#125 The King Of Ilya's Court

The NHL Draft and Free Agency have come and gone, so now's the time hockey fans start to go stir-crazy. Yelling at Bieber!?! You should be ashamed of yourselves! Anyways, Pete shares an anecdote of futility and we discuss Ilya Kovalchuk getting the hell out of Dodge. Dodge, New Jersey. That's where the arena is, right? I can't make any sense of that state. 

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Ilya Kovalchuk Says "Auf Wiedersehen, NHL"

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Sometimes, players do great things, retire, and go on to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.  See Chris Chelios, Scott Niedermayer, Brendan Shanahan, and Geraldine Heaney.  Other players do nothing, make money, and "retire" at 30.  See Ilya Kovalchuk.  

Only 3 seasons into his billion year contract (okay okay fine 15 years), Kovalchuk has announced his retirement, leaving $77 million on the table to return home to Russia.  

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