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- May 9, 2014
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He's something like 9 months older than Denisenko, a little smaller, not as smooth or explosive, and he's less of a puck hound / less-tenacious. Plus, even though the kid is crafty in his own right, Denisenko's hands are just stupid. He can do things with the puck that I dunno if anyone on our team other than MacK can. Kovalenko, though a skilled SOB, doesn't have world class hands like that. Denisenko's basically just a supe'd up version with more ferocity against the puck.
At least from my limited viewings. As I really didn't watch much youth hockey this year at all...world cup year...
But if denisenko is such a talent, why do he not have more points in a junior league? Based on my limited viewings, i would say denisenko is more of a floater than Kovalenko, Kovalenko forecheck and backcheck very hard, always seem to eager to recover the puck which result in him having the puck more, which is maybe the reason why he has more points and better PPG than denisenko, despite denisenko having better tools. Kovalenko simple is more involved in the game. But i agree, denisenko hands are elite and he is smoother, overall denisenko has better tools and i would take him over Kovalenko. But i am not sure if i think the difference is that big so it justify that one is taking mid 1 round and the other mid 6 round.