Welcome in to the DNVR Avalanche podcast. I'm Rudo. He's Jesse. We are talking the news of the weekend.

Is it really news? There was something that I would consider to be news. There was one single thing I would be to consider news, Rudo. weekend. Is that, is, is, you're talking about Covalenko. Yeah, yeah, yeah, is that even, it's not even like an official contract. No, uh, sourcing is reliable. I will say that, but, are we, are we kicking off with Covalenko? All right. Well, so that what I would all say is, uh, I thought it was newsworthy because of the discussion that was surrounding his status when the KHL season ended.

I agree. Would he be eligible to even come over before the end of the season?

Just done with that. You're done with that. That was why I thought it was newsworthy was because if everything unfolds to your point, it's not official,

but a source that we're going to feel pretty good about.

If everything plays out the way they said, him signing the deal and then going back to the

KHL technically on loan, that would make him available to come over, play in the NHL as soon

as his KHL season is done, which was the one bit of outstanding information that we didn't have surrounding this whole

Colvalenko situation.

Otherwise, I'd go with what you're saying of it's not really news.

We kind of do this is coming.

Also not even fully official yet.

Correct.

The contract is not signed.

There are a couple of interesting tidbits here.

A. Wolf in the chat asking when does the KHL season begin and end?

It begins around September 1st, sometimes a little bit later, sometimes a little bit earlier.

With playoffs, it's usually over by the end of March.

Their season yet typically runs anywhere from four to six weeks ahead of what the

NHL does.

Yep.

So for some reason.

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