Our Captain will be gone by the end of the week probably, and all sources are saying the same thing...Kovy's saying he wanted to "win in Atlanta" was a song and dance routine when he never really considered this a viable place to stay.

Frustrating? Yes. Disrespectful? Even more.

The man wants to hold this franchise hostage with 20 percent of the salary cap tied under his belt, and expect us to build a winner...with fourth and third-line money left over? You can't be serious, right? Apparently, $10 million a year for 10 years isn't enough to satisfy the man.

I originally thought Kovalchuk was a smart individual who understood what it took to win as a team. After all, he has won every accolade a player can achieve at this point except a Stanley Cup, so one would think he would allow some concessions to get to this dream.

We were all wrong here. It's all about Kovy all the time.

The craziest part about this is that everyone thought he truly cared about this team since he specifically asked the Thrashers to seek out certain players (Afinagenov and Antropov) and we went and got them for him. What does he do in return? If you said he thanked the organization, you were wrong. Rather, he decided to force the team to trade him so he can test the waters as an UFA.

Just lovely.

Anyways, I just hope Waddell can get at least one top-six player that is really young, a slew of draft picks, or a previous first-round draft pick from a team that has a reputation of knowing where good talent is.

Any predictions on the trade and where he will go? Let's hear them.