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If you paid any attention to the Kings during this past offseason, Ilya Kovalchuk’s name should be very familiar to you by now. Kovalchuk, who was considered the most dymanic player available via free agency during the Summer of 2010, was courted by the Kings, flown to Los Angeles and offered a 13 year, 80 [...]

The Kings looked like a team playing it’s second game in as many nights for long stretches of the game in Dallas tonight, all except for one guy: Jon Quick. Kings’ coach Terry Murray’s plan to play Jonathan Bernier once a week and keep Quick well rested has thus far paid dividends – Quick has [...]

According to Pierre LeBrun of ESPN.com, the LA kings will be looking to make a splash come July 1st, though their is a chance none of these players will become UFA’s the chances are at least 1 of them will be. The LA Kings have a ton of interest in potential UFA forwards Patrick Marleau and Ilya Kovalchuk. The LA Kings tried to acquire Ilya Kovalchuk at the deadline but apparently the Kings offer was not as good as the Devils.
I personally think they LA Kings have a very good shot at signing

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With another poor post-season in the books many Devils fans believe it is time for change….I am one of them, here is my off-season wish list.
1. Fire Jacques Lemaire, He is a great coach and can run a great defensive system however, come playoff time everyone steps up their defense. So if you are a defensive team you don’t have the advantage. Look at the Sabres for example, they are another high seed who is having trouble due to their system.
2. Hire Guy Carbonneau as his replacement, I have always liked him and

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In the past several days, the situation surrounding (by the time you read this he’ll be forrmer) Thrashers’ winger Ilya Kovalchuk has gotten heated. Elliot Friedman of Hockey Night in Canada said earlier today that he felt the Kings were out of the Kovalchuk race due to asking price. Atlanta GM Don Waddell was rumored to be looking for 2-3 roster players, plus a prospect or high draft pick. When you further consider that Waddell was unwilling to allow teams to negotiate a potential contract extension, that asking price seems more than a little steep. Then, today TSN reported that

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Ok, let’s have a little speculative fun. The Leafs, Hurricanes and Oilers are the only teams in definitive selling mode as we approach the Olympic break and subsequent trade deadline and with the way things are going there may not be all that many other sellers out there. So for now, let’s stick with these three teams and Ilya Kovalchuk and make some predictions on whether the following players will be traded and what kind of return they could garner. My predictions will be in the comments.
Atlanta Thrashers
Ilya Kovalchuk
Toronto Maple Leafs
Tomas Kaberle – one more year

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