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Oling_Roachinen · 11-12-2019, 06:20 PM

I could see that Kovalchuk refused to waive his NMC, so they are sitting him in hopes he either waives or goes back to Russia.

Kovalchuk's contract is interesting. Because of his signing bonuses he 'only' has roughly 4.75M total on his contract in actual pay for the next 2 years, including only about 500,000 owing to him this year. It's not nearly as big of an albatross as you would find with other 6M contracts like Lucic and Neal (pre-trade).

11-12-2019, 06:20 PM	#33
Oling_Roachinen Franchise Player Join Date: Sep 2011 Exp:	I could see that Kovalchuk refused to waive his NMC, so they are sitting him in hopes he either waives or goes back to Russia. Kovalchuk's contract is interesting. Because of his signing bonuses he 'only' has roughly 4.75M total on his contract in actual pay for the next 2 years, including only about 500,000 owing to him this year. It's not nearly as big of an albatross as you would find with other 6M contracts like Lucic and Neal (pre-trade).