qwijibo Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancaster Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 10 hours ago, qwijibo said: Well. First of all it was New Jersey. Not Atlanta. He signed a 15 year front loaded $100m deal in 2010. He decided to leave the NHL in 2013 to go play in the KHL. Jersey terminated his contract for breach. They got hit with a recapture penalty because of the structure of the contract. Kovalchuk probably ended up doing them a favour by leaving when he did. His contract would have run through 24/25 and if he had stayed and then retired early they would have been hit with a massive recapture penalty instead of the small one they got. The NJD were probably hemorrhaging money during that time too. I don't think they were necessarily too unhappy with him leaving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwijibo Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 1 minute ago, Lancaster said: The NJD were probably hemorrhaging money during that time too. I don't think they were necessarily too unhappy with him leaving. No. Probably worked out best for them. The fans are still salty about Kovalchuk though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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