Comments on: Dare to dream? How about Kovalchuk for a Cup run?

By: Really, Kovalchuk? 17 years? | Blackhawk Up | A Chicago Blackhawks Blog

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:36:29 +0000

[...] sorry. I think he’s a great player and even hoped the ‘Hawks at one point would make a deal for him. But $150 million for nearly two decades? These are the kinds of contracts we expect to come out of [...]

By: frank

frank — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:44:48 +0000

While it sounds good, I would hate to give up Sharp for a player that will likely leave after the season. Would rather see Versteeg as the guy to go

By: Fork

Fork — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:42:57 +0000

By all accounts, Kovalchuk will be a Tharasher for the forseeable future. He wants to stay and the Thrashers want to keep him.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:23:52 +0000

I did think of that as well, but is the revenue from what they would earn in a playoff appearance — and it’ll be a short one — be worth the risk of losing Kovalchuk and getting nothing in return? I don’t know the answer to that, but I’m assuming they would think of that when the time comes and he hasn’t been signed to an extension.

By: Fork

Fork — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:04:16 +0000

The biggest hole in the idea of getting Kovalchuk as a hired gun is the Thrashers’ own playoff contention. Trading their biggest star (and Captain) would not only be a white flag on the rest of the season, they’d wave goodbye to whatever possible revenues they could hope to pull from a playoff appearance.