I have to open this PT with an apology to my league and teammates in the GOMHL and Buffalo Bison. My player over there, Fyodor Magnitsky, in some aspects, is a test case for my next SHL player, in the very distant future.
You see, I’ve always had a thing for Russian forwards with hands softer than silk and a wicked shot. When Mario Lemieux retired, my favorite player was Alexei Kovalev. I loved watching him send his absurdly hard wrist shot top corner, much to the frustration of goaltenders league-wide.
When Evegeni Malkin entered the league, it was the beginning of an eternal man-crush. I could watch him all day. When he is on, there is no one more dominant. The hard slapshot, the dekes through an entire team, the frame that’s impossible to knock off the puck. Some say he’s the closest thing to Lemieux we have today.
My simulated player will follow in the footsteps of these other skilled Russians. His name will be Kirill Fyodorov. He will be an offensive forward, playing right wing, and he will lead the SHL in goals, someday.