In the midst of the long rebuild, the New Jersey Devils are searching for offense. The draft isn’t likely to produce any options. Having ruled the KHL for the past four seasons, Ilya Kovalchuk has a pair of championships under his belt and is looking to return to the land where he never won one.
The recently turned 34-year-old Kovalchuk hasn’t lost his scoring touch, netting 222 points in 209 regular season games. That’s the type of scoring the Devils could use. But at the age of 34, how many years does he have left?