Does Clearing Jokinen Mean Kovalchuk?
With the departure of Olli Jokinen for essentially spare parts, Flames fans believe another deal will be made. After all, GM Darryl Sutter did effectively clear 500K off his cap after the supposed salary dump. So is Sutter now looking to Atlanta and and acquiring Ilya Kovalchuk?
Categories: Around the League, Atlanta Thrashers, Calgary Flames, Central, Chicago Blackhawks, Eastern Conference, Los Angeles Kings, NHLHS Features, Northwest, Pacific, Southeast, Trade Rumors, Western Conference Tags: Ales Kotalik, Christopher Higgins, Don Waddell, Dustin Boyd, Greg Nemisz, Ilya Kovalchuk, Jarome Iginla, Keith Aulie, Leland Irving, Matt Stajan, Mikael Backlund, Niklas Hagman, Olli Jokinen, Tim Erixon, Tuukka Rask
The Value Of: Paul Kariya
NHL Hot Stove presents it’s “The Value Of” series which will look at some of the names discussed around the NHL who likely will be moved at the March 3rd trade deadline.
Categories: Atlantic, Boston Bruins, Calgary Flames, Central, Deadline Speculation, Eastern Conference, Nashville Predators, New York Islanders, Northeast, Northwest, Trade Rumors, Value Of:, Western Conference Tags: Bill Guerin, Larry Pleau, Mark Recchi, Martins Karsums, Matt Lashoff, Paul Kariya
The Value of: Ilya Kovalchuk
NHL Hot Stove presents it’s “The Value Of” series which will look at some of the names discussed around the NHL who likely will be moved at the March 3rd trade deadline.
Categories: Atlanta Thrashers, Atlantic, Boston Bruins, Central, Chicago Blackhawks, Deadline Speculation, Eastern Conference, Los Angeles Kings, Northeast, Pacific, Philadelphia Flyers, Southeast, Trade Rumors, Value Of:, Washington Capitals, Western Conference Tags: Akim Aliu, Alexander Semin, Andrei Loktionov, Andrew Ladd, Anton Gustafsson, Bill Sweatt, Blake Wheeler, Braydon Schenn, Bryan Little, Claude Giroux, Dany Heatley, Dave Bolland, Don Waddell, Dustin Byfuglien, Eric Fehr, Evander Kane, George McPhee, James van Riemsdyk, Jeff Carter, John Carlson, Karl Alzner, Kris Versteeg, Kyle Beach, Marian Hossa, Mathieu Perreault, Matt Greene, Nicklas Backstrom, Olli Jokinen, Oscar Moeller, Oskar Osala, Scott Parse, Thomas Hickey, Tobias Enstrom, Tomas Fleischmann, Trevor Lewis, Troy Brouwer, Tuukka Rask, Vladamir Sobotka, Wayne Simmonds, Zach Bogosian
Hopefully an End to the Kovalchuck Speculation.
If you’ve read past work on this situation, where I’ve sited points from Canadian radio or other articles around the blogosphere, you would know that the Ilya Kovalchuk sweepstakes keeps going.
Late last night, via twitter, conversations came up that Kovalchuck and the Thrashers have hit a point in contract talks with most speculating the drama will conclude by week’s end. Pierre LeBrun of ESPN stated in an article on Saturday that the new year would have some critical news in the Kovalchuck endeavors. Well, all signs are pointing to LeBrun’s speculation as accurate.
Supposedly Kovalchuk will sign a deal with the Thrashers worth between 8 million and 11 million per year in the range of a 10-12 years. This signing would be great news for the Thrashers organization and bad news for 29 other teams that hoping to acquire the Russian sniper with a tempting package.
Kovalchuck’s agent Jay Grossman and Atlanta Thrashers GM Don Waddell met this weekend during the World Junior Hockey Championships and with the team presenting a deal to Grossman. Now the decision rests on Kovalchuk’s shoulders. Does he want to stay in Atlanta, a place he publicly stated he loves? Do his his fears of relocation trump this supposed love affair?
There are still other scenarios however.
Categories: Atlanta Thrashers, Atlantic, Central, Chicago Blackhawks, Eastern Conference, New York Rangers, Southeast, Trade Rumors, Washington Capitals, Western Conference Tags: Atlanta Thrashers, Don Waddell, Ilya Kovalchuk, Jay Grossman
Looking for a Defenseman?
As we approach the midway point of the 2009-10 season in the National Hockey League, many questions remain unanswered.
Which teams are serious about playoff contention? Who needs a massive upgrade to make the push from a bubble team? Which team should sell off the year and attempt a mini-rebuild?
Those are some thoughts circulating the League as we take a look at the state of all teams around the NHL. Now, when perusing through certain rosters some names that could bring in returns which would benefit a team in need of depth.
Today, we look at the defensemen around the NHL likely to be moved by the March 3rd, 2010 trade deadline. As a side note, be sure to tune into “The Hockey Guys” on deadline day as there will be an all day live event with a live chat room for discussion on all the rumors and news as it breaks in the NHL.
Categories: Atlantic, Central, Detroit Red Wings, Eastern Conference, Edmonton Oilers, Minnesota Wild, New York Rangers, Northeast, Northwest, Ottawa Senators, Southeast, St. Louis Blues, Trade Rumors, Washington Capitals, Western Conference Tags: Alexandre Picard, Brett Lebda, Carlo Colaiacovo, Chris Campoli, Darryl Sydor, Drew Doughty, Duncan Keith, Erik Johnson, Jack Johnson, Jean-Michael Liles, Joe Corvo, Kim Johnsson, Marek Zidlicky, Michael Del Zotto, Michal Rozsival, Mike Green, Pavol Demitra, Scott Niedermayer, Shea Weber, Sheldon Souray, Zach Bogosian
