Die-Hard Kovalchuk fans: where would you want Kovy to end up?

"The news is breaking fast and furious over Ilya Kovalchuk(notes). His agent, Jay Grossman, confirmed to the AJC that his client was told by GM Don Waddell that he'll be traded by the Atlanta Thrashers. The paper reported the Los Angeles Kings, Boston Bruins, New York Rangers, New Jersey Devils, Calgary Flames and Philadelphia Flyers as contenders. Tim Panaccio says the price is currently too high for Philly. Bob McKenzie reports that the Flames aren't in the mix. Kevin Paul Dupont says the Bruins aren't being aggressive at the moment. Craig Custance said that the Blackhawks aren't, as of this afternoon, in the mix. But Pierre LeBrun said the Vancouver Canucks are sniffing around. Rich Hammond expects the process "to take several days" and said there's nothing concrete about the Kings. Finally, Kevin Allen of USA Today says to expect surprise teams but not a trade tonight. And exhale ... " -Yahoo!Hockey.com [Puck Previews]





I'm more a fan of Ilya Kovalchuk than the Atlanta Thrashers (aka. the Atlanta Kovalchuks), i've been following him ever since his draft and feel bad that every season ends up in disappointment and because he plays in ATL, no one even knows who he is.





Being a NJ resident, i'd love to see him come to NJ so i can watch him play, if not, i wouldn't mind the NYR. I hope he stays on the East Coast.|||as a flyers fan I'm glad my team is in the mix because he is one of my


favorite players. if we don't get him, I wouldn't mind him going to the kings. the blackhawks(hossa) flames(iginla) and rangers(gaborik) all have snipers and the attention wouldn't always be on him and I don't think he would like that. anyway, I hope waddell doesn't give him away, because he is worth a lot.|||He's going to go somewhere where he has a good chance of winning the Stanley Cup. He'll probably go to Penguins, Capitals, Blackhawks, or Devils. If neither, he'll stay in Atlanta. He pretty much carries the team...|||I don't know if he's a "Devil" type of player, but I can't completely rule out the possibility of him going there. That said, my money is on him going to the Rangers - possibly Detroit.|||Los Angeles|||whats yoiur question/|||Jeez, not the Kings. Come on.|||NJ resident here as well, not a devils fan, but as sweet as it would to see him at pru center for the games i go to, it would hurt his rep to come here, lets be honost nj fills out 1/2 the stadium if lucky for most games, why put so much talent in a state that could care less. Send him to NYR Boston or Phily, although the price is too high for them.


BTW, people know Kovy trust me, hes bigger than you think...ALOT BIGGER