Bob McKenzie: Ilya Kovalchuk is now 35-years old and is officially off the NHL voluntary retired list.
He’s now an unrestricted free agent and able to talk with NHL teams. He can’t officially sign a contract until July 1st.
On the Vancouver Canucks …
Rick Dhaliwal: The Vancouver Canucks will be holding internal meetings about some pending unrestricted free agents – Darren Archibald, Nic Dowd and Jussi Jokinen.
Those UFAs may find out in the next two to four weeks if they will be offered contracts by the Canucks.