Surly and I have been very supportive of Ilya Kovalchuk, even after he decided to stay in New Jersey. I have advocated for Kovalchuk to get the Captaincy. We came up with reasonable justifications why Ilya was a healthy scratch back in 2010. I even wrote an open letter to his agent, Jay Grossman, telling him Ilya will be making a huge mistake by not signing in L.A. I ended that letter … [Read more...]