Bwana
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Well, there goes that trade rumor.
by Bwana on Feb 4, 2010 8:36 PM EST
on Second City Hockey
Kovalchuk traded to NJ.
To NJ: Ilya Kovalchuk
To Atlanta: defenceman John Oduya, forwards Niclas Bergfors and Patrice Cormier, and a first round pick
"Ultimately, we offered Kovy more than $101 million over 12 years, which would have been the highest contract signed by an impending unrestricted free agent in the history of the league. If accepted, this contract would have been the second highest offer ever to any NHL player. We also met his desire to be the highest paid player based on average annual salary with a separate offer of 7 years at $10M per year ($70M). This offer is $0.5M higher per year than any other player.
He turned down $101million over 12 years OR $10million a year for 7 years! He must really hate Atlanta.
2 commentsMore Havlat tweets
"I really feel it from you guys.....thanks for your support. It's been a long day."
"I just want to say thank u to all my teammates. You guys are awesome...sending me text messages all day wanting to know if it's done."
Not looking too good. :(
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