Was Alexei Kovalev an under achiever throughout his career?

[Golden_Jet]

His skill was off the charts, that DVD of his, is a great example of his skill. He’s doing things I’ve never seen a player do.

 

[BenchBrawl]

And to be fair to Kovalev, the Super Nintendo was a quality system. This is not some Fortnite garbage we are talking about. Top Gear, Super Mario World, Castlevania IV, Mario Kart, Contra: Alien Wars, Gradius III, Street Fighters II, etc. It was a golden age!

 

[Gerulaitis]

I'd say that last generation of Soviet forwards, with the exception of Fedorov and Bure, were mostly underachievers. Kovalev, Yashin, Zhamnov, Mogilny...

Mogilny wasn't an underachiever.

Zhamnov was an overachiever in 1995

 

[gretzkyoilers]

It's the case of flash and puck handling tricks versus playing a complete game. Kovalev had million dollar skills and a 10 cent hockey brain.

 

[authentic]

It's the case of flash and puck handling tricks versus playing a complete game. Kovalev had million dollar skills and a 10 cent hockey brain.

Hmm, that’s quite false