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Staple: How will Kovalchuk ruling affect the CBA?
Quick ReadGary Bettman said the league was fighting for the small-market teams.
Photo credit: AP | Free agent winger Ilya Kovalchuk announced his contract renewal with the Devils, Monday. (July 26, 2010)
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Kovalchuk with Devils
Jamie Langenbrunner was supposed to be Ilya Kovalchuk's teammate, and the two still might end up together again as Devils. But the fight the NHL picked by rejecting Kovalchuk's 17-year, $102-million contract, a fight that will be resolved at the end of this week with an arbitrator either denying or agreeing with the NHL's assertion that the contract violated its salary cap, has left Langenbrunner...
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