Cycle like the Sedins: The Penguins get the OTHER other ridiculously talented Russian (pick 13)

Friday, July 24, 2009

13. Ilya Kovalchuk goes to Pensburgh/the Pittsburgh Penguins

Cap Hit: $6,389,300

Chris Kontos said...: o...m...g.... what is that photo!?!; July 24, 2009 at 11:40 PM
jamestobrien said...: Kovalchuk trying reeeaaalllly hard to make a kilt look cool. Like, contract year hard.; July 24, 2009 at 11:42 PM
Laura (aka Hildymac) said...: Looovin the photo, seriously.

Prefer this one, though... and no, I'm not a puck bunny. I'd like to see how they got Kovy to do this, because the man is super duper shy.

http://media.photobucket.com/image/kovalchuk%20kilt/JesGolbez/Ilya_kilt.jpg; July 25, 2009 at 10:38 PM
jamestobrien said...: Haha, that photo was under consideration as well but I dug the "Blue Steel" nature of the chosen pick. So it got the nod.; July 25, 2009 at 10:52 PM
Unknown said...: If I knew he was going to wear something as ridiculous as that I would've passed on him.; July 27, 2009 at 1:53 PM