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 [...]
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,” [...]
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 [...]
Nearly 40 days after it started Arbitrator Richard Bloch mercifully ended the Ilya Kovalchuk odyssey yesterday, finally allowing attention to shift to the NHL’s second most prized free agent of the summer: Ilya Kovalchuk. Bloch sided with the NHL the arbitration hearing against the New Jersey Devils and Kovalchuk Monday afternoon, and with the saga over, [...]
Arbitrator Richard Bloch announced his decision on the Kovalchuk saga Monday, awarding himself a 17-year $102 million arbitrating contract with the NHL because both sides in the dispute were “so full of fail” he knew he’d be needed for the better part of the next two decades. “I’ve reviewed all the facts in this case time [...]
