I am not a GM but Jersey no longer has Kovalchuk's rights he is a UFA this summer.TRADE ANNOUNCEMENT
receive Will Butcher, rights to Ilya Kovalchuk & 2018 6th Round Puck
receive 2019 Conditional 1st Round Pick (Tampa) & Alexei Bereglazov
*NYR sign Ilya Kovalchuk to $13.5m contract for 3 years at $4.5m per year
@Vanquish to confirm
Devils own his rights up until the Free Agency window starts and as we are in the draft at the moment, the Devils still own his rights.I am not a GM but Jersey no longer has Kovalchuk's rights he is a UFA this summer.
Why give up an asset for a mock event?Devils own his rights up until the Free Agency window starts and as we are in the draft at the moment, the Devils still own his rights.
He is still treated as a pending UFA.
Why have a mock event at all?Why give up an asset for a mock event?
Vancouver has been on the clock since 9 am est this morning. I have messaged him three times since Friday evening letting him know he can pick whenever. By 1pm est today if he does not pick he will be auto'd Svechnikov.
How can we have an auto at 2nd overall? If he doesn’t make the pick he should be replaced
I can take over van if that’s an option. They are my favourite team and are who I was originally going to take. Or are we going to give him a chance to come back on
I don't think it's really fair to boot him out after one pick if that's the case - I'd give him one more shot and if he misses that pick, then do it. Just my .02 though, it's ultimately your callOkay, so I have done these with Velociraptor for years and he has always been punctual so hopefully everything is okay. But if Velociraptor by chance does not show up to make his pick by 1 PM est McGroober will take over the teams GM duties.
He hasn’t been active since Wednesday and he’s technically had since Friday to make his pickI don't think it's really fair to boot him out after one pick if that's the case - I'd give him one more shot and if he misses that pick, then do it. Just my .02 though, it's ultimately your call
Yes, but I'm saying that if he's historically been punctual, this is an anomaly. In that case, we should give him one more pick to see if this case was truly an anomaly or indicative of the rest of the draft. As I said, it's ultimately cup's call, and it may be too late anyway now that the pick has been tradedHe hasn’t been active since Wednesday and he’s technically had since Friday to make his pick
We have a trade to announce!
To Ottawa:
3rd overall
34th overall
To Vancouver:
5th overall
21st overall
@grewalZ40 is on the clock!