I’ve been wanting to talk about Evgeni Malkin’s first hit on NHL’s ice since his debut, but later on, in respect for his ongoing streak, I decided to wait for it to end, in secret hope of never posting this ever.
The first six games with a goal isn’t that bad after all, I just wished for him to get the seventh so he could be alone in this stat. We’ll wait for another young star to do that.
Stats and streaks apart, Evgeni Malkin has had an incredible impact in NHL, quite as if he was a veteran. He was ready and he proved it, he also proved to be really the best outside NHL by becoming not only and by far the best rookie, but one of the best in the whole league and even if he didn’t score that amazing goal against New Jersey (watch below), he still managed to dominate with his speed and his class.

I remember being a little disappointed when, in 2004 drafts, Washington had the first pick and got somebody named Alexander Ovechkin. That was because in that year all scouts prospected Ovechkin to be so good and far better then the rest, that even some promising clips of Malkin and many extremely positive reviews of his game, could put me (but I think anybody else) in the position to choose him above Ovechkin. And since Pittsburgh did so bad that year, I was sure they were gonna get the first choice, indeed Ovechkin.
One more thing that had me a little disappointed, was the fact that I knew Malkin could not come immediately to the NHL while his fellow Russian could.
You can imagine how sad I was when, after the lockout, I still couldn’t see Malkin to play with Sidney Crosby while Ovechkin was doing what he did last year.

But the long wait is through, and what a way to repay the fans for it!
Malkin, together with Crosby and the rest, is giving us Pittsburgh fans a hope for the playoffs. We had a six years drought here and what is worst, a drought coming from the six worst seasons in the team history.
So go Evgeni, make the best of it and let us dream again.

Evgeni Malkin amazing goal against Devils