Ilya Kovalchuk Retires

[canaan]

New Jersey Devils ‏@NHLDevils 3m
BREAKING: Ilya Kovalchuk announces he will retire. "This decision was something I have thought about for a long time."

nhl.com link: http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=677712&cmpid=nhl-twt" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[DudeMan2766]

So all that **** went thru over getting around the cba and getting him signed was for what, 2 years?

[skullman80]

That seemed to come out of nowhere. Oh well don't have to worry about facing him anymore.

[columbia]

[SolidSnake]

Holy outta nowheres

[Sam's Drunk Dog]

HAHAHAHA! Man that really screws over the Devils. Now they have a bunch of cap space to use but all of the big names are off the market. I wonder if Jagr has suddenly placed the Devils on his list.

[stopper40]

I just got the update on my phone and I'm trying to find out wth is going on

[Factorial]

KHL?

[Staggy]

Devils' boards are hilarious right now.

[Sam's Drunk Dog]

And the best part is the Devils still have to forfeit a #1 draft pick for trying to circumvent the cap when the signed him in the first place. Brilliant move NJ.

[Factorial]

Devils are so boring they forced him to retire.

[columbia]

Devils are so boring they forced him to retire.

[stopper40]

KHL?

Pure sports terrorism?

But seriously, could he do that without royally ticking off the IIHF, the NHL and anyone else involved in international hockey?

[count2infinity]

Devils are so boring they forced him to retire.

[stopper40]

Devils are so boring they forced him to retire.

How boring are they going to be now? At least Kovalchuk could add some excitement to a game.

[pcm]

That way to Russia.

[Crankshaft]

Wait, so they spent all that money on Kovalchuk, lost Parise to free agency, only for him to retire.

[Factorial]

Wasn't that contract heavily front-loaded?

[Factorial]

To answer my own question, he made $6m the first two years and $11m last year. Was set to make roughly $11 until 2017-18.

[pfim]

This is pretty funny, though at this point I think the Devils are better off with the cap space. Square peg, round hole.

[Tyler Durden]

This is pretty funny, though at this point I think the Devils are better off with the cap space. Square peg, round hole.

They aren't getting the cap space back thanks to the Luongo rule in the new CBA.

[cma3585]

Losing that first round pick next year when without him they're probably a bottom 5 team is just outstanding.

[GSdrums87]

This is pretty funny, though at this point I think the Devils are better off with the cap space. Square peg, round hole.

They aren't getting the cap space back thanks to the Luongo rule in the new CBA.

If that's true then oh god my sides.

[shoeshine boy]

I'm beginning to really hate the KHL.

[cma3585]

This is pretty funny, though at this point I think the Devils are better off with the cap space. Square peg, round hole.

They aren't getting the cap space back thanks to the Luongo rule in the new CBA.

They should. This says they'll get hit with 250k per until it expires.

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