Mark Mancari

SUNRISE, FL - DECEMBER 5: Ilya Kovalchuk #17 of the Atlanta Thrashers warms up prior to the game against the Florida Panthers on December 5, 2009 at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida. (Photo by Joel Auerbach/Getty Images)

Is Ilya Kovalchuk on the Buffalo Sabres Radar?

By Michael Ghofrani (Photo: Joel Auerbach/Getty Images)

Last years trade deadline had so much promise and yet it ended in disappointment as neither Kovalchuk, Nash (who later signed an extension), Connolly, or Bouwmeester were dealt...