https://twitter.com/dchesnokov/status/3 ... 1810298881donlever wrote:Ilya Kovalchuk just retired.
"SKA will announce Kovalchuk's signing tomorrow, per @plysenkov, wanted to do it today."
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https://twitter.com/dchesnokov/status/3 ... 1810298881donlever wrote:Ilya Kovalchuk just retired.
There may be other factors as well:$lacker wrote:For those wondering if Lu could do the same thing:
Bob McKenzie @TSNBobMcKenzie 10m
For those asking, VAN/Luongo could technically do this (as I understand it) so long as player is prepared to NOT get $ owed him. #nochance
OMG did I just quote Larry Brooks?Larry Brooks @NYP_Brooksie 3m
Source tells Post that NHL will not attempt to prevent Kovalchuk from playing in KHL. NHL return would have to be approved by every team.
Well, fuck off then....good, see ya.Strangelove wrote:
OMG did I just quote Larry Brooks?
Safe is death.donlever wrote:Well, fuck off then....good, see ya.Strangelove wrote:
OMG did I just quote Larry Brooks?
OMG, did I just quote John Tortorella?
Can you imagine the WTF? It would generate if mrs lou was willing to move Moscow ?!$lacker wrote:For those wondering if Lu could do the same thing:
Bob McKenzie @TSNBobMcKenzie 10m
For those asking, VAN/Luongo could technically do this (as I understand it) so long as player is prepared to NOT get $ owed him. #nochance
This is what confuses me - apparently the Devils won't hold Kovy's rights once he turns 35, he is a full UFA.tantalum wrote:Technically doesn't mean a whole hell of a lot when the league at their discretion can come down with the "circumventing the spirit of the salary cap" hammer. If Kovalchuk tried to come back next year and sign a cheap deal the league would be all over the Devils and the penalty they would see would be far beyond cap recapture. Ditto for Luongo.
Oh.....wrong St Petersburg?tantalum wrote: If he is willing to play a significant distance away from Florida and willing to instead to try to play in the KHL why not just play in vancouver for the year.
Point is OT, but wasn't Radulov still signed with the Preds when he bolted?tantalum wrote: Have an outstanding year and show the GMs how stupid they were? (ignoring the fact the KHL wouldn't let him play as he has an existing contract).
Radulov, like Kovalchuk, was under contract for the season he went to the KHL. Nashville retained his rights for 3+ years because he was on their 50-contract list for Nashville throughout his absence. Had Nashville not saved a contract spot for him, he would have been a UFA.CFP! wrote:Point is OT, but wasn't Radulov still signed with the Preds when he bolted?tantalum wrote: Have an outstanding year and show the GMs how stupid they were? (ignoring the fact the KHL wouldn't let him play as he has an existing contract).