovy cluster****
Julien is anything but a euro friendly coach and even he understands that you don't plow with a racehorse
I watched a bit of Kovalchuk in LA. I honestly felt he still looked good but he was playing under probably the dumbest coach of the last decade. Watching how he was misused on the power play and on offense, I think he could blow some minds about what's left in the tank.
I don't think the Kings were a good fit. Basically the Kings were not able to get Patch to sign (sign/trade negotiations) so they settled on Kovachuk.
I can see Kovalchuk having 15-20 pts from now till deadline with the Habs. Something like 0.75 pts/game (+/-).
Yeah, same. I think he could still be a legit 50-60 point major piece of a top six in the right situation. He's not elite, he's lost a step and he looked unhappy but that skill was still there.
I remember ranting at the TV over and over "You have one of the best slapshots in the world!!! Why the **** are you wasting him, Willie???" when watching him play with the Kings. I thought it was maddening the few games I watched him play as it was like oil and water.
Last year yes the king's tried this. however this year McLellan tried using him spottingly. Just never clicked as LA does not have the offensive minded players he needs to play with. Hope it works out for him as I love Kovalchuk's game when it is on.
From your keyboard to Gods ear!!I don't think the Kings were a good fit. Basically the Kings were not able to get Patch to sign (sign/trade negotiations) so they settled on Kovachuk.
I can see Kovalchuk having 15-20 pts from now till deadline with the Habs. Something like 0.75 pts/game (+/-).