New Jersey Devils news comes few and far between these days, but some broke yesterday afternoon when Slava Malamud of Sport-Express tweeted out news that Devils star forward Ilya Kovalchuk will play in the KHL in the event of a lockout. Malamud claims that if the NHL goes into a lengthy lockout, Kovalchuk will play for SKA St. Petersburg, the same team that almost signed him to a massive long-term contract just a few years ago.

No financial terms of the potential contract have been disclosed. There have been no details regarding a potential out clause released, either.

Once again, I must stress that Kovalchuk will only play in the KHL if the NHL season will be very delayed and/or cancelled, and he will not miss any Devils games should a season be played.
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