Ilya Kovalchuk could return to the NHL after his 35th birthday

Ilya Kovalchuk has stunned the North American hockey world by retiring from the NHL to return to Russia.From the blog Puck Daddy: Some people have labeled Ilya Kovalchuk's decision to leave the New Jersey Devils and the National Hockey League for SKA St. Petersburg and the Kontinental Hockey League as a “selfish” SHARECONNECT 81 TWEETCOMMENTEMAILMORE. New Jersey Devils winger Ilya Kovalchuk, 30. walked away from $77 million in future salary Thursday by announcing that he is retiring from the NHL, presumably to play in the Kontinental Hockey As the NHL world tries to comprehend exactly what happend on Thursday afternoon with the sudden retirement of Ilya Kovalchuk from the league and the New Jersey Devils, the next question that has to be asked is where does Kovalchuk go from here?Ilya Kovalchuk is no longer an NHL player. The Devils are going to be awful next

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