StormJosh Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 (edited) http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=196464&hubname=nhl The San Jose Sharks have reunited with right wing Alexander Korolyuk, acquiring him from the New Jersey Devils for a third-round pick in 2007.In a salary cap-saving move, the Devils acquired Korolyuk and defenceman Jim Fahey from the Sharks in exchange for defenceman Vladimir Malakhov and a conditional first-round pick last fall. Korolyuk, 31, last played in the NHL during the 2003-04 season, posting an NHL career-high 19 goals and 18 assists for 37 points in 63 games with San Jose. The 5-foot-9, 190-pound has 62 goals and 80 assists for 142 points and 140 penalty minutes in 296 career games, all with the Sharks. Edited February 16, 2007 by StormJosh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halfsharkalligatorhalfman Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 what the hell is going on here? sweet trade for the devils since he was never playing for us but i guess korolyuk is coming back to san jose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Huh? Doesn't make sense to me unless Korolyuk said he'd be willing to come back to the NHL but only in SJ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MantaRay Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Collusion!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJD Jester Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Collusion!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilFisch Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 How much cap space did Korolyuk take up? Because if he took up any cap space, Lou just opened it up. Maybe NJ will finally have room to call up players and such??? I'm not finding a cap number on Korolyuk, so perhaps not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threestars Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Unless he was on the roster, which he was not, he takes up no cap space. I agree with the collusion theory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormJosh Posted February 16, 2007 Author Share Posted February 16, 2007 How much cap space did Korolyuk take up? Because if he took up any cap space, Lou just opened it up.Maybe NJ will finally have room to call up players and such??? I'm not finding a cap number on Korolyuk, so perhaps not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDevs4978 Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Funny I thought the NJ-SJ pipeline would end when Lombardi was canned, guess not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msweet Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 When the Fahey trade was made they put a picture of Korolyuk up on the Dev's website... I guess to make it look good. Maybe the Devs need the 3rd round pick for another trade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatansDevils Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Wow that sucks. I would have loved to see him in a Devils sweater. Never had the chance here in New Jersey and such a shame too. Going back to the Sharks he will still not play in the NHL so what is the use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormJosh Posted February 16, 2007 Author Share Posted February 16, 2007 When the Fahey trade was made they put a picture of Korolyuk up on the Dev's website... I guess to make it look good.Maybe the Devs need the 3rd round pick for another trade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilFisch Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 That's a good point. The Devils do have a long history of trading 3rd and 4th round draft picks for depth players. Although who knows with all the changes since then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msweet Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Well, Korolyuk cost the Devils approximately bupkis; so the Devils still don't have any cap room to get even a player who makes the minimum salary. Unless they ALSO trade away a current player on the roster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyFan42 Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 My thought: The Devils never really wanted Korolyuk in the first place, he was just included in the Malakhov deal so it wouldn't look as lopsided. This trade simply finished up what the original trade was supposed to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halfsharkalligatorhalfman Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Yeah rowdy, that's what I thought. In any case i'm sure other GMs will be pissed. I don't understand why fahey and a 3rd for malakhov and a 1st wouldn't be allowed though. Seems like it's perfectly reasonable. On the other hand Bell and Bernier have not done their job for San Jose, and maybe the GM Wilson looked into reacquiring Korolyuk as a solution to his offensive depth issues? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Eh. No big deal here. We'll get more use out of the pick then we ever would've gotten out of Korolyuk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moustic Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 WOooo ! And Njdevs server doesn't explode after THAT ! Woooo ! Just Woooo ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefiestygoat Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Good move by Lou. Maybe he can use this extra 3rd rounder and another pick to get a first round pick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moustic Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Good move by Lou. Maybe he can use this extra 3rd rounder and another pick to get a first round pick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandman441 Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Even in NHL 07 it's impossible ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammyk Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 Funny I thought the NJ-SJ pipeline would end when Lombardi was canned, guess not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDevs4978 Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 Meh, forgot about Wilson being there So I guess there really was some Kool-Aid drinking going on here Although word is from the Sharks' board on HF that he is actually going to play for them, that he always said the only coach he would play for is Wilson and plus he couldn't get away from his team until their season ended which happened recently. So I'm sure the Korolyuk part of the deal was calculated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MantaRay Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 Funny I thought the NJ-SJ pipeline would end when Lombardi was canned, guess not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 Looks like Korolyuk is going back to SJ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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