Today, the Kovy Affair ‘17 may have taken another turn towards more potential drama. The current situation up until today was that Ilya Kovalchuk and his representation were speaking with other teams. The earliest the Devils could sign the Russian winger would be July 1, where upon it would be likely he would be signed just to be traded. Some rumors have come out regarding this situation. Let’s start with the more local one.
First, TVA Sports has this short update citing Elliotte Friedman providing an updated on Sportsnet 960 in Calgary. Here’s the Google translation of the French report:
"Someone told me he thought Kovalchuk would get a big deal, but I'm not 100% certain of the favorite team in the race.