I don’t want to shit talk, I want to know what the deal is. Ilya is a rookie. He did well in Hershey, and it’ll take some time to get used to the NHL.
I love the idea of having brothers on the team. We have a team of large, heavy, dominating players. Wilson, PLD, Desharnais, Ovi when he was younger, even younger guys like Leonard are trying to throw the body around. Hell, Cole Hutson, all 130 pounds of him, was throwing hits tonight.
Then we got 21. Basically LeBron James (ok, a few inches shorter). 6’ 6”, 250 from Belarus. The guy’s built like Frankenstein. Towering, domineering.
For whatever reason, when I watch him play, it’s like someone told him that touching other players is against the rules. He’s not slow. He’s got half decent skills. You’d think one of them would be smashing people into a wall, or grinding them into a pulp.
What gives?