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Kovacs will over here in a bit for prospect camp. Wonder if he signs an ELC to play in Hartford next season...
If he signs, it will be to play in Greenville. He won't make the Pack this year. Jensen, Rambo, Chris Brown, Ox, Joly, Stromwall, Chapie, Nieves, Fogarty, Klingberg are all ahead of him right now. That's 10 forwards. 50-50 that Hrivik stays in Hartford. Good chance Nehring returns, he did well in Hartford. The Rangers always sign AHL vets with NHL experience, last year they had Megna, Adam, Gibbons, Tarnasky, Paille, Lindblad. On top of that, there are always veteran career AHLers on the squad: O'Donnell, Oleksuk, McCarthy, Tyler Brown last year.
Even if Hartford brings in only a couple AHL vets instead of the 10 they had last year, there's no space for Kovacs. His Swedish league is below the AHL, and making a move from Europe to North America makes things that much more difficult. He needs to stay in Europe and either dominate Swe-2 or make the SHL.