The wait is over:Ilya Kovalchuk has a new home.
After his contract with the Los Angeles Kings was terminatedDec. 16, many wondered whetherand when Kovalchuk would sign with another club. The speculation has officially ended as the 36-year-old Cedric Ogbuehi Jersey winger agreed Friday to a one-year, two-way contract with the Montreal Canadiens.
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The deal pays the Ru sian forward$700,000 at the Auden Tate Jersey NHL level and $70,000 in the AHL to finish off the 2019-20 season.
Drafted first overall in the 2001 draft Chris Baker Jersey by the Atlanta Thrashers, Kovalchuk will nowplayfor his fourth franchise, after only 91 games with the Kings. In his eighth season with the Thrashers, he was traded to New Jersey, where heplayed three additional seasons. Before heading to Los Angeles in 2018, he played four seasons in the KHL withSt. Petersburg SKA after announcing retirement from the NHLon Josh Shaw Jersey July 11, 2013.
In 897 games at the NHL level, Kovalchuk has 436 goals and 859 points.