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,” [...]
The Atlanta Thrashers announced Tuesday that all remaining games on the schedule would be played at an Early Bird special start time of 2 PM Eastern. The change comes a week after the club called up greybread defenseman Chris Chelios from the Chicago Wolves. Atlanta general manager Don Waddell said the move was discussed with [...]
NHL superstar Alexander Ovechkin was suspended Monday for two “games” as a result of his hit on Blackhawks defenseman Brian Campbell. Ovechkin will miss road matchups with the Panthers and Hurricanes during his, ahem, “suspension.” “Mr. Ovechkin has been reckless in his play for quite some time now, and it’s time we really dropped the [...]
The Atlanta Thrashers have dealt superstar winger Ilya Kovalchuk to the NFL in exchange for a 30 second spot during Sunday’s Super Bowl on CBS. The deal – which allows Kovalchuk to immediately enter the NFL draft, where he’s expected to go somewhere in the early-to-mid third round according to various mock drafts – was [...]
