pitbull12 Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 I just turned on the Team990 and they say there is a report out there that the Canadiens have re-signed Alexei Kovalev to a 1 year deal at $6 million, and he will be named the teams Captain for next year. WOW.\ EDIT - Here is the story from TSN http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=280075 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QbGamer Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 Bah... This is another BOGUS report comming out of Russia.... I dont know why tsn even bothers posting this as news.. As each time one of these reports comes out from Russia, Kovalev and the entire team end up saying its False.. Annoying! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuba-Steve_mtl Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 Very skeptical about this report. It does not make sense to sign your new captain to a 1-year contract or to increase an aging players salary over 2 mil. Why does TSN run these as legitimate news? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babinator77 Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 now tsn is grabbing this report? good grief. thanks for the post but it's already being discussed at length in the koivu, kovalev and koivu or kovalev threads... too much 'air time' for a bogus report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xTybe_mtl Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 Also as per the article, komi was offered a multi year deal worth 4 million per year and he turned it down, wanting 6 million per year. Insane! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitbull12 Posted May 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 If anyone wants to listen I think the Team990 is having the person who released this rumour on next... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leafs_rock_go_mccabe Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 If anyone wants to listen I think the Team990 is having the person who released this rumour on next... "And now, appearing on Team 990 for the very first time... *drum roll*... EKLUND!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teststory Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 Pretty worthless conversation other then to find out Kovalev wants to come back next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmerpuck Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 "And now, appearing on Team 990 for the very first time... *drum roll*... EKLUND!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habsolute-pp1 Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 Kovalev as captain is a mistake, you want the captain to lead by example and I don't think Kovy can do that. I'm a huge Komi fan but $6 million is absolutely ridiculous! I really hope these stories are bogus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QbGamer Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 Rumour comes out were after a russian coach... Then Kovy for Captain.. Then we sign someone from KHl,, Europe somewhere. I think the Russians are taking over Maybe Gillet sold the team to some russian dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gracie12 Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 I stopped reading as soon as i saw this: A Russian sports newspaper reports... Im not even sure why TSN lowers its credibility by posting this garbage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glory_Days Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 RDS just killed the rumour...apparently they spoke with Kovalev's agent and he completly denied the rumour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codo27 Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 Then I'm extremely disappointed. This made my day seeing the news on TSN, along with Roy turning down the avs job. Roy put in place as the new coach and Kovy rightfully given the captaincy? I could fall down and break my leg tomorrow and be able to do nothing the summer and I'd smile right through til the season starts again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chromedome_mtl Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 Then I'm extremely disappointed. This made my day seeing the news on TSN, along with Roy turning down the avs job. Roy put in place as the new coach and Kovy rightfully given the captaincy? I could fall down and break my leg tomorrow and be able to do nothing the summer and I'd smile right through til the season starts again. Not too difficult to please you ,eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesfoldi Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 Kovalev as captain is a mistake, you want the captain to lead by example and I don't think Kovy can do that. I'm a huge Komi fan but $6 million is absolutely ridiculous! I really hope these stories are bogus who else leads by example? kovalev is the best on the team and maybe the most skilled player to ever play the game. get off the "kovy dont work hard" band wagon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roy_133 Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 who else leads by example? kovalev is the best on the team and maybe the most skilled player to ever play the game. get off the "kovy dont work hard" band wagon. Kovalev isn't the best on the team, Markov is. RDS debunked this rumor, which I figured would happen considering the source. I am all for resigning Kovalev, but I found it very odd that Bob would offer him the captaincy which has been voted on by the players in this organization for a long time and if Bob did want to actually make him captain I would expect a 2-3 year deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kubby31 Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 Kovalev isn't the best on the team, Markov is. Markov should be given the C before kovy or anyone else on the team. My opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmerpuck Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 I stopped reading as soon as i saw this: A Russian sports newspaper reports... Im not even sure why TSN lowers its credibility by posting this garbage. I gave up on them after they exploited "The Darkest Day in Habs History" story. They even expected Bettman to "weigh in" on the situation in Montreal. That never happened - at least to my knowledge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
357908_1475251331 Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 http://www.iltasanomat.fi/urheilu/uutinen.asp?id=1690503 is this where are this stuff started? it says koivu is going to minnesota and kovy is the new captain. sheesh! what a lot of junk is published. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-K-46 Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 "And now, appearing on Team 990 for the very first time... *drum roll*... EKLUND!" lol E clown RDS just killed the rumour...apparently they spoke with Kovalev's agent and he completly denied the rumour. thank god Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kubby31 Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 "And now, appearing on Team 990 for the very first time... *drum roll*... EKLUND!" RDS just killed the rumour...apparently they spoke with Kovalev's agent and he completly denied the rumour. This was insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruuvimeisseli Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 bogus rumor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColRouleBleu Posted May 28, 2009 Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 http://www.iltasanomat.fi/urheilu/uutinen.asp?id=1690503 is this where are this stuff started? it says koivu is going to minnesota and kovy is the new captain. sheesh! what a lot of junk is published. no, the finnish site is also reporting from the russian media. the start point is sovsport http://www.sovsport.ru/gazeta/article-item/332155 . anyway, i dont know why i'm posting this since this was all speculation denied by the club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sssfffs Posted May 28, 2009 Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 Markov should be given the C before kovy or anyone else on the team. My opinion. I don't see markov talking to the media alot. I also read some where markov is one of those silent players. How do you expect him to be captain? Kovalev is one of the players who plays better when they have pressure on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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