Confirmed with Link: Ilya Kovalchuk Announces Retirement from NHL.

[The Joker]

Are u ****ing kidding me

 

[njdevsfn95]

Well this sucks.

 

[Devils Dominion]

Do we owe him any money going forward, aside from no cap hit?
Will the NHL giver us our #1 pick back?

 

[kreiderfan20]

Shocking..does this hurt the devils salary cap under the recapture provision
Of the CBA?

 

[ScottyK]

Was so excited by this offseason then this happens....you really have to be ******** me.

 

[CerebralGenesis]

**** me

 

[Comparison Ford]

Well this offseason just got really weird.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Wow ,, This is shocking

 

[The Great Dame]

Well here comes a high draft pick! Oh wait, we don't have one!!

 

[Devils Trap]

McDavid !!!!!!

 

[Bleedred]

We need some answers. Is he retiring from the NHL to go back to Russia to play in the KHL?

 

[Karate Johnson*]

Would you be interested in Vanek?

 

[Rhodes 81]

oh no we suck again

 

[BrindamoursNose]

Flyers fan stopping by to say wow, you guys got boned. Hard.

I am sorry.

 

[Zubrus Coffee Maker]

wtf is this

 

[Bleedred]

Shocking..does this hurt the devils salary cap under the recapture provision
Of the CBA?

Oh **** I just thought of this. So we have to carry around his cap hit now?

 

[Tundra]

It's the back injury. He knows he can't be the player he once was.

 

[MartyOwns]

jagr?

 

[Bleedred]

Would you be interested in Vanek?

Yes we would, but we probably don't have what it takes now to do it.

 

[CerebralGenesis]

so can we have our pick back?

 

[Rhodes 81]

rangers, flyers, and kings fans are telling us they're sorry... kill me now. i want to die please.

 

[ScottyK]

there were rumblings that his back is beyond repair and his injuries are chronic now...might be a mutual split idk

either way it ****ing sucks

 

[Kickassguy]

According to the letter of the law of the CBA, there will be recapture fees as well for any years Kovy has already played. If I'm reading this correctly.

http://www.capgeek.com/new-cba/

Jesus.

 

[New Jersey Devils]

Can we trade for Vanek now? We have like no goal scoring now.

 

[Oneiro]

Not a melodramatic fan usually, but...

If this is all true and there's no master plan behind all this madness...

**** that guy. Truly spineless.

He better have a career-ending injury and not play in the KHL for me to have a shred of sympathy.