Kovalchuk to New Jersey

[The Orange Chef]

i am very surprised!

he turned down $101 miilion
wow!

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[Chado1]

Its official he went to the Devils....

[Chado1]

Atlanta gets Johnny Oduya, Niclas Bergfors, Patrice Cormier and 2010 1st and 2nd round draft picks while New Jersey gets Kovy, Anssi Salmela and a 2010 2nd round draft pick....

[The Orange Chef]

Man i thought rangers and bruins were leading the race for this horse.

This has caught me a little off guard!

[BettorsChat]

Atlanta gets Johnny Oduya, Niclas Bergfors, Patrice Cormier and 2010 1st and 2nd round draft picks while New Jersey gets Kovy, Anssi Salmela and a 2010 2nd round draft pick....

Was this a good trade? Remember I don't follow hockey. The amount of goals that he scored looks pretty damn impressive over his career.

[The Orange Chef]

BC, no doubt that New Jersey got the best player in this deal in Kovalchuk.

New Jersey made this trade because they want to win the Stanley Cup this year (they know their goaltender Martin Brodeur is not getting any younger)


The problem is that they gave up some very promising young talent, high draft picks, and Kovalchuk is only a rental player. He becomes an unrestricted free agent at seasons end, which means they will most likely loose him..for nothing!

But Lou Lamoriello is not a stupid GM (he has won 3 stanley cups with new jersey) and if he feels this was the last piece of the puzzle for them to win the cup this year, I have to respect him. He is a winner!