Former NHL All-Star Ilya Kovalchuk announced last week his intention to return to the NHL after spending the past four seasons in the KHL.
Kovalchuk, 34, was, and still is, a dynamic offensive forward.
During his initial 13-year run in the NHL, he scored 417 goals and 816 points in 816 total games with the Atlanta Thrashers and New Jersey Devils. His best season came in 2005-06 with Atlanta when he scored 52 goals.
Kovalchuck, though, hasn’t lost his scoring touch. In the past four years in the KHL he has scored 107 goals in 245 games, including 17 goals in 54 playoff games.