Lev Lebedev's early life was over shadowed by the failures of his fathers professional hockey career. His father was known as the worst Russian hockey player to disgrace the rink, and the apple doesnt fall far from the tree. Lev began his hockey career playing for the Vancouver whalers and had one of the worst rookie seasons the vancouver franchise has ever seen. Any goal he scored could arguably be contended and there is evidence to support possible bribing of the ref's to look past penaltys. It is unsure how this abysmal forward even qualified for the SMJHL and it is an insult to the league that he was drafted to the SHL as a second round pick. There is reasonable evidence to support that Lev is the slowest and least accurate forward that has put on a pair of skates. The future of his career will most certainly be short lived, if he even finishes his second season in the J's.