Just as the embers of the Ilya Kovalchuk hootenanny are fading away, another deadline has risen it’s pre-pubescent face around the world of hockey. This time, it’s the fans fighting back as many New Jersey Devils season-ticket holders are threatening to cancel their subscriptions if the Devils cannot come up with a better promotion. Days [...]
The Ilya Kovalchuk saga seemed targeted for an end this afternoon when the NHL approved a 15-year deal that would send him to the New Jersey Devils, but has hit another snag because no one can find a pen for him to sign it. “Shit, shit, shit,” Devils GM Lou Lamoriello said in what was [...]
Well, it’s September. And as of this morning , Ilya Kovalchuk is still a free agent. Sigh. Oh wait, I’m sorry, what i really I meant was RAAAAAAARRRRHAGHAGH. Since we’ve been closer than the truth than we would’ve liked over the last few months in covering the great Kovalchuk hostage crisis, let’s just say it’s [...]
The NHL and NHLPA mutually agreed to extend the deadline for approving or denying the New Jersey Devils 15-year contract offer made to Ilya Kovalchuk yesterday and are said to be in round-the-clock discussions about in hopes of extending the summer-long saga even further, sources told ItB. Kovalchuk has been a free agent for more [...]
In what is nearly universally believed to be the most anticipated signing of Free Agency 2010, the New York Rangers have secured the services of forward Tim Kennedy. Yes, THAT Tim Kennedy. Kennedy, the much-balleyhooed winger who was totally NOT waived and then bought out by the Buffalo Sabres earlier this summer – where’d you [...]
The National Hockey League at long last approved a 15-year contract that would send Ilya Kovalchuk to the New Jersey Devils Monday, only to have Kovalchuk retire immediately afterwards at the age of 42. “It was really exciting to hear we had finally gotten it done. It’s been a long process,” Kovalchuk said after receiving [...]
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said Wednesday evening that the New Jersey Devils continued insistence on signing Ilya Kovalchuk remains the one major roadblock to the summer-long saga being over. As it was widely reported, the Devils made a second effort towards signing Kovalchuk earlier this week, only to be rebuffed when the framework of the [...]
The New Jersey Devils announced this morning that Ilya Kovalchuk has signed the exact same 17-year $102 million contract that was rejected by the NHL two weeks ago, and are submitting it to the league along with a recently discovered birth certificate that claims the Russian is 23, not 27. “It was our bad really,” [...]
Yeah, so it’s totally mid August, and even Tomas Kaberle can’t keep us in business this week. We’re in the process of putting together a season preview package, but in the meantime, uh, August sucks. Especially if you’re a freaking Mets fan. We’re seriously cursing every day that the New York Mets don’t have a [...]
Los Angeles Kings General Manager Dean Lombardi announced Tuesday that his team has hired actor Bill Murray as a special advisor to avoid entering into a “Groundhog Day” loop if they re-engage in the Kovalchuk sweepstakes. Though the Kings are eager to jump back in the running for Kovalchuk, who is once again a free [...]
