Thrashers' Kovalchuk may miss 5 weeks for foot

A former top draft pick from Russia revives a franchise and gets a huge contract. Alex Ovechkin's story could been Ilya Kovalchuk's.

Atlanta Thrashers star Ilya Kovalchuk is expected to miss four weeks with a broken bone in his right foot.

ATLANTA (AP) -With San Jose's offense staking him to an early lead, goalie Evengi Nabokov was relieved that Ilya Kovalchuk was out of the game.

With franchise centerpiece Ilya Kovalchuk sidelined a month or more, the Thrashers get a chance to show their captain and themselves they have made broader progress, Wes Goldstein says.

via Chris Vivlamore of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Thrashers star Ilya Kovalchuk has a broken bone in his right foot and is expected to miss four weeks, the team announced Monday. Kovalchuk underwent a CT scan on Monday morning to confirm the diagnosis.

Atlanta Thrashers sniper Ilya Kovalchuk is expected to miss four weeks of NHL action due to a broken bone in his right foot.

Reports are circulating that Ilya Kovalchuk hurt his foot after taking a puck off of it, but as P.J. Stock pointed out on HNIC, it looked like he tweaked his knee or ankle on an innocent play in the corner. He left in the first period and will not return.

ATLANTA (AP) -- Atlanta Thrashers star Ilya Kovalchuk is expected to miss four weeks with a broken bone in his right foot.

I wanted to share a couple of videos that came from the Thrashers locker room Tuesday. The first is this one in which captain Ilya Kovalchuk discussed the broken bone in his right foot, which will keep him out for a month or so. Not too much noteworthy rgarding the injuiry itself, but I do like the fact that he plans on traveling with his teammates as they play in Ottawa and Montreal...

One can bet that on Saturday night all of Georgia were holding their collective breath and thinking the worst when Atlanta Thrashers captain and leading scorer Ilya Kovalchuk blocked a shot and in the process suffered a fractured right foot...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...

from Larry Brooks of the NY Post, “Fair; fair,” was the way John Tortorella responded yesterday when the head coach was asked for his evaluation of Gaborik’s play on the defensive side of the puck. “It’s a process with him. You have to be careful with creative guys to be able to tell the difference between cheating and anticipation. You have to be really careful...