NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Kovalchuk ready to roll in second season as Devil's scoring machine in next NHL season

The New Jersey Devils has more reasons to be optimistic in the forthcoming season of the National Hockey League.
This developed after the Devils was able to sign to a contract extension for 17 years worth $102 million Ilya Kovalchuk,it's top player in the last NHL season.
The Devils earlier got Kovalchck in a trade with Atlanta in February after rejecting a 12-year, $101 million extension offered by the Atlanta Thrashers.
Kovalchuk decided to remain with the Devils after realising that the team valued his services so much and that he has better chances of winning the Stanley Cup with the team.
The decision of Kovalchuk is a great step towards the aim of the Devils for NFL supremacy in the next season of the premier professional hockey league in the planet.


National Hockey League superstar Ilya Kovalchuk.

The NHL's leading goal scorer is expected to carry the scoring load for the Devils in the next NHL season.
Based on his new deal will earn $6 million each of the next two seasons, $11.5 million for the following five seasons, $10.5 million in the 2017-18 season, $8.5 million for the 2018-19 season, $6.5 million in 2019-20, $3.5 million in 2020-21, $750,000 the following season, and $550,000 for the final five years of the unprecedented deal.
In the past NHL season Kovalchuk had 41 goals and 44 assists last season while earning $7.5 million, but he posted only 10 goals and 17 assists with the Devils.
Top-line forward Zach Parise believes that Kovalchuk will be much more comfortable with the Devils next season when he is with them for the entire year.
Kovalchuk has won only one playoff game in his NHL career.
The Devils have been very active since the playoffs ended. John MacLean was named the new coach, replacing Jacques Lemaire, who retired.
The team reacquired veteran center Jason Arnott in a trade and signed defensemen Henrik Tallinder and Anton Volchenkov and goalie Johan Hedberg in free agency.
The first pick overall in the 2001 NHL draft, Kovalchuk has scored 338 career goals, the most by any player in the league in that period.
He has only been to the playoffs only twice in eight NHL seasons.
Kovalchuk was acquired from the Thrashers along with defenseman Anssi Salmela for forward Niclas Bergfors, defenseman Johnny Oduya, prospect Patrice Cormier, a first-rounder and a swap of second-round picks.
With Kovalchuk on-board for the Devils for many years to come the NHL promises to be a slambang affair to all professional hockey fans around the world.

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