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Alexei Kovalev spurns the Predators?

Found July 30, 2009 on FanSided:
PLAYERS: Alexei Kovalev
TEAMS: Ottawa Senators

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Brandon Felder, the Predatros beat blogger over at HockeyBuzz, posted an interesting article a few days ago. He says that Alex Kovalev, now an Ottawa Senator, had an agreement with the Predators on a 1 year, $4.5 million contract. He goes to as saying that GM David Poile had the press release ready and all [...]
Original Story: http://senshot.com/2009/07/30/alexei-...
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