Confirmed with Link: Ilya Kovalchuk Announces Retirement from NHL.

[britdevil]

Yeah for real.

Mod Edit: http://devils.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=677775

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[Radomon]

Source?

 

[MartyOwns]

uhhh wut

 

[hlaverty06]

Wait.......

 

[theking72]

zomfg

 

[Claudi27]

Jesus ****ing Christ

 

[hlaverty06]

I just got the alert from gamecenter app....

 

[britdevil]

Tom Gulitti. Check his twitter. DevIils PR too.

Just awful.

 

[Richer's Ghost]

He does this after UFA period is already underway.

Unreal.

Jim speech in 3...2...

 

[GK]

Why would he have made this decision? He's only 30, is he not? Going to the KHL?

 

[Rhodes 81]

well...

are you ******** me

 

[JK3]

Huh?

 

[Baggy Spandex]

What in the actual **** is going on

 

[ScottyK]

What the ****ing ****

 

[AJ Thelen]

Sick

 

[CerebralGenesis]

what i'm so confused

 

[ZadorovNJD*]

Completely gobsmacked.

 

[TheUnseenHand]

No. This, huh? This can't be true...

 

[Baarle*]

how pissed is your front office going to be...

 

[Rhodes 81]

i don't even

 

[Kensu]

wow good timing when we don't even have a pick this year.

 

[Bleedred]

Why? Is this for real? Is he doing this so he can go play in the KHL? What the ****?

 

[Baggy Spandex]

Gutted. Absolutely ****ing gutted.

 

[MSLs absurd thighs]

So the Devils gave away a first round pick (punishment for the contract), Cormier, Oduya, another first round pick in the trade (if I remember well...) AND gave up on signing Parise for... that?

Wow.

 

[PlamsUnlimited]

This cant be real.