Both Cam Ward and Eddie Lack will be left unprotected by Carolina, Vegas might get a draft pick to take one of them

Rumor that Vegas might sign Dadonov, too. Him and Ship played on a line together and were like two of the top 3 players in the KHL last year (apparently have great chemistry).

Would love to see Radulov/Kovalchuk go there now lol.

inb4Vegas becomes like pens v2

I doubt the Devils will allow Kovalchuk back in the league unless they sign him

Sign and trade. They'd be dumb not to.

Is kovalacheck actually wanting back in the league? How old is he now?

34. still has a few years as a goal scorer

8-year, $80M offer 'likely' for Tavares

On Kovalchuk, agent can agree to contract terms with new team, new team can agree to trade terms with NJ, NJ signs Kovalchuk and trades him.

Kovalchuk cannot come off the NHL's Voluntary Retirement List unless he signs with NJ. Therefore, the need for a sign and trade.

Technically, Kovalchuk cannot "sign" contract until July 1, but there's really nothing to prevent everything else happening before that.

Regardless, Kovalchuk is non-factor for expansion draft. Not eligible to be taken, not eligible to be exposed/protected. He's on VRL Island.

This post was edited by KrWWW on May 9 2017 09:29am

Dreger: Eberle has probably played last game for Oilers