NHL News: Could the League Investigate Marc Savard’s Contract?

August 10th, 2010 by Cam Maillet Leave a reply »


The fallout from the League’s decision to nullify Ilya Kovalchuk’s 17-year $102-million deal may not be limited to that one contract.

It’s no secret that there have been multiple deals in recent memory with similar intent, the most notable being Marian Hossa’s, Roberto Luongo’s, Chris Pronger’s, and Marc Savard’s. And although these deals are of similar style to Kovalchuk’s, they are nowhere near the extent to which his has been constructed.

At the peak of Kovalchuk’s deal he would have been making $11.5 million annually with a $6 mil cap hit, which at first glance doesn’t raise any red flags—maybe yellow, but not red.

But when we begin to dissect the contract into its simplest form we find the breakdown as such: $6 million, $6 million, $11.5 million, $11.5 million, $11.5 million, $11.5 million, $11.5 million, $10.5 million, $8.5 million, $6.5 million, $3.5 million, $750,000, $550,000, $550,000, $550,000, $550,000, $550,000.

A more in-depth look reveals a clear attempt at a deal allowing the Devils to afford the services of Kovalchuk, without handcuffing th ...

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