According to Puck Daddy's Dmitry Chesnokov, Ilya Kovalchuk has reportedly set a deadline of 24-48 hours for the NHL to approve any of the frameworks that were submitted by the Devils or else he will consider at least starting or playing the season or even more in the KHL. As I have mentioned the KHL season starts on Thursday September 8th, so time is of the essence in this dispute or standoff. Neither the Kovalchuk camp or any of the Devils and NHL representatives would confirm his ultimatum, so this could just be a negotiating tactic or getting the NHL to blink.
Notes: The Devils today signed 9 players to two-way contracts. They are Tyler Eckford, Olivier Magnan-Grenier, Patrick Davis, Mark Fayne, Stephen Gionta, Tim Sestito, Harry Young, Jean-Sebastien Berube and Chad Wiseman. Eckford, Davis, Sestito and Berube all have a good shot to make NHL roster, but its likely that incoming prospects like Mattias Tedenby, Jacob Josefson and Adam Henrique are likely to make the team.
The Devils projected line-up if Kovalchuk ends up signing with them is:
Forwards:
Parise Zajac Langenbrunner
Kovalchuk Arnott Elias
Tedenby Josefson Clarkson
Pelley Zubrus Henrique
Extra Forwards: Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond, Vladimir Zharkov
Defense:
Greene Volchenkov
Salvador Tallinder
White Corrente
Extra D-Men: Anssi Salmela, Mark Fraser
Goaltenders:
Martin Brodeur
Johan Hedberg
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