Don’t look now, but along with Alex Ovechkin, Evgeni Malkin, and Sidney Crosby, Atlanta Thrashers star Ilya Kovalchuk is one of the premier scorers on the planet. And he keeps his job simple, saying “My job is to make goals.”
Kovalchuk Do What Kovalchuk Do
↵SB Nation’s Thrashers blog translated this recent interview:
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↵On his scoring:
↵It doesn’t matter, who makes however many goals. The main thing is that all of Atlanta plays powerful, effective hockey and does what the coach tells them.
↵Do you think you’ll be in the running for the Maurice Richard trophy?
↵“I never set goals like that for myself. If I play well, if the team moves upward, the points and prizes will come to me on their own… I don’t think about money.”
↵On this winter’s Olympics:
↵“The Olympics are the most important event for any hockey player. The best hockey players must go to the Olympics. One hundred percent! Even if the NHL doesn’t officially approve it, every player will decide for himself what he must then do.”
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Is there anything better than translated quotes from foreign athletes? I say no. Especially since, with their unwitting blunt messages, their words often mimic those of NBA players. It’s simple, man: Toney Douglas do what Toney Douglas do, and Ilya Kovalchuk make goals.
↵Swagger on a hundred, thousand, trillion!
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