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Just got a text saying so, details not out yet.
Devils re-sign Kovalchuk
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Numerous tweets, including Devils' official twitter, have said this as well
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There's a press-conference at 1 PM tomorrow to announce the details of the signing.
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Well, good luck to him
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Sorry Shel, Kovy f'd you. I loved how just when we were hearing LA was getting close...BANG...New Jersey closes the deal.
Kovy is better off on the East Coast and the Kings are better off w/o investing a fat chunk of change.
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He didn't do <Censored> to me lol. I'm not a Kings fan.
And all that <Censored> about him having a deal with the Devils weeks ago must have been true.
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I don't know why Kovy did this, his style of play isn't as successful with New Jersey's style of play. But with Lemaire gone, who knows, New Jersey might finally escape that boring defensive style of hockey.
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^Agreed
Who knows, maybe Parise and Zajac will bolt soon enough and Kovy really can be the franchise player haha
Who knows, maybe Parise and Zajac will bolt soon enough and Kovy really can be the franchise player haha
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Everyone in my area rides this guys nuts, so I am guessing that he must be good.
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Thank god this it's over.
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He was signed to a 17 year/100 mil contract, holy shiz.
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Lemaire is gone and Kovalchuk is now the centerpiece of the franchise. Every move made from here on out will be a move that best suits Kovalchuk's style of play.
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Man that's too long though. He's 44 when the deal ends.
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He's not playing all of those seasons
Cap hit is gonna be minimal and not much damage
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Man I don't like any of these lucrative contracts no matter how much cap space it saves.
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Same. They should really do something about them, but there isn't much they can do. At most they could review and grant the team the ability to sign a player to one but thats about all I see.
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Doesn't matter if they give him 99 mill year one, and 1m total over the next 16... In the NHL, the salary cap hit is measured by the average salary.
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NVM I misread
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You do know you were talking about how his cap hit won't be much at the end... But it will be. They can split up the money however they want in reality, but as far as the NHL cap goes - it's an average (so a bit over 5 a year, even if he's gonna be making let's say 8-10 in the beginning, and 3-5 at the end) the cap hit to the Devils will be 100/17... Every. Single. Year.
Unless that changes, which I'm sure it can over the next 17 years.
Unless that changes, which I'm sure it can over the next 17 years.