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How will second-wave free agents such as Kovalev, Koivu fare in market?

By Pierre LeBrun

Thursday, July 2, 2009

I take you back to a conversation I had with an NHL GM this past weekend in Montreal. He was saying that, for the first time in a while, July 1 might be a little quieter than normal and the signings might be spread out over the course of the summer. Ah, no. The July 1 fireworks were as explosive as ever. Marian Hossa, Marian Gaborik, Martin Havlat, Mike Cammalleri, Brian Gionta, Mike Komisarek, Mattias Ohlund and Nikolai Khabibulin all changed teams for big bucks. Recession? Ha! But let's se ...

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