You make no sense. They are basically the same age. Hanyu is an OC, with 4th senior GP season. Kovtun has no such records. It's only logical that Plushenko praise Hanyu and calls Kovtun average. That is what their records say.That is kind of the point of the thread. If Plushenko is praising Hanyu, 4 senior GP seasons into Hanyu's career, the least he could do is cut Kovtun with the same pair of scissors. This was Kovtun's first GP season. This was Hanyu's 4th.