Here's a little hockey news. One of the worst franchises' in the NHL is going to be without there best player for the next 4 weeks. Ilya Kovalchuk, the one shining star on an otherwise forgetful team that has had 1 playoff appearance in 10 years, broke a bone in his right foot Friday night in a game against San Jose.
Kovalchuck was off to a great start, tying for the NHL lead in goals with 9 in 7 games. The Thrashers were in negotiations with Kovalchuk for a new contract which was expected to be the biggest ongoing story with the team this season.
Here is more on the story from AJC.Com RIGHT HERE
Obviously this hurts the rebuilt Thrashers who were off to a decent start despite losing there past 3 games. They don't really have a "Franchise" level player to pick up the slack. They've got a few good players such as Nik Andropov and Bryan Little, those guys are going to have to try and make up for it. It will be very interesting to see how this affects Kovy's contract negotiations. There has been quite a bit made of him wanting to see the Thrashers make some "Moves to be a Winner". If they are able to stay around .500 with him out, maybe that will be enough to convince him to stay in Atlanta. Otherwise, it's going to be a long, cold winter in Atlanta because the rumor mill will be a churning when he is ready to return to the ice.
Here is video of the injury from the YouTube:
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