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Message: [QUOTE="huskiesNhoos, post: 5074333, member: 506"] Ilya Kovalchuk's 17yr $102MM with the devils. Set the organization back a decade...I think this year is the last year for cap hit and he retired from the NHL over a decade ago. Crazy story if you read about it - $3MM fine (which was and still is a huge amount...more so for a not well funded NHL team) is the 2nd highest team fine ever behind the Astros when they cheated their way to a world series. The original contract got cancelled (then restructured), cost them multiple draft picks, and Kovalchuk only played 3 seasons before heading to the KHL. Kinda weird as a Devils fan cause I still really like Kovalchuk but it absolutely tanked the organization for a decade [/QUOTE]