Kovalchuk decision will likely wait until final day

Its 8 PM now and no news on the Kovalchuk front, which likely means the NHL will use the full five days to make a decision. TSN's Darren Dreger believes that the fact the league is taking the full five days to review the contract could be a huge indicator that they are trying to fin every reason to reject this deal, which is likely going to mean the end of Kovalchuk for the Devils unless they find a way to sign him next offseason. Unless the NHL approves this deal, which is likely since no decision has been made yet, Ilya is headed to the KHL at least for this year since the market for him in the NHL is very limited or none. However, this is what one NHL GM told Dreger that he thinks this might not pass. My feeling is that it will get passed, but Dreger also mentioned the possibility of discipline against the Devils which could force them to trade more of their players should the Kovalchuk verdict go in their favor. We shall see tomorrow, which is likely the final day in the Kovalchuk Saga.