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When was Kovalchuk a champion? He's only played for 3 ****in playoff teams in 11 seasons. One of those teams he was traded to after the halfway point of the regular season too.
Well, he did win 2 prestigious IIHF world Championships in the last 10 years. It dont get much bigger than that.
All hail Kovalchuk.....
King **** of Turd Mountain
When was Kovalchuk a champion? He's only played for 3 ****in playoff teams in 11 seasons. One of those teams he was traded to after the halfway point of the regular season too.
Always a champion in Momma Kovy's heart
glenwo2
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That info would've been good to know before this whole debacle occurred.
Kovy is a piece of crap. That is all.
Hope he's prepared to sign another 4 year deal in the KHL 'cause that's the only place he'll be able to play professional hockey(that would pay him what he wanted).
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Yeah against other non playoff players, and first round exit players.
By the way I am not making fun of the World Championships. I like watching them.
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Think you should stop using google-translator. Lets wait for russian speaking person to translate adequately.
manilaNJ
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The double negative was actually a translation error, that's not what he's saying at all.
From the SI article I posted:
“I still have the will and desire and passion for hockey. I have never in my career been a league champion. I hope I can make it happen in St. Petersburg.â€
From the SI article I posted:
“I still have the will and desire and passion for hockey. I have never in my career been a league champion. I hope I can make it happen in St. Petersburg.â€
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Agree with this.Yeah against other non playoff players, and first round exit players.
By the way I am not making fun of the World Championships. I like watching them.
Not completely, though:
http://www.eliteprospects.com/team.php?team=1616&year0=2008
http://www.eliteprospects.com/team.php?team=1616&year0=2009
You're right actually.
I actually think he's saying he's never been a champion.
my bad.
For more accurate Russian translations try this one:
http://imtranslator.net/translation/russian/to-english/translation/
He's still a ****** though
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My point was that it's not always against the best competition like the NHL playoffs are, or the olympics for that matter.
glenwo2
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So to him, being a League Champion in the KHL is better than being a Stanley Cup Champion in the NHL?
GET BENT, KOVY.
Although Google-Translation is god-awful. I think we all get the GIST of the whole situation. He prefers winning 2nd-rate championships to the true holy grail of Hockey....
manilaNJ
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I wouldn't say he believes that. He still called the NHL the toughest league in the world in the same interview.
I do think he believes he has a better chance of winning a championship with SKA than he does with the Devils, though.
He's not wrong. Having Kovalchuk will be a huge boost for a team that has $$ to spend and is already pretty good.
I do think he believes he has a better chance of winning a championship with SKA than he does with the Devils, though.
He's not wrong. Having Kovalchuk will be a huge boost for a team that has $$ to spend and is already pretty good.
That's part of why he's a quiter.
Would rather be big fish in little pond.
The King crap of turd mountain.
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If his heart wasn't into it in NJ anymore, it's good that he moved on. I wouldn't want someone on our team for the next 12 years who wasn't completely motivated to play here.
What is Kovy supposed to do? Will himself to want to be in NJ? If it isn't in the cards, it isn't in the cards.
Brodeur's comments have it right.
What is Kovy supposed to do? Will himself to want to be in NJ? If it isn't in the cards, it isn't in the cards.
Brodeur's comments have it right.
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NO!!! Crucify him, crucify him now!
EDIT: WHOA Avatar change and it is fantastic!
At least he realizes that St. Petersburg is basically the AHL, but with NHL money. Go get your championship, ya doofus. Just know there's a huge asterisk when you do.
2014-15 Russia League Champion Ilya Kovalchook*
*Winner but still an ass scratching loser extraordinaire.
glenwo2
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I disagree with this statement.
Traitorchuk wouldn't scratch his ass. He'd hire someone to do it for him.
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" seventeen years my number to this team "
remember that quote from his presser after he signed ?
lol.....three
remember that quote from his presser after he signed ?
lol.....three
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And two years missing the playoffs... man, I wonder how much missing the playoffs cost this team in actual dollars? The cost of Kovalchuk was heavy.
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As I've been saying since Thursday, Kovalchuk didn't look like his heart was in the Devils for much of the year. Took over a game maybe once all season, scored a couple clutch shorties and one OT winner, didn't score any clutch goals to bail out his buddy Moose while Marty was injured, didn't step up much, countless 5-6 game goal droughts, and some of the most pathetic shootout attempts on the team.
More post hits in 37 games than his first 2-3 years combined. The Kovalchuk who played for Russia in the worlds a week after the NHL season ended looked like a player who's heart and head were in the game. Not the 2013 NHL version that we got.
More post hits in 37 games than his first 2-3 years combined. The Kovalchuk who played for Russia in the worlds a week after the NHL season ended looked like a player who's heart and head were in the game. Not the 2013 NHL version that we got.
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