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Russian Report Claims Canadiens Will Offer The ‘C’ To Kovalev
by Paul on 05/27/09 at 10:11 AM ET
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from TSN,
A Russian sports newspaper reports that the Montreal Canadiens have offered the team’s captaincy to pending unrestricted free agent Alex Kovalev and that Saku Koivu is no longer in plans for the team.
According to Sovietsky Sport, the Canadiens don’t intend to re-sign Koivu and would opt to re-sign Kovalev to a one-year deal worth between $6 million and $7.5 million. The story also claims that Kovalev would be awarded the captaincy.
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Russian newspaper reports are about as accurate as a tabloid magazine. You know it’s a slow news day when TSN prints that nonsense. To quote Spector who recently quoted Mr. Rourke ‘Welcome to Fantasy Island.’
Posted by greggiemchabfan on 05/27/09 at 09:48 AM ET
Well that makes just as much sense as Atlanta giving Kovalchuk the captain. I guess this giving out the captaincy in order to sway a player to stay trend is growing.
Posted by UMFan from Colorado on 05/27/09 at 01:10 PM ET
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