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The Kovalchuk Rejection, and Why It Scares The $#!+ Out of Me

I had an opportunity to check out the inaugural CannonFest at BW3’s in Grandview this past weekend, and I had a blast. It was a great chance to tip back a beer or two and grab some great food. It was also a terrific chance to meet in person a bunch of people that I practically watch hockey with every night the Jackets are on. Whether we’re on Twitter cheering for Jared Boll to kick somebody’s ass or calling Jordin Tootoo a little sissy, or compiling our post-game analyses on our various blogs… on Sunday, we had a chance to talk about hockey like fans. a fan, too – was a welcome one. We swapped stats, talked about the upcoming season and our expectations, and got to see the latest fan video from video producer Tom Larrow (a.k.a., Skraut), titled “Requiem For A Season.” His take on the video and its title: “In order to move forward with this season, we have to give last season a proper burial.” Check it out: Reason One: No one should be paid that much, especially the way that deal was laid out. Making anywhere from $8.5 – 11.5 million or something over the first seven or eight years? The only players in the NHL that deserve that kind of money have a Cup to show for it in the last couple years. Ilya Kovalchuk was a star on a lousy team, and after Martin Brodeur retires in a couple years, he’ll be a star on a fairly good team without solid goaltending. Kovalchuk can’t win a Cup by himself, and without Brodeur in net, it’s damn near impossible in New Jersey, so if they manage to work out a new deal, the clock’s ticking on Kovy’s Cup chances. So was Lou Lamoriello the architect of this idiocy, or was it the ownership? “Crazy Lou” would tell us to “talk to the owners” about the money part.

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