Kovalchuk Grievance Hockey

FILE - In this July 20, 2010 file photo, New Jersey Devils star forward Ilya Kovalchuk, of Russia, listens to a question during a news conference in Newark, N.J. Ilya Kovalchuk is back on the free-agent market. On Monday Aug. 9, 2010, an arbiter has decided that the NHL acted correctly in voiding Kovalchuk's landmark $102 million contract with the New Jersey Devils. (AP Photo/ Mel Evans, File)