It has been reported the Atlanta Thrashers have traded Illya Kovalchuk to the New Jersey Devils after he turned down a deal that approached $100 million.
As a Boston fan, this is disappointing news. Kovalchuk would have brought excitement to Boston. He would have represented hope. He would have given us someone who could have at least scored on occasion.
He would have made Marc Savard the player we signed him to be.
The fact that the Bruins could not find a way to make this deal is pathetic. They entered this season after trading their leading goal scorer without replacing him and are paying for it.
Yet again, the Devils strike another deal. They constantly make bold decisions year after year.
And that is the exact reason why they are always in contention like Detroit. They recognize a problem and address it. They realize when they have an opportunity and they go get a player to put them over the top. This is exactly what the Bruins do not do. They never go after it. They never change their philosophy. They continue to live in the past and look for the next Bobby Orr or Cam Neely.
It's time to change philosophies. Go get players with skill and speed. Go get goal scorers, pure goal scorers. I'm sick of looking for the next Neely or Orr. They are one in a life time generation players.
Go get the guys who actual have an impact in this NHL.
So yet again, the Bruins fail to make an impact move. Some may question whether or not this would have helped them this season. That will never be answered now, but it would have helped them in the future.
So yet again, I'll sit here and think of what could of been. I'll listen to Jack Edwards discuss Kovalchuk and the impact he'll have on the Devils and not the Bruins.
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