Kovulchuck

[JohnboyND7]

I'm not super into hockey. I follow it enough to know who some of the big name guys are. Thought it was weird right away when I saw he left that much money on the table but after looking a little into it, seems like he is going to just play in Russia and be similarly compensated for his work? Thoughts?

[yzerman19]

He's already wealthy...so the incremental $70 million isn't really all its cracked up to be- If I've got $100 million in the bank, I'm more concerned about doing what I want to do than making another $70 million. Especially if I wasn't super competitive and cup driven- which has always been a knock on Kovi- top 0.01% offensive skill set...not really all that interested in hockey. Add being ex-pat vs at home and things start to make sense.

[MafiaMan]

If I could be paid $50 million to move back to my home country or $75 million to play thousands of miles away from it, which would I choose?

Jeremy Roenick is wrong on this one...kudos to Kovulchuk for wanting to go home...and doing it.