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What’s Kovalchuk Talking About Today?
by Paul on 09/05/10 at 03:12 PM ET
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from Dmitry Chesnokov of PuckDaddy,
Q. How worried were you that the deal won’t be worked out?
KOVALCHUK: Of course there were worries and fears. But we were hoping all along that the best outcome for us will finally be there. I am thrilled that this is the way it turned out to be.
How did you feel when your initial contract was rejected right after you held a press conference in Newark?
What feelings could I have had? I was told that a rejection was a possibility. So, I was actually ready for it. Back then we didn’t know for sure that the contract would be approved. And then there was an arbitration hearing. But of course when I was told that the contract had been rejected, it didn’t feel good. But at the same time New Jersey made another offer that ultimately satisfied everyone.
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Very Russian, very polite. He wasn’t going to ruffle a single feather…that’s just how these kinds of interviews go. I can’t explain it succinctly, but in the Russian press, or even speaking to the American press in Russian, Russian players try to turn up the bland meter to 11 whenever discussing a particularly contentious issue…they almost talk about it indirectly, as if by looking at something sideways and pretending that it doesn’t exist or isn’t a big deal, you don’t have to talk about it at all.
This was as open as he was going to get in this particular set of circumstances.
Posted by George Malik from South Lyon, MI on 09/06/10 at 02:37 AM ET
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