Adarsh Sant Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaku Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 I always thought he needed all 30 teams to approve for him to come back at all? I must be mistaken. But if this is the case is he going to want to return to NJ or do you think he's going to attempt to play for another team? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adarsh Sant Posted April 23, 2017 Author Share Posted April 23, 2017 2 minutes ago, Jaku said: I always thought he needed all 30 teams to approve for him to come back at all? I must be mistaken. But if this is the case is he going to want to return to NJ or do you think he's going to attempt to play for another team? He is 34, so he probably wants to play with a contender. My bet is he requests a trade. He won't need approval for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 10 minutes ago, Adarsh Sant said: He is 34, so he probably wants to play with a contender. My bet is he requests a trade. He won't need approval for that. He would need an approval. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconuts Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Dude has an unbelievable amount of skill, shame he went for the huge contract with Jersey. He could have latched on with a contender and probably won a cup by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Sedin - Sedin - Kovalchuk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrissex95 Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 New Jersey owns Kovalchuk's rights and if he chooses to return to the NHL with the Devils, the Devils will not need any approval to bring him back. If he signs with any of the other 30 teams, then every team would have to approve of Kovalchuk's re-entry into the NHL. This is all per Elliote Friedmann today on Sportsnet(if you were watching). So, Kovalchuk's rights can be traded in a sign-in-trade by the Devils to another team which is Kovalchuk's most likely route back into the NHL, if that's what he wants to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRAZY_4_NAZZY Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 The wheels really came off for New Jersey once he left, and a year later Parise left, and ever since New Jersey hasn't been the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilya Mikheyev Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Obviously not the right fit for Vancouver next year, but would love to be able to watch him again. When he used to carry Atlanta under Bob Hartley he was such an explosive, dominant player. Coming off a pretty big year in Russia, where his team went 46-8 and won the championship. His PPG was higher than the last few years, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milk and honey Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 31 minutes ago, Pears said: Sedin - Sedin - Kovalchuk 5years ago hell ya. now hell no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Boudreau Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Would be nice to see him on Chicago with Panarin and Anisimov or Washington with Ovechkin. New Jersey is hot garbage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samurai Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Tram you got that - all roads lead back to the NHL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 17 minutes ago, Chip Kelly said: Would be nice to see him on Chicago with Panarin and Anisimov or Washington with Ovechkin. New Jersey is hot garbage. How fun would Ovechkin - Backstrom - Kovalchuk be if they found the cap space? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Boudreau Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Just now, Pears said: How fun would Ovechkin - Backstrom - Kovalchuk be if they found the cap space? Re signing Kuznetsov and Alzner is gonna eat up most of their cap. Probably a pipe dream unless Kovalchuk can take a cheap 1 year deal and get off his last cap contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cripplereh Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 depends if all teams agree he can play with the NJD getting nothing as he is still their property for now, so they would want something back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DollarAndADream Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 2 hours ago, Adarsh Sant said: Ok so he needs approval of all 30 teams to play with NJD, or he can request a trade from NJD to another team without needing approval Doesn't that tweet say literally the opposite of what you're saying? It says he needs approval to play for another team, but not for the Devils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billabong Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Real interesting cause two things. Why would a rival team like the nyr be like "ya njd you can have a 30 goal scorer, good luck next season buddy!" Or njd be like "Ilya, pay back is a b****! Keep dreaming sucka!" Unless njd would be getting rid of the cap penalty for the next 20 years then that would be that their incentive to deal him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiggs50 Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 I remember the old days when he used to carry the Thrashers. Damn feels so long ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 12 minutes ago, billabong said: Real interesting cause two things. Why would a rival team like the nyr be like "ya njd you can have a 30 goal scorer, good luck next season buddy!" Or njd be like "Ilya, pay back is a b****! Keep dreaming sucka!" Unless njd would be getting rid of the cap penalty for the next 20 years then that would be that their incentive to deal him Could he still come back but with New Jersey releasing him from his original contract first? Or would that be a cap violation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flickyoursedin Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Can't see NJ doing Kovalchuk any favours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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