We gave up and lost so much for him...
New CBA includes a cap recapture penalty for contracts like Kovalchuk's. Don't worry, it's a minuscule penalty.
We gave up Oduya, Bergfors, Cormier, 2nd, 3rd (penalty) and 2 1sts (i think, one from trade one from penalty) for Kovy, 2nd (jon Merrill), and Salmela
He wants to play in Russia. Tired of playing escrow too. RT @ZTron99: @TGfireandice what's your honest thought about why Kovy retired?
We gave up Oduya, Bergfors, Cormier, 2nd, 3rd (penalty) and 2 1sts (i think, one from trade one from penalty) for Kovy, 2nd (jon Merrill), and Salmela
We did so much to accommodate him
$77 million on the table, losing four draft picks and three players, law suits, two new coaches, $3M in fines, lost Parise....
....and he wants to GO HOME?
It was designed so that players couldn't use retirement as a cap circumvention tool. Granted, this isn't exactly what they all had in mind.But I mean what's the logic there? What could the Devils possibly do to stop a personal life decision by a player? Miniscule or no, just doesn't seem to make much sense.
NHL history?
Welcome aboard. Not a great day for happy introductions, but always good to have new faces.Hey Guys, been lurking for a while...finally signed up.
It sucks, but that contract was awful.
We'll figure it out.
In Lou We Trust.
Tg needs to speak with Elias.
He has always spoken his mind about the merc
Honestly if Lou grabs Brunner, Grabovski (both doable now) moves Vch and trades for Vanek we're better off
So, this isn't a dream...right? I'm not going to wake up and still have Kovalchuk?
Adam Oates on Ilya Kovalchuk retiring: "It's sad. He's a marquee name in our league...it's one of our good players. We're going to miss him"