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Ilya Kovalchuk to make ‘decision on his future today,’ agent says

By Helene Elliott
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Ilya Kovalchuk‘s agent, Jay Grossman, has tweeted that Kovalchuk, who on Sunday turned down the Kings’ free-agent offer, is “looking to make decision on his future today.”

The New Jersey Devils are now the favorites to sign him, with the New York Post reporting it will be a seven-year, $60-million deal.

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If that turns out to be the case, that will be a big drop from the $100-million deal he has been looking for.

Why the discount? Easier travel? A place he’s familiar with after being traded there from Atlanta in February? It’ll be interesting to hear what Kovalchuk has to say.

-- Helene Elliott

Photo: In April 2010, Ilya Kovalchuk was with the New Jersey Devils. Is he looking to go back? Credit: Gregory Smith / Associated Press

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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