"$84.5MM? Um, no thanks."

matthew barry (hockeybuzzbarry) on Twitter

CBS Sports reports Kovalchuk turned down Kings 13 year deal at 84.5 mil until he was 40 - That's 6.5 per year cap hit

That would be something like:

1. 11
2. 11
3. 10
4. 10
5. 8
6. 8
7. 6
8. 6
9. 4
10. 4
11. 3
12. 2
13. 1.5

Just a guess, but a pretty reasonable one, I think. You know, it occurs to me that an offer of $101MM over a super long term would be good in the PR war. Not that this is necessary. Like this:

1. 11.8
2. 11.8
3. 11.8
4. 10
5. 10
6. 10
7. 8
8. 8
9. 8
10. 4
11. 2.6
12. 2
13. 1
14. 1
15. 1

$101MM over 15 years. Cap hit of $6.73MM. That's my final offer. Wait, what?