Thread: Kovalchuk part V, The NHL Strikes Back, NHLPA files Grievance (All Discussion Here )

Originally Posted by jammer06

yawn

+1

Originally Posted by CUP4LA

It's there and he's right. I do hate it.

Yep... We're not trading one of our two cornerstone def for Abdelkader and somebody else (it won't be Zetterberg or Datsyuk).. Awful..

Originally Posted by CUP4LA

It's there and he's right. I do hate it.

How many "3rd" lines do we have? Last I checked it was just one, so why on earth do we need this guy?

I like the suggestion I just read on HF.

Reverse the setup of the contract.
Start with $550K for five years, then end it with the two years at $6M.

He's gonna play there for 17 years anyway, right?

Originally Posted by glockaxis

Johnson for Abdelkader and Co.? Interesting, but no thanks.

Please. Someone tell us where this rumor originated from

Originally Posted by Bogey

I like the suggestion I just read on HF.

Reverse the setup of the contract.
Start with $550K for five years, then end it with the two years at $6M.

He's gonna play there for 17 years anyway, right?

That critique works except for that pesky time value of money thing.

Pondering what may be going on inside the head of the star of this summers UFA drama...

Well....IK is thinking, I could have signed last year and be looking at a good, solid, $100M contract..one that's actually legal.

Instead, here i sit..in limbo....with no contract.

Why?

Who is at fault?

Who put me in this situation?

Was it me? Did I misunderstand something Grossman was telling me?

Was it Lou and Vanderbeek that did not tell Jay and I about what Bettman was going to do?

Did Grossman know and not tell me?

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Point I'm trying to make is that mistrust could very well have set in between IK and Grossman/Lou/Vanderbeek.

Does Kovy really know who he can trust at this time?

If IK was not told about this prior to the presser...if I was IK.....I'd be really, really, really, really pissed off.

If we were moving Jack Johnson, why didn't we do it before July 1st when we could of used the money towards Kovy does not make sense to do it now.

Originally Posted by Riofan

Please. Someone tell us where this rumor originated from

I read it off of CCGB's blog. It's the rumor we were going to "hate."