Kariya can go screw himself.

That guy is all about the money and we don't need players like that on our team

http://twitter.com/sportsnetmurph

canucks not getting kovy

Not surprised. The trade doesn't make sense and personally, I would be disappointed in Gillis not sticking to the plan if he traded away anything more than Cory, Bieksa and a pick for Kovalchuk...which is probably not enough to land him. Kesler and Raymond aren't going anywhere for a rental.

Yes, it would be amazing to have a player with that kind of talent around but Kovalchuk is just one man and I definitely think anyone willing to meet his $11.3m a year salary demand is INSANE. Kovalchuk is awesome but he isn't Ovie, Crosby or Malkin. He won't elevate an entire team by himself like one of those guys would and is not worth more money than them.

Oh and fuck Kariya. $6m a year for that guy? Another terrible trade. If you're going to trade picks, trade for young talent. I wouldn't argue if Gillis wanted to trade a high draft pick for Backes. That guy is entering his prime but fuck Kariya.

I don't know about that, he took a 8.5 million dollar paycut to sign in Colorado and try and win a cup there. I'm pretty sure no other player in the NHL has taken that big of a cut (maybe Selanne did it the same year?) when they could have got 4-5 times what he signed for on the open market.

I'd be happy to get Kariya if we didn't have to give up to much but Backes would suit our needs a bit better right now.

He used that as a loophole so he could reach UFA status earlier. He'll continue to insist he did it to be with Selanne and to try and win a cup but his main reason for it was early UFA status.

You're full of shit. You come on here to troll and then act like you're innocent.

P.S. You're the retard for not reading the title of the thread. Official 2009/2010 Canucks Thread. None gives a flying fuck about your Flamers!

haaaaaaaaaaa.. yes nobody... nobody gives a fuck about flamers

This is what pretty much vilified him to every single Ducks fan... He did great things for the franchise but for him to say what he said, and then do an about face? Makes me somewhat glad my boys won the Cup without him, and that there's a new #9 in town!

My long shot pick for upcoming games :

Van Tie Ott
Crd Tie NSV
Edm to win at Min
SJ to win at STL
ANA at LA to win

lol, $3 dollars bet = $637.35 in payout.. lol

min over edm
crd over nsv

Holy crap. Kovy turned down a 12 year $101M contract.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=308935

because he wants to get out of atl

wow... so who is gonna sign him now ??? Anyone think he will end of playing in Russia ?

someone will sign him

He will sign for less than that somewhere else
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odd bet... ottawa is on a 10 game winning streak

my bets
Dal>BJ
Bos>MTL
Wash>NYR
Van>Ott
Col>Nash
LA>Ducks

all single bets

whoever trades for kovi is giving their future away. hes going to russia after this season for sure.

Anyone seen this...I was like WTF.

http://en.tackfilm.se/?id=1265316041638RA86&q=low

Takes a bit to load, but you'll be like WTF after.

you could probably stick your face in that video too! lol.

for sure, ATL could have offered him the max $11M and he still would have said no. ATL isn't going anywhere anytime soon, which is sad.

If Kovalchuk wanted out of ATL, why does their GM state that "Kovy affirmed his desire to be a Thrasher for life"?

Somebody's not telling the truth...

It just doesn't make sense:
1) I want to be on your team
2) Pay me the max
3) Yeah I know that means the rest of the players will suck

Kovy doesn't want to be seen as the bad guy.

Kariya pulled the same thing. Look at what I posted up top.

And Waddell probably respects Kovy enough not to bad mouth him. He has probably been a pretty good player for the organization for the last couple of years.