The tale of Ilya Kovalchuk may be at the end of its second chapter this season. It started with a second campaign with the Los Angeles Kings, which confirmed that things just weren’t going to work in that organization anymore. Kovalchuk looked tired and disinterested, and it made many believe that he was done in the NHL after the contract termination. And then the Montreal Canadiens stepped in.
The 36-year-old spun heads in that new chapter with the Habs playing with that same fire and passion he displayed around the league back in his hay days.