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Originally Posted by icecube
The best players in the world should play in the best league in the world. I'd be excited to have him back and I hope it's true. He could still be a top three goal scorer in this league.
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I think the best hockey players should play in the NHL. But players should also honour the contracts they sign. Fact is, he signed one of the largest contracts in NHL history. I don't remember if it was heavily front loaded, but if it was he made a huge chunk of change right off the bat. He then walked out on it to play in another league for another bushel of money.
I get that many employees in the corporate world will jump ship when offered mega-bucks. But many of us aren't binded by working contracts like hockey players are. Kovalchuk clearly broke his contract to jump ship.
If the rumors are true about him wanting back, I hope the league takes a long and hard look at why he shouldn't be allowed back. I'm no lawyer when it comes to matters like this, so maybe I'm wrong in what I'm saying. But I don't imagine too many owners will be very happy with him coming back.