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Talking Kovalchuk Contract
by Paul on 07/20/09 at 11:13 AM ET
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from Jeff Schultz of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
Negotiations are expected to heat up this week between general manager Don Waddell and Ilya Kovalchuk’s agent, Jay Grossman. The two sides aren’t saying much publicly that they haven’t said before. Waddell sent me an email Monday, saying: “It’s our goal to sign Ilya to a long-term deal.” Grossman declined comment. (He’s known as a tough agent, but issuing negotiating rhetoric to the media isn’t his thing.)
Kovalchuk has a year left on his contract at $7.5 million. Theoretically, his new deal could pay him up to $11.2 million per season (20 percent of the NHL salary cap of $56 million). The bigger issue is term: The NHL’s Collective Bargaining Agreement has no cap on length of contract.
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This situation seems pretty cut and dried, i.e. “Did the team improve enough, are you gonna gut it in the future? Okay show me the money”, or “No, I’m sorry, but I think I should move on” But I have faith that Jay Grossman will make this process a nightmare.
Posted by RS on 07/21/09 at 10:00 AM ET
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I would like to see Kovalchuk stay in Atlanta. I beleive the NHL is better when you have players playing there whole career with one franchise (e.g.Yzerman & Sakic). The fans really connect with the player. He also connects more with the fans (not as much as years gone by) and becomes part of the community.I know this is idealistic and very hard to acheive in the current NHL environment. But the teams should try hard to keep certain players. Like the ones you draft and especially the one you draft 1st overall.
Posted by Lindas1st on 07/20/09 at 12:11 PM ET