NHL news...

arbitrator voids Ilya Kovalchuk's contract,with the New Jersey Devils,of 17 years,$102 million,basically because of payments on the back end of contract:the stance of the NHL,making him a unrestricted free agent... Los Angeles Kings and the New Jersey Devils were the two teams bidding for his services... New Jersey could try to restructure the contract,or the Kings could outbid them for Kovalchuk...