subject: Ilya Kovalchuk Ready To Take Challenge As Scorer In Right Wing [print this page] After signing a controversial 15-year $100 million contract for the New Jersey Devils, Russian National Hockey League superstar left wing Ilya Kovalchuk is now ready to take a new challenge in his professional hockey career. In the forthcoming 2010 NHL season, Kovalchuk will be facing a big challenge on his professional hockey career as he moves from the left wing to the right wing. The move is a strategy of the Devils to make the team more competitive especially against the defending champion Chicago Blackhawks. With Kovalchuk now on the right wing, the Devils have a high-scoring line alongside reliable right wingers Zach Parise and Travis Zajac. Kovalchuk, who scored 41 goals splitting last season between Atlanta and New Jersey is expected to have another banner year in the next NHL season. The advantage for the Devils is that it combines Kovalchuk and Parise, a 38-goal scorer last season, with Zajac, an up-and-coming center who can get them the puck and also knows how to get back and play defense and its very difficult to get The Russian professional hockey superstar is surprised but happy with the decision since it gives them better chances of having a superb 2010 NHL season. He saidt it is a new challenge for him that he is embracing wholeheartedly. Parise for his part joked that with him and Kovalchuk on the same line, Zajac, who had 25 goals last season, might not get 100 shots. Since winning their third Stanley Cup in 2003 the others were in 1995 and 2000 the Devils have not made it past the second round in the playoffs. They have been eliminated in the first round in each of the past three seasons. Get your Cheap nhl tickets before they sold out.
