ya, but if it left a bad tate he wouldnt be resigned

nabokov did the same thing tho
then they both signed extensions so it cant be that bad

Iirc he delayed reporting for family reasons. He wanted to stay overseas a couple weeks extra but was still planning to report

I know he tried to block the trade initially though

This post was edited by dxlightning on Jun 4 2013 02:36pm

he said he wanted to stay for the khl allstar game or sumthin too iirc

Yea.. Whatever it was I seem to recall it had more to do with staying a bit longer before coming over and less to do with just not reporting at all.

his kid had surgery

Mm you're right. Kovalchuk was the one who people were worried about but he was just staying for the allstar game (I think)

makes more sense ^^
too many russians

He tried to block the original trade to go there

Flames agreed to terms with goalie Karri Ramo.

Jori Lehtera turned down a 7 figure deal with St. Louis to sign a 2 year deal in the KHL