Tag: Ilya Kovalchuk

Injury Notes: Kovalchuk, Staal, Karlsson, Bergeron, Enstrom, Hemsky, Grossman, Briere, Michalek and Marchand

From twitter unless otherwise noted Rich Chere: Devils Ilya Kovalchuk on playing Friday: "I don't know. I'm going to decide with the doctors and coaches, but I don't think so." Katie Strang: Rangers Marc Staal said that his peripheral vision is…

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Injury Notes: Lupul, Helm, MacDermid, Kovalchuk, Higgins, Heatley, Karlsson and Canadiens

From twitter unless otherwise noted David Alter: Leafs Joffrey Lupul had off-ice workouts yesterday and is still day-to-day. He won't play in New York. Helene St. James: Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said that Darren Helm won't play again this…

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Injury Notes: Kovalchuk, Briere and Ponikarovsky

Tom Gulitti via twitter: Ilya Kovalchuk is expected to miss 2-4 weeks with a right shoulder injury. Philadelphia Flyers via twitter: Flyers GM Paul Holmgren: "Danny Briere was injured in practice yesterday & is listed as day-to-day with an upper body…

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Roster notes: waivers, Jets claim Peluso, Kovalchuk, Visnovsky, Etem, Gibson, Bodie, Parent, Rosehill and Maple Leafs

Renaud Lavoie via twitter: Sharks waivers: Danny Groulx. Flyers waivers: Andreas Lilja, Brian Boucher. Hurricanes waivers: Brett Bellemore, Nicolas Blanchard, M-A Gragnani, Justin Krueger, Jerome Samson, Chris Terry, Justin Peters. Pierre LeBrun via twitter: Scott Gomez and Wade Redden put on waivers for purpose of…

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Lamoriello fine with Kovalchuk … Lightning won’t add to roster … On waivers yesterday … Hockey is Back Video

Tom Gulitti via twitter: Devils GM Lou Lamoriello said that Ilya Kovalchuk explained why he wanted to stay and play in the KHL all-star, and he understands why he wanted too. Dan Rosen via twitter: Lamoriello added: "I'm very comfortable with the…

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Medvedev coming to N.A. to talk Kovalchuk buyout … Teams could look at Hemsky … Reasons for Flyers to go after Luongo

Igor Eronko via twitter: KHL president Alex Medvedev said he'll be heading to North America in February to talk to the Devils about a contract buyout for Ilya Kovalchuk to bring him back to Russia. The Fourth Period: With the…

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CBA won’t be signed for awhlie … Realignment and Olympics … Kovalchuk played his last KHL game

John Shannon via twitter: "No formal signing of CBA is being contemplated yet. Still hammering out a Memorandum of Understanding for both sides. Told that there is exchange of many drafts of CBA language which will be attached to MOU.…

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Datsyuk, Malkin, Kovalchuk and Ovechkin offered $30 million each … Kovalchuk says he wants to stay in Russia … FA and injury notes

Dustin Leed via twitter: Pavel Datsyuk, Evgeni Malkin, Ilya Kovalchuk and Alex Ovechkin were guaranteed $30 million each by Russian President Vladimir Putin to remain in the KHL. Update: Original source came from David Satriano of the NY Post: The…

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Four big name Russians offered big money to stay in KHL … KHL president Medvedev may challenge CBA

Larry Brooks via twitter: Last Friday, Evgeny Malkin, Alex Ovechkin, Ilya Kovalchuk and Pavel Datsyuk were preparing a press release that would announce their intention to stay in the KHL regardless. Brooks was told that the four had been promised an immense…

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The Russian factor: Visnovsky staying overseas, Kovalchuk staying too? Markov still in Russia, Kulemin rumors false

6:20 PM: Slava Malamud via twitter: Legally, the IIHF could ban Kovalchuk from all competitions, including the Sochi Olympics, if he doesn't report to the Devils. Eric Macramalla asks if it would would compel him to honor his NHL contract?…

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Winter Classic to be cancelled … More owners need to get involved … Johnson and Parise share some thoughts

Renaud Lavoie via twitter: The NHL and NHLPA are still talking to each other over the phone and through email. There are no formal talks scheduled. Katie Strang of ESPN: A source said that the NHL is expected to cancel…

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Quick notes on Kovalchuk, Hall, Pronger, Wilson and Hudon

Genadi Boguslavski via twitter: Ilya Kovalchuk confirmed again that he'd remain in the KHL after the lockout if his contract was cut. Terry Jones of the Edmonton Sun: Oilers Taylor Hall is returning to Edmonton to meet with doctors. "I'll…

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