RW Nikolai Kovalenko (2018, 171st, COL)

[Scintillating10]

Is he somebody Avs would trade at deadline?

 

[lionsDen]

Is he somebody Avs would trade at deadline?

I highly doubt it, for a multitude of reasons. If they did trade him, it’d have to be an over pay. I don’t think the Avs want to trade before they see what they have

 

[Freaky Styley]

Is he somebody Avs would trade at deadline?

Avs view him more as a free deadline acquisition than anything else.
Only way I see him moved is if he's specifically asked for in a Lindholm type deal.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Is he somebody Avs would trade at deadline?

Certainly not for Sean Monahan

 

[lionsDen]

Certainly not for Sean Monahan

Second this

 

[Caser]

Got injured again btw, Larionov told he is out "at least for two weeks".

 

[Caser]

Primary assists from today's game:

 

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[DollardStLaurent]

Would like to see SKA St. Petersburg eliminate Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in the 1st round of the KHL playoffs. It will hopefully enable Kovalenko to join the Avalanche sooner rather than later.

 

[Kshahdoo]

Did anybody from the Avs management play with Kovalenko's dad, I wonder.

 

[avalanche_country]

Did anybody from the Avs management play with Kovalenko's dad, I wonder.

Sakic did

 

[Avs9296]

Anyone from Russia or who follows the KHL know about his status? He left the game late in his last game due to a possible knee injury.

 

[Kshahdoo]

Anyone from Russia or who follows the KHL know about his status? He left the game late in his last game due to a possible knee injury.

There is nothing about it, Torpedo just says he's going to go to NA, and that's it.

As far as I understand he has American citizenship so he doesn't even need visa.

 

[Avs9296]

There is nothing about it, Torpedo just says he's going to go to NA, and that's it.

As far as I understand he has American citizenship so he doesn't even need visa.

Thank you! So it doesn't sound like he got injured?

Ya he was born in the US so he should have a US passport.

 

[Kshahdoo]

Thank you! So it doesn't sound like he got injured?

Ya he was born in the US so he should have a US passport.

I think if he was absolutely ok he would have already arrived to NA, but it looks like his injury isn't that big problem.

 

[Kshahdoo]

Scored his first NA goal, and 1+2 in the AHL after 4 games. He got back after an injury so probably lost his KHL form a little bit but I think they will move him up to the main team during these playoffs... if survive the 1st round. With their goaltending it can be a pretty big if.

 

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[Kshahdoo]

Yeah, he played the whole 7:17, more like an NHL play imitation...

 

[BKarchitect]

Yeah, he played the whole 7:17, more like an NHL play imitation...

The Avs are a deep team after their trade deadline acquisitions and asking a Cup-challenging team to insert a new rookie into a major role in the playoffs on the fly with no adjustment period is insanity.

Tank Jr did great to make the 20-man line-up and take a 4th line role. That in and of itself shows how much confidence the Avs have in him and he will undoubtedly be challenging for a much bigger role come this fall.

 

[a mangy Meowth]

Yeah, he played the whole 7:17, more like an NHL play imitation...

What type of icetime were you expecting him to get? Literally his first NHL game ever, in a high stakes playoff game, and coming off an injury recently

 

[Son of Petter]

Yeah, he played the whole 7:17, more like an NHL play imitation...

You’re right, a newly signed prospect from the K should be playing 25 mins/game in the playoffs on one of the best teams in the league.

On a serious note, one team in this series has the balls to play a rookie and the other won’t dressed their ~20G & 20A top 10 pick (Perfetti). Horrible call from Bowness.

 

[Kshahdoo]

You’re right, a newly signed prospect from the K should be playing 25 mins/game in the playoffs on one of the best teams in the league.

On a serious note, one team in this series has the balls to play a rookie and the other won’t dressed their ~20G & 20A top 10 pick (Perfetti). Horrible call from Bowness.

Yeah, I mean it would be better for him to play 1st line role in the AHL playoffs than play under 10 min in the NHL. I think they played him to count this season as his 1st ELC one.

 

[Caser]

Yeah, I mean it would be better for him to play 1st line role in the AHL playoffs than play under 10 min in the NHL. I think they played him to count this season as his 1st ELC one.

It would've counted as 1st ELC season anyway, at this age the ELC years don't slide anymore.