Ilya Kovalchuk is a NJ Devil

[Mchnhead2k5]

So Ilya Kovalchuk has left the Thrashers in a trade. I think the Thrashers will be a better TEAM than relying on ONE superstar to lead them.

Thoughts?

[Dirty Octopus™]

Atlanta is no more. Thrashers will be sold to Oklahoma in 2011

[Nubz]

Atlanta is no more. Thrashers will be sold to Oklahoma in 2011

hes 100% correct..maybe not oklahoma though

[ShooterMcGavin]

ya what a fucking letdown. i knew something was up when they'd been talking about resigning the guy and hadn't come to any sort of agreement after nearly a yr. if they get sold i'm burning all my thrashers shit, fuckers.

[alpine_aw11]

Being a better team in that sense isn't relevant when the team sucks. He's the only one that can fuckin score, I can't believe we got rid of him. Stupid idea.

[Mchnhead2k5]

Y'all do realize that the Thrashers are ONE point out of a playoff spot with 1 or 2 games at hand on the teams above them? They've become a better TEAM without Kovy.

Kovy wanted 21% of the salary cap a year: $11.3m/yr for the next 12 years. Nobody in the NHL is worth that much. The top 3 players (Ovechkin 8.9, Crosby 8.7, Malkin 8.1). In the budget of the Atlanta Spirit Group (who are horrible hockey owners) the max salary would be about 26-30% of the budget for the team.

[jfman]

Yall do realise that the Threashers made the playoffs ONCE since they came about and lost all 4 games.

[djpikachu1]

NNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

[Mchnhead2k5]

Yall do realise that the Threashers made the playoffs ONCE since they came about and lost all 4 games.

Yep. That was pretty pathetic. Then again Bob Hartley played mind games with the goalies as well. Kari didn't play a bad game one, Rangers won 4-2 with an ENG. Moose came in game two, Rags won 2-1. Hartley goes back to Kari and they lose 8-0. Then Moose again in game four.

[Alan®]

Yall do realise that the Threashers made the playoffs ONCE since they came about and lost all 4 games.

and do YOU realize that was the best team we had ever had? The owners were actually sinking money into the team we had more than 1 playoff veteran on the team and since then We have traded all the guys that made that team a winning team. Kovalchuk was the last remaining guy other than moose of that team. Thrashers will be sold in the next couple of years I can see it.

[jfman]

Yep. That was pretty pathetic. Then again Bob Hartley played mind games with the goalies as well. Kari didn't play a bad game one, Rangers won 4-2 with an ENG. Moose came in game two, Rags won 2-1. Hartley goes back to Kari and they lose 8-0. Then Moose again in game four.

I know I was there at PA for game 2 and saw the goal in an empty net. Hit the glass and bounced into the net. :facepalm:

[Hulud]

go back to jersey!


that is all

[HatchHero]

and do YOU realize that was the best team we had ever had? The owners were actually sinking money into the team we had more than 1 playoff veteran on the team and since then We have traded all the guys that made that team a winning team. Kovalchuk was the last remaining guy other than moose of that team. Thrashers will be sold in the next couple of years I can see it.

agreed. Im a thrashers fan too. Ilya was wasting his career here. now his is with a contender. im happy for him

[alpine_aw11]

agreed. Im a thrashers fan too. Ilya was wasting his career here. now his is with a contender. im happy for him

That is the other side of it. As much as trading him pissed me off, he might as well go to a team that actually is worth a shit. Thrashers owners=failures.

edit-He probably won't be such a prick anymore either, if I was on his level and had to deal with the Thrashers I would probably turn into an asshole as well.