I wondered aloud a few posts ago whether the Sens Bryan Murray might be the worst GM in the league. That was in response to the 8M Chris Neil contract, but there's a laundry list of F-ups to choose from: the deterioration of his team and blueline since making the finals, the Vermette for Leclaire trade, not to mention the ham fisted manner in which the Dany Heatley situation has been handled.
Now this. Murray has signed 36 year old Alexei Kovalev to a 2 year, $10M deal. Not only is Kovalev old, but, outside of that outlier season built on percentages in 07/08, he's not much of a player at ES. Last year, for example, he may have led the Canadiens in scoring but that had a lot to do with copious amounts of PP time as well as the injuries to Tanguay, Koivu and Lang. He actually placed fifth on the club in terms of ESP/60 (1.78), behind Tanguay, Koivu, Lang and Latendresse. Aside from 07/08, the last time he scored more than 70 points was 02/03. He's a career minus player as well.
Kovalev is still a capable enough as to not be totally worthless, but at that price and at that age, he's a bad bet. Hell, his salary is just 400k less than Daniel Alfredsson who is vastly superior player in my estimation.
