Whicker: Kings, Kovalchuk hope Chapter 2 brings a Cup

They say the Kontinental Hockey League is the second best in the world.
That might be like asking for the second-most famous song by Little Eva, after “Locomotion.” There wasn’t one.
Ilya Kovalchuk just spent five years there. He scored goals for St. Petersburg SKA about as frequently as he did for the Atlanta Thrashers and the New Jersey Devils. He did win the championship twice. It is known as the Gagarin Cup. It’s not a reasonable facsimile.
“I made this decision