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[njdevsfn95]

NHL says they wanta contract shorter than 13 years...... Kovy probably wants same money, Devils cap hit would end up being 8 or more higher.....

KHL could pull this off no problem.

its illegal for the NHL to dictate contract lengths

[CarpathianForest]

its illegal for the NHL to dictate contract lengths

Yeah but the can do an end around by just rejecting the contract based on length. That's the Catch-22

[ThreeCups]

its illegal for the NHL to dictate contract lengths

Apparently not when the Devils are trying to land the "big fish"....

[iamtheprodigy]

Kovy is not going to the KHL, end of story...

You don't know this...

[ThreeCups]

You don't know this...

I will make a sig bet with anyone who wants to....Kovy will not play in the KHL next year, if anyone wants to bet that he will and is adamant about it, you let me know....

[gogonjdevil]

its illegal for the NHL to dictate contract lengths

There's also no way they could reject a contract based on the precedent they set earlier. Haven't you heard...Bettman is the law. Judge Dredd eat your heart out.

[Devildude]

say 17 years or so. done deal.

Bettman has already said he would sign off on that... Anyone but the Devils right?

[dejaentendu2101]

I will make a sig bet with anyone who wants to....Kovy will not play in the KHL next year, if anyone wants to bet that he will and is adamant about it, you let me know....

I bet he will.

[ThreeCups]

There's also no way they could reject a contract based on the precedent they set earlier. Haven't you heard...Bettman is the law. Judge Dredd eat your heart out.

Bettman and his sidekick Daly need to be burned in town square. They are making a joke out of the free agency process....

[njdevsfn95]

There's also no way they could reject a contract based on the precedent they set earlier. Haven't you heard...Bettman is the law. Judge Dredd eat your heart out.

if you want to go on precedent, then the Devils didn't give Kovalchuk a contract like Hossa or Luongo. those contracts earn about 6.5% of the total salary over the last 4 years of the deal. Kovalchuk's was around 3% for the last 6 years of the deal.

give a 15 year deal where Kovalchuk earns 13%+ over the last 4 years and its a significantly different ball game.

it would give the NHL pause when considering a rejection.

if they lost, fine, it's a different contract than Hossa/Luongo and others 'under investigation' and you can just move on.

but if they WON and they rejected a contract where 13%+ was earned over the last 4 years but DO NOT FINE teams for contracts where under 7% are earned over the last 4 years....they are faced with fining BIG MARKET US clubs and a Canadian market.

the NHL and Bloch agreed that as the contract was written, there was nothing illegal. this means term, money, raises/decreases. what really stood out was the amount of money earned in the first 11 years and the lack of money earned in the final 6.

going from 3% to 13% is a 400% increase in the amount of money he is earning over a shorter contract. that's a significant inrease.

[PattyElias26]

This may have been posted earlier but I dont remember seeing it.

Bettman rejects the fact that the NHL rejected a 2nd attempt

http://sports.espn.g...tory?id=5497013

[Devildude]

This may have been posted earlier but I dont remember seeing it.

Bettman rejects the fact that the NHL rejected a 2nd attempt

http://sports.espn.g...tory?id=5497013

Bettman rejects the fact that he is in fact a reject.... Throw him under a moving bus on its way to Nashville!

[Brandon]

Kovy is not going to the KHL, end of story...

This.

[dejaentendu2101]

This.

Why do people keep saying that? Maybe he is tired of the NHL after all this.

[Triumph]

if you want to go on precedent, then the Devils didn't give Kovalchuk a contract like Hossa or Luongo. those contracts earn about 6.5% of the total salary over the last 4 years of the deal. Kovalchuk's was around 3% for the last 6 years of the deal.

give a 15 year deal where Kovalchuk earns 13%+ over the last 4 years and its a significantly different ball game.

it would give the NHL pause when considering a rejection.

if they lost, fine, it's a different contract than Hossa/Luongo and others 'under investigation' and you can just move on.

but if they WON and they rejected a contract where 13%+ was earned over the last 4 years but DO NOT FINE teams for contracts where under 7% are earned over the last 4 years....they are faced with fining BIG MARKET US clubs and a Canadian market.

the NHL and Bloch agreed that as the contract was written, there was nothing illegal. this means term, money, raises/decreases. what really stood out was the amount of money earned in the first 11 years and the lack of money earned in the final 6.

going from 3% to 13% is a 400% increase in the amount of money he is earning over a shorter contract. that's a significant inrease.

but kovalchuk probably wouldn't accept this deal. so okay, the deal has to give kovalchuk 13% in the final 4 years, so let's call that 4 3 3 3. with a 15 year, 100 million dollar contract, kovalchuk would have a structure like 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 6 6 6 4 3 3 3. he's not going to be playing those final years, so he probably loses out on at least $6 million, and with any injuries, he could easily lose out on $19 million. plus this deal doesn't make him the highest paid player in the NHL. plus time value of money, etc.

[ice dog]

Stopped for a 502, next time it's gonna be you...
502 ...LoL!

[Brandon]

Why do people keep saying that? Maybe he is tired of the NHL after all this.

Not tired enough to move his entire family to Russia to play for a league that in my opinion won't be anything in 5 years.

[CarpathianForest]

Will this thread hit 600? The world waits with baited breath......

[Amberite]

dchesnokov: There is a chance Kovalchuk will start the season in the KHL (Sep 8), but will come back to the NHL when the contract is done.

Next we'll hear "Kovalchuk will play out 2010-2011 season in Russia, and then come back to NHL once contract is finalized later this year." This is not heading in a good direction.

Edited by Amberite, 26 August 2010 - 11:52 AM.

[dejaentendu2101]

dchesnokov: There is a chance Kovalchuk will start the season in the KHL (Sep 8), but will come back to the NHL when the contract is done.

Next we'll hear "Kovalchuk will play out 2010-2011 season in Russia, and then come back to NHL once contract is finalized later this year." This is not heading in a good direction.

Yup. He's gone.