Seems Ilya is set to leave Atlanta. A contract agreement cannot be reached and GM Don Waddell today informed Ilya he’d be traded in the coming hours or days. Rumors have it that the following teams are in play:

Calgary: Since ruled out

Chicago: Since ruled out

LA: The favorites and would be an excellent pick up if they can re-sign him

Boston: Kovalchuk beside Savard suddenly makes Boston better again.

Philly: Carter + Coburn + Prospect + pick? Might get it done. I’d love it, but only if we could sign him though he wants 10 odd years and I wouldn’t want to give him that.

Rangers: You never can tell with the Rangers but he’d be purely rental I’d imagine.

The other belief is that Atlanta have just said this to really generate interest from other teams and maybe make one or two others a little bit desperate in what they are willing to throw at the Thrashers for their star winger.

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