Report: NHL Rejects Revised Kovalchuk Deal
The NHL has nixed New Jersey's second go at getting Ilya Kovalchuk signed with the Devils, the NY Post reports.
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The NHL has nixed New Jersey's second go at getting Ilya Kovalchuk signed with the Devils, the NY Post reports.
Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall will be the site of five professional hockey games this season.
The NJ Devils may be on the brink of signing Ilya Kovalchuk for the second time this offseason.
Devils team president and general manager Lou Lamoriello said the Devils will continue working to re-sign the high scoring Russian.
Trenton coach Rick Kowalsky has been promoted and will be the head coach of the Albany Devils of the AHL. He will be assisted by Tommy Albelin, who was on Jacques Lemaire's staff with the Devils last season.
An arbitrator in the case regarding his 17-year, $102 million contract has ruled in favour of the NHL cancelling the deal, according to reports. The league has blocked the contract, saying that it circumvents the salary cap.
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) Defenseman Mark Fraser has agreed to a one-year, $500,000 contract with the New Jersey Devils. The deal will allow the sides to avoid a salary arbitration hearing set for later this week.
TORONTO (AP) The National Hockey League Players' Association has filed a grievance over the league's rejection of the landmark $102 million contract between Ilya Kovalchuk and the New Jersey Devils.
Mark down the date boys and girls. July 20th, 2010 officially marks the day that the NHL's Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) was rendered completely meaningless.
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) Ilya Kovalchuk's landmark 17-year, $102 million contract with the New Jersey Devils was rejected by the NHL, which ruled that the longest deal in league history violated its salary cap.
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) Unlike the NBA's LeBron James, the biggest prize on the NHL free agent market isn't moving.
