Around the league (signings, RFAs injuries)

[BladesofSteel]

You guys are all old as dirt.

[Tiger]

You guys are all old as dirt.

Older... both are classic museum pieces
* Saw his first live NHL game at the Montreal forum... Habs vs Detroit.. 1953 .. Rocket Richard and Gordie Howe .. Plus the greatest goaltender of all time= Terry Sawchuk in net for Detroit .. Jaques Plante for the Habs

[Arachnid]

Remembers when East Van was 90% Toronto fans...

Clark Park

Now it's Abbotsford

[Rumsfeld]

Remembers when East Van was 90% Toronto fans...

Clark Park

Now it's Abbotsford

[Topper]

Remembers when East Van was 90% Toronto fans...

Clark Park

Now it's Abbotsford

In the Heat of the Night

[Strangelove]

[Todd Bersnoozi]

Nice story out of Ottawa. With former Canucks GM Dave Nonis as the Cheezeburgler in TO, we now have the Hamburgler, Andrew Hammond in Ottawa.



He's a BC boy too, right in our back yard, born in Surrey and undrafted player. Fans were all wearing Hamburgler masks in the boston game and one of the Ottawa players ate one of the burgers after the game.

[vic]

Ilya Kovalchuk targeting NHL return in 2016-17

http://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/728744

Wonder how this will all play out - do the Devils still own his rights under the same contract or does he return as a UFA?

[rats19]

All 30 teams have to agree..

[Boston Canucker]

All 30 teams have to agree..

And then he'll sign an over-priced contract with a team that does not see that his skill set has diminished; but said team is out of ideas for building a club so they sign him: Translation: he signs with the leaves or the Oilers.

[Hockey Widow]

Ilya Kovalchuk targeting NHL return in 2016-17

http://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/728744

Wonder how this will all play out - do the Devils still own his rights under the same contract or does he return as a UFA?

Isn't New Jersey still paying cap on him?

[Strangelove]

Ilya Kovalchuk targeting NHL return in 2016-17

http://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/728744

Wonder how this will all play out - do the Devils still own his rights under the same contract or does he return as a UFA?

I believe he would return as a UFA:

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/repo ... eturn-nhl/

As RatstaR says though, all 30 teams would have to agree that he can return in 2016.

(if Kovy waits until 2018, he could return as a UFA regardless of teams' approval)

[Strangelove]

Isn't New Jersey still paying cap on him?

The Devils have a Kovalchuk Cap-recapture penalty of $250K every year until 2025:

http://wayback.archive.org/web/20141124 ... om/devils/

They are not "paying" any money to Kovalchuk or the league

.... they are just losing a little cap room.

[Hockey Widow]

Given all of that I could see the Devils saying FU and make him wait until 2018.

[Meds]

Given all of that I could see the Devils saying FU and make him wait until 2018.

Unless he agreed to return to New Jersey and honor the previously signed contract to its completion.....if that's even a possibility.