Nikita Jevpalovs is, quite frankly, a really fun player to watch. If you watch him play, and knew nothing about any players on the ice, there’s a good chance he does something that made you think he was a top prospect with a no-doubt NHL future.
Case in point, the final game of the Laval Rocket season. Jevpalovs had two goals and an assist in the overtime win. He scored the overtime winner, and it wasn’t just that he scored it. It was how he scored it.
Have I ever mentioned that Nikita Jevpalovs has hands?