Alexei Kovalev, Ottawa Senators, NHL

Alexei Kovalev, RW

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Kovalev inks two-year deal with Sens: Alexei Kovalev signed a two-year, $10 million deal Monday with the Ottawa Senators, leaving the rival Montreal Canadiens after parts of five seasons. Kovalev, a 16-season NHL veteran, led Montreal with 26 goals and 65 points last season. He failed to reach a new deal before the free-agent season opened last Wednesday, and Montreal made several moves to spend its money elsewhere. Kovalev earned $4.5 million last season and became an unrestricted free agent on July 1. "I think you always want your player to play 100 percent, and that's difficult over 82 games and if you are judgmental you can find a hole," Senators general manager Bryan Murray said Monday. "I think Alex, they claim, has been a little more inconsistent than he should be. I think the opposite. I think when he plays great he can win a game for you. In this organization we've got many hard workers and guys that will compete for us every night, but we needed something special to go with that, and this guy is a special player."
(Updated 07/06/2009).

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The Senators will be counting on Kovalev to help them get back to the playoffs after Ottawa missed out last season following 11 consecutive appearances. His role could become even bigger with the status of star forward Dany Heatley unresolved. Heatley, a two-time 50-goal scorer, requested a trade from Ottawa after his ice time was cut and his work ethic challenged by Cory Clouston after the new coach took over in February. In 1,151 career NHL games with the New York Rangers, Pittsburgh and Montreal, Kovalev has 394 goals and 547 assists. Kovalev had a rocky season with the Habs in 2008-09 that even saw him sent home for a few games because of poor production, but he still led the team in goals and points. Kovalev might be entering his 17th NHL season, but he still has enough in the tank to be a 60-point threat. It doesn't help that right winger Daniel Alfredsson is still in Ottawa, but the Sens will make sure to work Kovalev into the game plan. Consider him more of a No. 3 or No. 4 Fantasy forward Draft Day.
(Updated 07/06/2009).

RW Alex Kovalev signed a two-year, $10 million contract with the Ottawa Senators. Kovalev led the Canadiens with 26 goals last season. 76//2009

Kovalev signed a two-year, $10 million deal Monday with the Ottawa Senators, leaving the rival Montreal Canadiens after parts of five seasons.
07/06/2009

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Kovalev, a 16-season NHL veteran, led Montreal with 26 goals and 65 points last season. He failed to reach a new deal before the free-agent season opened last Wednesday, and Montreal made several moves to spend its money elsewhere. Kovalev earned $4.5 million last season and became an unrestricted free agent on July 1.

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No information available at this time (Updated 7/10/09).

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June 1, 2009: Martin leaves Panthers GM post to be Canadiens coach

Jacques Martin was hired as coach of the Montreal Canadiens on Monday, leaving his general manager's job with the Florida Panthers for a storied NHL franchise that was swept in the first round of the playoffs.

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04/09	BOS	1	0	1	0	18:15
04/11	PIT	0	0	0	-1	19:52
04/16	BOS	1	0	1	0	19:33
04/18	BOS	1	0	1	0	22:29
04/20	BOS	0	0	0	-1	20:20
04/22	BOS	0	1	1	1	17:13
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CAREER STATS
SEASON	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PP	SH	GW	GT	FW	FL
1992-93	N.Y. Rangers	65	20	18	38	-10	3	0	3	1
1993-94	N.Y. Rangers	76	23	33	56	18	7	0	3	0
1994-95	N.Y. Rangers	48	13	15	28	-6	1	1	1	0
1995-96	N.Y. Rangers	81	24	34	58	5	8	1	7	0
1996-97	N.Y. Rangers	45	13	22	35	11	1	0	0	0
1997-98	N.Y. Rangers	73	23	30	53	-22	8	0	3	1
1998-99	Pittsburgh	77	23	30	53	2	6	1	5	0
1999-00	Pittsburgh	82	26	40	66	-3	9	2	4	1	145	161
2000-01	Pittsburgh	79	44	51	95	12	12	2	9	1	102	153
2001-02	Pittsburgh	67	32	44	76	2	8	1	3	2	81	98
2002-03	N.Y. Rangers	78	37	40	77	-9	11	0	3	1	14	24
2003-04	Montreal	78	14	31	45	-9	3	0	1	1	15	16
2005-06	Montreal	69	23	42	65	-1	9	0	5	0	23	24
2006-07	Montreal	73	18	29	47	-19	8	0	5	0	75	87
2007-08	Montreal	82	35	49	84	18	17	0	5	0	32	26
2008-09	Montreal	78	26	39	65	-5	11	1	4	0	16	34
		1151	394	547	941	-16	122	9	61	8	503	623

MORE CAREER STATS
SEASON	Team	S	S%	TOI	SHIFTS	PPTOI	SHTOI	PIM	MJR	MSC	MNR
1992-93	N.Y. Rangers	134	14.9					79	1	0	32
1993-94	N.Y. Rangers	184	12.5					154	6	0	42
1994-95	N.Y. Rangers	103	12.6					30	0	0	15
1995-96	N.Y. Rangers	206	11.7					98	2	1	39
1996-97	N.Y. Rangers	110	11.8					42	0	0	21
1997-98	N.Y. Rangers	173	13.3					44	0	0	22
1998-99	Pittsburgh	191	12.0					49	1	0	22
1999-00	Pittsburgh	254	10.2	1876:05	1780			94	0	1	42
2000-01	Pittsburgh	307	14.3	1824:00	1898			96	0	1	43
2001-02	Pittsburgh	266	12.0	1611:17	1714			80	0	1	35
2002-03	N.Y. Rangers	271	13.7	1757:48	1871	436:48	47:25	70	0	0	35
2003-04	Montreal	207	6.8	1481:58	1638	321:17	94:53	66	0	0	33
2005-06	Montreal	206	11.2	1343:40	1482	355:39	64:39	76	2	1	28
2006-07	Montreal	197	9.1	1332:13	1499	296:32	77:36	78	0	2	29
2007-08	Montreal	230	15.2	1603:10	1727	345:08	115:02	70	0	0	35
2008-09	Montreal	209	12.4	1515:22	1674	329:35	117:57	74	0	0	37
		3248	12.1	14345:33	15283	2084:59	517:32	1200	12	7	510

POSTSEASON STATS
SEASON	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PP	SH	GW	GT	FW	FL
1993-94	N.Y. Rangers	23	9	12	21	5	5	0	2	0	0	0
1994-95	N.Y. Rangers	10	4	7	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995-96	N.Y. Rangers	11	3	4	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
1998-99	Pittsburgh	10	5	7	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
1999-00	Pittsburgh	11	1	5	6	-1	0	0	0	0	13	24
2000-01	Pittsburgh	18	5	5	10	-2	1	0	0	0	12	20
2003-04	Montreal	11	6	4	10	2	1	0	1	0	0	1
2005-06	Montreal	6	4	3	7	3	1	0	0	0	1	1
2007-08	Montreal	12	5	6	11	-4	2	1	1	0	0	0
2008-09	Montreal	4	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
		116	44	54	98	5	10	1	6	0	26	50

MORE POSTSEASON STATS
SEASON	Team	S	S%	TOI	SHIFTS	PPTOI	SHTOI	PIM	MJR	MSC	MNR
1993-94	N.Y. Rangers	71	12.7	0:00	0	0:00	0:00	18	0	0	9
1994-95	N.Y. Rangers	23	17.4	0:00	0	0:00	0:00	10	0	0	5
1995-96	N.Y. Rangers	31	9.7	0:00	0	0:00	0:00	14	0	0	7
1998-99	Pittsburgh	24	20.8	0:00	0	0:00	0:00	14	0	0	7
1999-00	Pittsburgh	37	2.7	292:27	301	0:00	0:00	10	0	0	5
2000-01	Pittsburgh	44	11.4	377:01	443	0:00	0:00	16	0	0	8
2003-04	Montreal	29	20.7	221:59	269	39:05	0:26	8	0	0	4
2005-06	Montreal	15	26.7	116:05	126	27:24	1:03	4	0	0	2
2007-08	Montreal	39	12.8	260:12	274	59:24	18:14	8	0	0	4
2008-09	Montreal	12	16.7	79:35	91	13:02	1:06	2	0	0	1
		325	13.5	1347:19	1504	138:55	20:49	104	0	0	52

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