News Article: Ilya Kovalchuk Reportedly Wants To Join The Rangers

[Inferno]

https://www.sny.tv/rangers/news/ily...had-interest-in-joining-the-rangers/230563086

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[Inferno]

he can want what he wants..but i dont see it happening.

 

[Miamipuck]

I can't see this happening.

 

[TheTakedown]

Rick Nash stopgap?

Devils will have to eat it and trade him wherever he wants, otherwise they risk losing an asset for nothing if he in fact doesn't want to play for them...

Rangers cap doesn't look good though

 

[Ghost of jas]

The New Jersey Devils say...

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Rick Nash & Marc Staal for the rights to Ilya Kovalchuk.

Staal waives, he can still live in NYC (Dolan doesn't have to buy his house, that's great!) and we sign Kovalchuk.

 

[GeorgeKaplan]

No thank you

 

[Drew4u]

Can he play defence?

 

[Inferno]

even if he wanted to be here...and the devils were amenable to making the trade...i wouldnt want to give up an asset of any value to get him.

if they want like...i dunno....Nick Holden and a 4th or something...sure, id do that.

but a 2nd rounder? no. First? no.

Kovy can still play..make no mistake about it. but i dont want to give up an asset to get him...particularly not to the devils.

 

[FLYLine27*]

LoL, cool. I'm sure the devils will get right on that. Devils will demand our top young players, bye bye Buch.

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

he isn't the "it" guy anymore.... I wouldn't be interested

 

[Inferno]

LoL, cool. I'm sure the devils will get right on that. Devils will demand our top young players, bye bye Buch.

the devils can want whatever they want. but no gm in the NHL is giving up anything of value even remotely close to Buchnevich for Kovalchuk.

Kovy can play..but hes a 100 foot player, whose most definitely slowed down, and hes what...35? i can see a gm giving up a 2nd and a 3rd for him at most.

 

[Leonardo87]

No thanks. Rangers need to stop going after these 35+ contracts. Stick with your young guys and develop them, they may just surprise you. Plus, there is enough veteran presence on this team already.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

LoL, cool. I'm sure the devils will get right on that. Devils will demand our top young players, bye bye Buch.

If Gorton gives up Buchnevich for the rights to 35-year old Kovalchuk, I will just watch curling instead

 

[Levitate]

too much money and I"m gonna guess will want too much responsibility

 

[Fugazy]

Can he play defence?

Don't be on it.

 

[E-Train]

Sather already on the horn to Shero ready to overrule Gorton.

 

[Lion Hound]

Somewhere in the archives of this site is a post from someone that attended some sort of a hockey camp in Florida. Kovy was there. He told the guy when he returns he wants to play for NYR.

 

[Chaels Arms]

I don't get this whole "he wants to live in the NYC area" thing. He can't do that when playing for the Devils?

 

[Fitzy]

Kovalchuk has always wanted to play for NYR. This isn't really news.

But it wasn't enough of a desire to take NYR's shorter term contract over the Devils ridiculous offer that they couldn't end up paying.

Unless NYR were getting him for next to nothing, I'm not interested.

 

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[Joey Bones]

Meh, I'd pass. There's a lot of obstacles NYR would have to take in order to even get his rights. If they can maneuver something that doesn't cost a lot (both with trade and contract) then I'll would be okay with it.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Let him rot in NJ.

 

[Inferno]

btw, for the record..id take Ilya Kovalchuk for free on this team...sign him as a free agent for a year...and then trade Nash and not worry too much about the loss of firepower up front.

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

Of course he wants to come here, who wouldn't ? haha a


Anywho, no chance the Devils trade him to the Rangers, and I don't see the Rangers interested in him unless his contract was going to be cheap.

I would be down to sign him if he was a free agent and wanted like 3 million AAV though