Report: Islanders May Make Large Offer for Kovalchuk

According to NHL Insider Darren Dreger on tsn.ca, there is some talk that the New York Islanders might make a lucrative, long-term contract offer to free agent forward Ilya Kovalchuk. Thew Islanders are currently under the salary cap floor, and such an offer to Kovalchuk would help them get over the cap floor. It will be interesting to see if Kovalchuk could sign with the Islanders, as he has stated before that he wants to play for a Stanley Cup contender, and the Islanders are far from being contenders at this point in time. Only time will tell who he will sign with, but I imagine it could happen any day now.