Pittiksen Aleksei Kovaleviä on huhuiltu, kuten kaikki tietävät, mm. Rangersiin, Islandersiin, Bluesiin ja Starsiin. Viimeksimainittu voidaan nyt ampua ostajalistalta alas, mikäli omistajan sanaan on uskominen ja yleensä se, jolla on rahakirstun avain, päättää:
Stars owner Tom Hicks said his team has no interest in pursuing a trade for Alexei Kovalev, the Pittsburgh Penguins right winger who is being shopped.
In fact, Hicks said the Stars have no interest in making any more blockbuster deals this season.
"That's just not going to happen," Hicks said. "We don't have the room in the budget for it. We've done what we're going to do in getting C laude [Lemieux]. That's it for us."
With the acquisition of Lemieux, the Stars already are on the hook for $55 million and still have to sign Derian Hatcher, Marty Turco and Richard Matvichuk.
- Dallas Morning News -
Jos historia on mitään opettanut, tiedämme kaikki, että Kovalev päätyy ennen siirtoajan umpeutumista Colorado Avalancheen. Vaihdossa menee Vaclav Nedorost/Radim Vrbata ja Mike Keane/talvirenkaat.