Rumor: Kovalchuk news/rumors/discussion

[Bcap88]

how about when he carried the team in the 2nd half? or finished 5th overall in points the next season? or when he led the team in points en route to the finals?

It's Jim don't fall for his bait

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

how about when he carried the team in the 2nd half? or finished 5th overall in points the next season? or when he led the team in points en route to the finals?

get out of here with your facts, Kovy sux!

 

[Richer's Ghost]

5th overall in points isn't a singing endorsement of the "most skilled scorer on the team". That would be Steve Bernier this year.

 

[R8Devs]

He meant 5th overall in the entire nhl.

 

[Richer's Ghost]

Oh - that was when we had Parise too right?

 

[MichaelJ]

They say the best solution to get over an ex is to find someone else

Yea, but do you want to date a fat girl just to feel better? The mind will always wander back to the one that got away.

 

[Devils090]

Oh - that was when we had Parise too right?

yup, the guy who plotted his way out of NJ long before he hit free agency

 

[217 Forever]

yup, the guy who plotted his way out of NJ long before he hit free agency

We better stick to Czechs and guys from New England. For all my bluster about Cory on the other thread, he does have a great attitude and wants to be here.

 

[GhostofKenKlee]

yup, the guy who plotted his way out of NJ long before he hit free agency

mounting evidence agrees with you. Between JP (RIP) and interview back home, he was going home kovalchuk or not.

 

[EliasFTW]

yup, the guy who plotted his way out of NJ long before he hit free agency

Right! No one wants to make money, be close to family, and work with their best friend doing it. He did it just to spite the Devils

 

[GhostofKenKlee]

Right! No one wants to make money, be close to family, and work with their best friend doing it. He did it just to spite the Devils

Going "home" never really ends well. I can't think of a recent example in the 30 team cycle that points it as a success.

Sheldon Souray
Kevin Stevens
Eric Lindros
Jay Bowmensteer

 

[JimEIV]

mounting evidence agrees with you. Between JP (RIP) and interview back home, he was going home kovalchuk or not.

Look at the timeline of when JP started talking and when they hired their new agent Don Meehan/Newport Sports...There is absolutely NO Question the Kovalchuk contract kicked off those events, None whatsoever.

Parise hired Newport the summer of 2010 this article was written in November 2010. Wade Arnott first floated the idea of 50 Million dollar contract (6X$8) around the time of this article November/December they wanted to negotiate and gave every indication that they would. Parise was practically begging to negotiate while he was injured. Those negotiations never came.

Parise just hired Meehan's firm, Newport Sports, via agent Wade Arnott. Some people might see that as an ominous sign, that Parise went from no agent to one of the sport's most powerful agencies, but New Jersey Devils GM Lou Lamoriello didn't sound concerned when asked at the GMs meeting Tuesday in Toronto whether the hiring by Parise changed anything.

"Absolutely not. That's a player's prerogative," Lamoriello said. "We have an excellent relationship with Newport. They've got a job to do, and we've got a job to do. That's part of sports."

Lamoriello later told ESPN.com before leaving the GMs meeting that obviously at some point this season he'd like to sit down and begin that process with Newport. How this will play out is anyone's guess, but, for sure, Lamoriello and Newport, especially Meehan, have hammered out a zillion deals together over the years. We'll see.

http://espn.go.com/blog/nhl/post/_/id/1712/contract-talks-create-quandary-for-stars

 

[R8Devs]

Oh - that was when we had Parise too right?

Yea that year the Devils had Kovy(83 points, 5th), Elias(78 points, 10th), Parise(69 points, 22nd)

 

[JimEIV]

Yea that year the Devils had Kovy(83 points, 5th), Elias(78 points, 10th), Parise(69 points, 22nd)

And Parise did ALL the heavy lifting in the corners and in front of the net.

 

[Devils090]

Right! No one wants to make money, be close to family, and work with their best friend doing it. He did it just to spite the Devils

like Kovy?

Parise and Suter were planning this out during the season

 

[Davegarri]

like Kovy?

Parise and Suter were planning this out during the season

I remember watching an interview or reading something about Parise was trying to get Suter to come here. They were a package deal, you get both or none. Suter didn't want to play in the East for some odd reason, so they both went home to Minn.

I almost cried when I read that

 

[Devils090]

I remember watching an interview or reading something about Parise was trying to get Suter to come here. They were a package deal, you get both or none. Suter didn't want to play in the East for some odd reason, so they both went home to Minn.

I almost cried when I read that

Parise didnt try to get Suter here, Lou did.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Parise didnt try to get Suter here, Lou did.

Zach in an interview mentioned he talked about Suter coming here and Zach going to Nashville.

Also it was mostly about the money. They went to the Wings, but they wouldn't give Zach what he wanted, only Suter, so they went to the Wild.

Also this all started and happened when the one year deal was signed. There was time and a chance to get him signed, and it is possible our money issues came into play.

 

[Devils090]

either way, Parise was never coming back

 

[JimEIV]

I remember watching an interview or reading something about Parise was trying to get Suter to come here.

I remember him saying something to that effect also....it was a load of BS. The Devils couldn't afford Parise and he knew it, let alone Parise and Sutter.

 

[Bcap88]

I remember him saying something to that effect also....it was a load of BS. The Devils couldn't afford Parise and he knew it, let alone Parise and Sutter.

It was lou that said he reached out to suter but suter had his intentions on playing in the west

 

[NorwegianDevil]

Oh Parise... The reason I became a fan of the New Jersey Devils.. Later on when we got Kovalchuk, I nearly died of happy orgasmic seizures...

Now we have .... Yeah... No forwards that makes my peepee go weeee!



Exchange Rose with me, and Jack with Kovalchuk.

 

[JimEIV]

either way, Parise was never coming back

Not true at all. Parise was literally asking for negotiations from the summer of 2010 into early in 2011.

The Devils financial troubles began to surface at the beginning of the 2011-12 season...September of 2011 was the first loan payment miss by the Devils. By January of 2012 the Devils were seeking a loan from the NHL to keep the team running.

No matter what anyone says about wanting to go home or family or any of that BS nonsense... everything that happened from 2010 until Josh Harris bought the team was purely because of money...or lack thereof

That goes for Parise AND Kovalchuk.

 

[MadDevil]

We have absolutely no idea what conversations went on between Lou and Parise. Maybe Parise was stringing him along (which I personally don't buy), or maybe it really was a tough decision. Or maybe, as Jim has suggested, it wouldn't have mattered if he wanted to come back anyway. We may not have been able to afford him. Unless Zach or Lou go public about it (which they won't) it's all speculation.

 

[Emperoreddy]

We have absolutely no idea what conversations went on between Lou and Parise. Maybe Parise was stringing him along (which I personally don't buy), or maybe it really was a tough decision. Or maybe, as Jim has suggested, it wouldn't have mattered if he wanted to come back anyway. We may not have been able to afford him. Unless Zach or Lou go public about it (which they won't) it's all speculation.

Pretty much this. All we know is we were broke and it make of had little or everything to do with it. We will never know 100%. It's mostly educated guesses and speculation.

Anyway enough about Zach.

This thread is about the Russian. Bring back there or I'm just going to lock this up.