Confirmed with Link: Ilya Kovalchuk signs with Habs (1-year, 2-way deal, 700k AAV)

[Habs4Life]

better then weal and really if we send him down it only costs 70k so who cares.

 

[Tighthead]

I mean, at that price finding a reason to hate the signing is just nitpicking... in a vacuum.

Looking at the bigger picture, it’s just a move that reeks of desperation to make the playoffs no matter what when we’re in no position to do so, and further proves there’s no plan whatsoever from the higher ups in the organization.

Exactly.

On a positive note, it may mean that MB knows it’s playoffs or Antichambre for him.

 

[HabsForHire]

I just really hope it's not MB trying to save face and we either just miss out and get 15th or just squeak in and get beat in the 1st round..

Just as we were sliding into that good pick territory

 

[Adam Michaels]

Guess it means Gallagher/Armia are out for a while.

2-way deal, kind of funny! Fun times.

CJ said yesterday he doesn't expect Drouin, Armia, and Byron back before the Bye-Week (week of January 18th).

Gallagher is on concussion protocol, so that is at the very least 2 weeks.

 

[Le Tricolore]

This is hilarious. I'm down.

When you get a chance to play with Nick Cousins, you can't ask for more.

 

[FloJack]

I won’t meltdown over this but it’s definitely as bargain hunting for a playoff spot this season move as you’re going to find.

Minimal contract and zero assets used to acquire, so yeah...

 

[Apoplectic Habs Fan]

The desperation is strong

 

[habergeon]

I'd rather him at that price than Weise at 2 million.

 

[the]

Omg...one of my dream players.

Just by nostalgia I'm really happy.

 

[Rosso Scuderia]

Oh wow, can’t wait to hear the negativity now

The damage is done but Im still curious. So I guess that's positive but for long I reckon.

 

[Adam Michaels]

 

[Habs4Life]

9 points 17 games with a shitty Kings team, low cost low risk high reward.

 

[Doxinoctae]

Bon je vais enfreindre la règle linguistique : COLICE KOCÉ ÇA o,0

Don't get me wrong here i'm just what would you say astonished! Wasn't expecting 3 moves in 48h00 first nor Kovy 2.0 ... could this turn out to be a fit?

 

[Max2]

I don't mind this.He still has a good shot and is good on the pp. The habs are in a position where they don't want to give up assets for big names to get into the playoffs but also don't want to completely sell off good players just yet. See how this pans out.

 

[Uncle Gary]

Bergevin grasping at straws

 

[habsfan891]

Where do you guys think he plays on KK and Poehling's RW or are MB/CJ dumb enough to try him in gally's spot?

 

[Doxinoctae]

Lol Bergevin is a caricature of himself.

no you are with all this negativity (don't be a cherry picker please)

 

[jaffy27]

I'm happy, why not. Hopefully he'll do better than Semin.

Can he do worst?

 

[Whitesnake]

Let say that if there's actually 1 plan that Bergevin does follow since he's here, is that he wants to get something out of nothing. Obviously, it doesn't work most of the time. But that's who he is. At least what it does today is a lot of fun. A lot of hope. And then we'll see him on the ice and understand he doesn'T have a whole lot to give....but look at the Habs. He might be amongst our top 9 even when everybody is back....So again, fine with me. Because I know who Bergevin is. I'm not hoping for anything as far as he's concerned. I'm just going with what he can give us. And that is in line with what he does.

Just 1 question though....did the guy actually trained the last 2 months? 'Cause he wasn't playing.

 

[Schwang]

I wouldn’t have expected him to make a big deal, so he’s basically just filling holes because of injuries. There’s no reason to be upset about this. There’s sooo many injuries here and in Laval, there’s really no one left. At best, Kovy helps a bit. At worst, things stay the same

 

[Mike Towers]

Bergevin is such an idiot....he say's if you make the playoffs ....anything can happen....why did he not address ...lack of scoring....lack of size in the summer....especially after Drouin got hurt....make a trade sign a free agent.

 

[Frank Drebin]

Lmao, whatever

28th place team didn't want him, prized signing to go along with semin

 

[Mrb1p]

This is just Thompson and Weal 2.0
Or King and Ott.

Ridiculously bad useless moves.

 

[bobholly39]

Nice

Playoffs here we come...

 

[Ozmodiar]

Will complement Weal on the PP.