Friedman: Kovalchuk Done Playing with the Kings

[YP44]

Kovy + pick to Ottawa

1) why would LA give up a pick in stead of just keeping him at home till buy out this summer?
2) Why would Kovalchuk waive for Ottawa?

 

[YP44]

New Jersey will welcome him back with open arms!

Sure lets swap 17's

 

[Riptide]

Second, what Kovalchuk and many others did at that age is relevant because at that age you either perform or become a minor league journeyman.

This is completely incorrect.

 

[KingsHockey24]

 

[BigFatCat999]

1) why would LA give up a pick in stead of just keeping him at home till buy out this summer?
2) Why would Kovalchuk waive for Ottawa?

Cheaper than buyout also does Kovy want to play or sit and do nothing.

 

[YP44]

Cheaper than buyout also does Kovy want to play or sit and do nothing.

I'd imagine Eriksson would be bought on in this fictional deal too. Only way this makes sense is if Eriksson can go on LTIR but then why would the Nucks do it

 

[Gospel of Prospal]

Kovy and a pick for Marc Staal and Gropp

 

[BigKing]

Cheaper than buyout also does Kovy want to play or sit and do nothing.

Goes against everything the Kings are doing to give up picks to relieve cap when his cap hit won't matter next season anyways.

 

[Extra Texture]

give you bjugstad or galchenyuk for 50% retention

Good god, no.

Not with that extra year, and definitely not at the expense of an asset that can still net something in trade value (to say nothing of selling low on a guy who has less than 10 competitive games for the Pens). Bjugstad might not get much, but maybe another decent misfit-for-misfit deal is out there.

After two years, old man JR finally remembered that young, fast and hungry is the way to go if you want to win. I'm sure Kovy still has the hunger, but I don't wanna figure that out at the expense of our youngsters or next year's cap.

 

[Bandit]

Kovy + pick to Ottawa

Melnyk pay Kovalchuk's bonuses? You can't be serious.

 

[Smirnov2Chistov]

Come to anaheim. We need scorers badly.

 

[Willy Stylez]

 

[YP44]

Come to anaheim. We need scorers badly.

take him

 

[boredmale]

My guess is he will continue to practice with them until he gets his bonuses so they can't claim breach of contract

 

[madhi19]

No way in hell the guy accept a mutual dissolution. He's owned too much money, and nobody else will pay him that kind of cash. I think what left is accepting/negotiating a trade, the big issue is the absence of a market. Clearly this showdown would not be happening this week if the plan was to wait for the bonus to be paid before making that trade.

 

[llamateizer]

he's not wrong


"He is welcome to practice with the club".

 

[themelkman]

So he’s either just scratched,being terminated, being traded, or just gonna sit in LA forever

 

[Kranix]

I was not a fan of the signing but the above is just not true.

When he was signed LA was coming off one of the most successful regular seasons in franchise history, lead the league in GAA, and the biggest glaring weakness was goal production and powerplay. Kovalchuk was brought in to fix that and has not.

Again I did not like the signing, I do not like Rob Blake, but I at least understood the thought process.

Meh! They were aging, in decline, swept by Vegas, glaring issues. Kovy is a great player, but the consensus seemed to be they needed to rebuild, not sign heavy contracts, but they signed an expensive player who had been out of the league for a while. Now Blake is saying he doesn't want heavy contracts?

 

[BlackFrancis]

So he’s either just scratched,being terminated, being traded, or just gonna sit in LA forever

They have the situation surrounded. Probably just waiting to hear back from the lawyers whether or not the value of the fork sticking out Kovi's back counts towards his bonus or not.

 

[archangel2]

we all knew he was done last year

 

[Little Psycho]

Kings live for the drama.

They did say yesterday that he can still practice with the team

 

[Little Psycho]

He has skill, but his overrall game is atrocious. Guy can't make a decent pass.

 

[Waivers]

My bad contract for your bad contract with the same term essentially.

Staal/Smith for Kovy.

 

[YP44]

Meh! They were aging, in decline, swept by Vegas, glaring issues. Kovy is a great player, but the consensus seemed to be they needed to rebuild, not sign heavy contracts, but they signed an expensive player who had been out of the league for a while. Now Blake is saying he doesn't want heavy contracts?

How were they in decline when they went from 86 points in 16-17 to 98 in 17-18? You revisionist history is flawed. After that year the concensus was they were at a crossroads where they could try and keep their window open by bringing in scoring or they could rebuild. As I said I was not for this signing and wanted a mini re-tool. But I did get the reasoning.

And yes the fact they were swepy by vegas mean they were blown out right? Never mind MAF set a record for save percentage in that series, series goal differential was 4 goals which was much less than most other series, and that vegas team went on to the finals. Had that been a 2nd round sweep would it be a bigger deal?

 

[Kranix]

How were they in decline when they went from 86 points in 16-17 to 98 in 17-18? You revisionist history is flawed. After that year the concensus was they were at a crossroads where they could try and keep their window open by bringing in scoring or they could rebuild. As I said I was not for this signing and wanted a mini re-tool. But I did get the reasoning.

And yes the fact they were swepy by vegas mean they were blown out right? Never mind MAF set a record for save percentage in that series, series goal differential was 4 goals which was much less than most other series, and that vegas team went on to the finals. Had that been a 2nd round sweep would it be a bigger deal?

Did I say they were blown out?