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Originally Posted by The Fonz
My thoughts are, go after Radulov instead. The contract AAV and offensive production between he and Kovalchuk should be similar, while not a single asset is given up in acquiring Radulov.
Even signing Radulov to a max term UFA deal of 7 years, he would be 37yo for the final year of the contract, so there is far less risk of a production drop off with him as opposed to Kovalchuk.
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Not a bad point, and with a guy like Radulov (or any Russian) there would be a more than decent chance he'd head back to Russia in the last few years of that deal and it would be voided and completely off the books. Especially if you front loaded it as much as possible within the rules of the current CBA.