Alexander Ovechkin has achieved what Ilya Kovalchuk was expected to accomplish
Having started following hockey just a few years prior to the debuts of Ovechkin and Crosby, the most anticipated player back then was the sharpshooting Russian, Ilya Kovalchuk. There was genuine belief that he could ascend to become the most prolific goal-scorer the league had witnessed, potentially leading the Atlanta Thrashers to a Stanley Cup…