It's Offical: Kozlov to the KHL
by tuvanhillbilly on Jun 9, 2009 11:05 AM EDT
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Print[According to the following press release posted today on Salavat Yulaev's home page, Viktor Kozlov has just signed a 3-year contract with the KHL team. h/t Sovietsky Sport ]
VIKTOR KOZLOV CONTINUES HIS CAREER WITH UFA
HC Salavat Yulaev has signed a 3 year contract with forward Viktor Kozlov.
Viktor Nikolaevich Kozlov is a student of the "Lada" hockey school. He was born on February 14, 1975 in Togliatti. He plays a center forward position. In the 1993 NHL draft he was chosen sixth overall in the first round by the San Jose Sharks. On 13 November 1997 he was traded to the Florida Panthers, and on 1 March 2004 to the New Jersey Devils. On 13 September 2006 he signed with the New York Islanders as an unrestricted free agent. His last few years have been with the Washington Capitals.
Viktor Kozlov has played 16 seasons in the NHL, playing in 897 games and accumulating 537 points (198 goals and 339 assists). Last season the 34 year old forward played 67 games, where he garnered 41 points (13+28), which placed him in sixth place among Washington point scorers.
UPDATE (1:00 PM): Our buddy Dmitry Chesnokov is hearing that the deal is worth "around $2m per year."
UPDATE (2:44 PM): Dmitry has a nice interview with Kozlov here.
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less taxes over there though
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WE’LL MISS YOU, VIKTOR! SEND US POSTCARDS!
by DrinkingPartner on Jun 9, 2009 12:01 PM EDT reply actions
Dear Nyls,
I just wanted to let you know how happy I am to have signed with the KHL. Everything is first class here. The towels are all made with only the highest grade Ukranian cotton, the medical staff is top notch ( we even have a new defibrilator), the pre-game meals are sumptious-all the borscht and caviar you can eat and we only travel first-class. Everyone gets their own seat on the highly reliable Airbus A-330. The money is great and I’m told we will all definitely be paid everything owed us (just as long as oil stays above $85 a barrel). Feds should be joining us soon and Jags says he can’t wait to have you centering him once again. So I really hope you’ll consider the offer to come and play for the KHL. You’ll love the bigger ice surface ( no more tight circles) and the fans here are great. Unlike those no-nothings in Washington. And best of all, on a clear day you can actually see Sweden. So it would be just like you were home. Hope to see you soon. Your good friend,
Vitja
p.s If you see George McPhee, tell him I got a lot more money than he offered, so he can stick his contract where the sun don’t shine and I don’t mean Omsk. Just joking, it’s actually very sunny and warm in Omsk all year-round. You’ll love it.
by b.orr4 on Jun 9, 2009 12:02 PM EDT reply actions 30 recs
Wish I could rec that more than just once :)
"I tried to capture the spirit of the thing"
by tuvanhillbilly on Jun 9, 2009 12:05 PM EDT up reply actions
the medical staff is top notch ( we even have a new defibrilator)
Holy crap that was awesome.
by Bald Pollack on Jun 9, 2009 12:31 PM EDT up reply actions
This may be the most rec’d comment of all-time.
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Honestly, I’m rather going to miss having Ivan Drago on our team.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
wasn’t steinberg calling him “nice drago” for a moment there? would usually get a chuckle out of me.
by Natty Bumppo on Jun 9, 2009 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ve always like Kozzie, he did have a certain charm to him. Hope he does well in the KHL. So, Laich as 1st line RW, or will that slot be filled by someone not yet on the team?
At first I liked that idea too but….
Mike Knuble: Born 7/4/72. Will be 37 next season.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?playerId=461
Viktor Kozlov: Born 2/14/75. Will be 34 turning 35 halfway through next season
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?playerId=477
Knuble just completed a 2 year, 2.8 million per year contract. Would he sign for 2 million or less for the chance to play with Ovechkin/Semin? Would we want to sign a guy that old?
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You mean players wouldn’t take a discount to play with Ovechkin?
I have no idea if Knuble is a good or bad idea. I just keep seeing people saying they think it is.
What about Heatley? I know he’s hit some road-blocks along the way, but he could be good for us.
by DrinkingPartner on Jun 9, 2009 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Heatley. I’d take Knuble at the right price. And hell no on Bert.
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Better Bertuzzi than Heatley.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
More likely to listen to you – You have season tickets. At least Bertuzzi’s sins were on the ice, and his victim is still alive.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
I don’t think the fact that Bertuzzi’s attack came during a game makes much of a difference – sucker punching a guy and driving his face into the ground (ice) is sucker punching a guy and driving his face into the ground even if it happens in a game which, to me, is a lot worse than being a moron. Just my two cents.
Yeah, but look at his stat line. 82 games played 4 out of the past 5 seasons. If we can sign him for Kozlov money (and, I’ll admit, I’ve got no idea how realistic that is) or so then I think he’s worth the risk on a one-year deal, especially if there are incentives added.
He’s basically everything we probably hope Clark or Fehr can be, except less of a long shot (in terms of getting what you pay for). IMO of course.
As much as I ripped him, he wasn’t that bad. I hope he wont be missed.
And his break away goal vs the Rags in game (6?) where he ran over Lundqviest was a thing of beauty. That’s the memory I’ll keep of him.
PEACE OUT KOZ!
This one’s even better! Nice right to the head.
by cuqui on Jun 9, 2009 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
..and nothing of value was lost.
kidding kidding. Here’s to a successful stint in Russia Kozy
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Good luck Kozzie. Time to find a new lebowski rug….
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Hey, what’s this about Dany Heatley wanting a trade?
"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees." - Delores Ibarruri
Hmmm. NMC could make that difficult. But – what do our wizards think of the idea of Dany Heatley in the red and white?
"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees." - Delores Ibarruri
ya know, he’s a good player and all.. but something in my gut makes me dislike him (and that was before he killed his buddy by being an idiot)
idiot or not, and I agree that he was, I’ve always felt a smidge bad for the guy. I know he probably got off because he’s a professional athlete, but I can’t imagine carrying that around the rest of your life.
And then I frequently remember he was an idiot for getting into the car in the first place and don’t feel quite so bad.
Actually the sentence he got was pretty much consistent for the area at the time, no getting off because of his status.
and the family of Snyder forgave him. I think that gets lost a lot in the retelling of the story.
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Whiter Mage’s reaction to this comment is sure to be somethin’ else…
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semin for heatley, please. or maybe in another year? all i’m reading was that the heatley contract was “extremely frontloaded,” so maybe he’s a bargain in the final years of the deal. averages out to $7.5 mil/season, though. steep.
front loaded? Yes. Extremely front loaded? No
http://www.nhlnumbers.com/overview.php?team=OTT&season=0809
Final years would be 8, 8, 8 and 6 million. 7.5 million cap hit for anybody who trades for him.
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okay, so yeah…ouch. can’t imagine taking any long-term deals at 8 mil per once backstrom is given his contract and then green comes back for a raise.
yeah, Heatley also had a down year last year, less than a point per game (72 poitns in 82 games). Plus as J.P. pointed out Whiter mage may spontaneously combust if the caps trade for Heatley, and we all would hate for that to happen.
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Heater rightly sought his way out of Atlanta due to the the overwhelming consequences of dealing with the fact he caused another human being’s death. His request to be traded out of Ottawa an the heels of a long term deal smacks of being completely selfish and I would hope Murray doesnt cave.
What a turd he is turning out to be.
Anyone else notice that the front page of theahl.com has been running a picture of Klepis with the Calder Cup throughout the finals?
by Kerry Fraser's Hairspray on Jun 9, 2009 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Dmitry has an interview with Kozzie here that’s worth a read.
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Heatley Trade Idea
I think Ottawa isn’t living up to its part of the bargain, and Heatley is calling them on it. Things must be pretty bad on that team if players are bailing this early. They tried to blame it all on Emery, remember?
Maybe see if Bouchard or Mink can bring it from Hershey as well as shop for a replacement. Too bad Giroux isn’t a RW.
Too bad Giroux isn’ta RWan NHL-calibre winger.
Fixed that for you.
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by J.P. on Jun 9, 2009 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
All in all, I’m having mixed reactions to Kozlow leaving. On the one hand, he’s solved a problem and opened a slot on the team for improvement. On the other hand, the team has been so much fun to watch, and they seem to have so much fun together, that it’s sad to see anyone go.
He’s going on his own terms, so you can’t beat that.
I’m really sad to see him go. We had a real Russian 5 going! I was hoping this would be the year because I had a feeling Brash, Kozlov and Fedorov would all be gone. I just liked this group of guys and exact lineup more than any other group of Caps, as a whole, in my life.
We hopefully get better as a team but as a hardcore fan you do feel like you lose a good friend when a player you like moves on.
Kozlov the man and Kozlov by the numbers were never really the same person.
I just know when he had the puck in the O zone I felt it was in capable hands that weren’t going to give it away or make a bonehead play with it and I just might see something incredible (even if it wasn’t a scoring chance).
I thank him for his contributions and wish him well as any true Caps fan would
I’m having a serious problem with this. It will be hard for Ovie without Kolov, not to mention the unthinkable – if Fedorov leaves as well. I’m also bothered by the way this is happening. I see parallels to Kolzig’s departure. What hurt Kolzig, he said later, was the silence. The Caps management never acknowledged him, not even to say thanks but no thanks. He thought from their silence that they would just let the deadline pass. The Russian players saw that, and perhaps they think they are being treated to the same cold shoulder. If there were any communications, Fedorov’s agent would not have issued a thinly veiled ultimatum recently in the form of a media statement, there would have been no need to do that. So this mock surprise by GMGM (“nobody told ME that he signed with them!”) seems disingenuous at best. But could Mr. Chesnokov perhaps shed some light on why the Russian teams are putting such pressure on our guys (yes, “our” guys, at least Fedorov felt pretty much at home here) to sign? Fedorov was feeling it at the break, and he underscored the urgency several times after the playoffs. Why such a hurry? Are the economics such that they have to commit before the money is gone, does the KHL have a different calendar that must override our free agent deadline, or do the organizations running the Russian teams have hidden agendas? It would be interesting to know this. And if Mr. Chesnokov does have the opportunity to speak to Fedorov in the (very) near future, I hope he will pass this along: Please Come Home to Washington! Whatever you do.
I see parallels to Kolzig’s departure. What hurt Kolzig, he said later, was the silence. The Caps management never acknowledged him, not even to say thanks but no thanks. He thought from their silence that they would just let the deadline pass.
via dmitry’s interview, the caps did make an offer. and you’re not getting kolzig-like quotables, either. kozlov has said for a while now that he could see himself returning to the KHL and that he enjoyed his time there during the lockout.
It will be hard for Ovie without Kolov, not to mention the unthinkable – if Fedorov leaves as well.
Hard without Kozlov? Unthinkable if Fedorov leaves? It’s going to be ok, FC. It’s going to be ok….
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I think Fedorov had more of an influence on Semin than on Ovechkin.
by red army line on Jun 9, 2009 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Cuqui, Natty, thank you for shedding light on this — I was unable to open the interview. At the same time, I’m reasonably certain of Kolzig’s comments. But at the same time as that time, I also recall seeing several comments by Kozlov about his looking forward to returning to Russia. The bottom line, I suppose, is that I don’t like change. Making it my problem. I will try not to over-react in future….Nurse! Time for my anti-depressants!
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