BY: Rory Boylen

If the Kontinental League is to fulfil its goal of being on the same ground as the NHL, it’s got a long way to go yet.

Here we sit on Aug. 22, closing in on two months after the opening of the NHL’s free agent market and the top draw, Ilya Kovalchuk, is still without a home. Before he signed his controversial contract with New Jersey there was buzz a KHL team was offering more than $10 million per season for Kovalchuk’s services. Even after his NHL contract was nixed there were further rumors of Russian interest, but even still, it doesn’t seem as though Kovalchuk has any interest in heading home at this stage in his career.

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