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Think Alexei Kovalev was happy to leave Montreal? Think again

By Pierre LeBrun

Monday, July 6, 2009

I don't think Alexei Kovalev was very happy getting squeezed out of Montreal, a place he absolutely loved living in, and out of a team he liked playing for. The good news for the veteran Russian star is he has to move a mere 90 minutes down the highway to Ottawa after signing a two-year, $10 million contract with the Senators on Monday. And no matter what he says, I guarantee the fact he picked a divisional rival was not by coincidence. He will relish trying to rub it in every chance he gets. ...

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