Ilya Kovalchuk may be ready to return the NHL, and the Sharks could be one of his suitors.
According to a report in the New York Post, the Sharks are one of “more than a half-dozen clubs” to have expressed interest in the 34-year-old winger, who has spent the last four seasons in the KHL in Russia. The other known teams listed in the report are the Rangers, Blues and Maple Leafs.
Kovalchuk played his most recent two NHL seasons for current Sharks coach Pete DeBoer, where he was also a former teammate of Sharks assistant/goalie coach Johan Hedberg.