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NEWARK, N.J. -- The NHL reduced its penalty against the New Jersey Devils on Thursday for signing Ilya Kovalchuk in 2010. The Devils will keep the first-round draft pick they were scheduled to forfeit this year, and the league will reduce the $3 million fine assessed against the team for circumventing the NHL-NHLPA collective bargaining agreement The Devils recently applied to the league for reconsideration and relief from a portion of the original penalty, citing primarily changes in circumstances which, in the clubs view, changed the appropriateness of the sanctions. The NHL did not spell out what changed, but Kovalchuk retired after last season and returned to Russia to play there. Devils president and general manager Lou Lamoriello said the franchises new ownership asked the league to reconsider the penalty, and a hearing was held this year. "Were pleased," said Lamoriello, who said several factors other than Kovalchuks retirement went into the leagues decision, without elaborating. Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur felt the original NHL penalty was harsh. "I thought it was a bad judgment by them when they penalized with a first-round pick and all the money," Brodeur said. "I thought they hit our organization pretty hard at the time. It will be nice for the future to count on an extra No. 1 pick." The league said the Devils will be entitled to the 30th selection overall -- the last pick in the first round -- in the 2014 draft. They will not be permitted to trade or transfer its right to that pick. Kovalchuk, who had been acquired by the Devils in February 2010, became a free agent at the end of that season. New Jersey signed him to a 17-year, $102 million deal but the league ruled what would have been the longest contract in NHL circumvented the salary cap and rejected it. Arbitrator Richard Bloch heard the unions appeal and nullified the deal. The Devils eventually signed the Russian to a 15-year, $100 million contract deal. However, the NHL ruled the original contact tried to get around the salary cap and penalized the three-time Stanley Cup champions. The Devils had already forfeited a third-round draft pick in 2011. The team also had a first-round draft pick taken from them in the ruling handed down by an independent arbiter, but they had the right to defer until 2014. The Devils kept deferring the loss of the first-round pick, which they were due to lose in June. The NHL said it would not comment further on the decision. Zack Greinke Jersey . Halak did not get the start in the Washington Capitals Tuesday night game against the St. Randy Johnson Jersey . The game was the first of two international friendlies that Canada is playing during the international break, with the second game against Slovenia set for Tuesday in Celje. Canada looked uncomfortable defensively throughout the game, and every free kick that came into Canadas penalty box looked like ending up in the back of the net. http://www.diamondbacksapparelsshop.com/ . -- Antoine Bibeau bought the Val-dOr Foreurs valuable time at the Memorial Cup with his 51-save shutout Friday. Luis Gonzalez Jersey . Ronaldo netted his 14th goal of the season in Europes top competition to give Madrid a clear advantage ahead of next weeks quarterfinal return leg in Germany. But it came at a price as the Portugal forward, who came into the first-leg nursing a sore left knee, came off in the 80th minute. Curt Schilling Jersey . The club says its first-choice centre back "underwent medical tests on Wednesday morning" which confirmed he has injured his right hamstring. The injury was caused in the second minute of Tuesdays 4-1 league win over Real Sociedad in the Camp Nou when teammate Sergio Busquets accidentally struck Mascherano just above the knee with an outstretched boot.BARCELONA, Spain - Lionel Messi will chase the Spanish league scoring record on Saturday amid a state of near panic at Camp Nou caused by his comments that his future at Barcelona may not be secure.Barcelona hosts a strong Sevilla side on Saturday while trailing leader Real Madrid by two points. Madrid visits promoted club Eibar on the same day.Messi has been stuck on 250 league goals for the past three games, leaving him one shy of matching Telmo Zarras all-time record.But many will surely be wondering about Messis future after he hinted that he may be rethinking his once steadfast commitment to the club he has played for since he was 13.While I always said that I would like to stay there (Barcelona) forever, sometimes not everything happens the way you want, Messi said.Messis father and agent downplayed the stir by saying that people exaggerated his sons comment, insisting that the four-time player of the year was happy at Barcelona.Here are some other things to know about this weekends games:___MOYES DEBUTSDavid Moyes said he had come to Spain to test his coaching talents against the best teams in the world, no doubt referring to European champion Real Madrid, league champion Atletico Madrid and, of course, Barcelona.Moyes will get an easier first taste of the Spanish league, however, with a trip to Deportivo La Coruna on Saturday.The former Manchester United and Everton manager takes over a Sociedad side that has underperformed and finds itself level on points with Deportivo in a pack of five teams only three points out of last place.Sociedad forward Chory Castro said Moyes is looking to gradually mould the team to his liking.What he has most emphasized is that we pressure every time we lose the ball, Casstro said.dddddddddddd He doesnt want to change everything at once. He has told us that he will introduce new concepts little by little.___MADRIDS A MACHINEMadrid has erased its bumpy start to the season and coach Carlo Ancelotti has his players scoring more consistently than at any time in the last 15 years.Madrid is the only team to score in all 11 matches, the first time it has done so since the start of the 1999-2000 campaign.Cristiano Ronaldo has powered Madrids scoring burst with a league-leading 18 goals and has scored in all 10 league matches he has played.Madrid will miss Luka Modric, out with a leg injury. Either Francisco Isco Alarcon or Sami Khedira will likely take his place in the starting lineup.___EXPORTING EIBAREibar will welcome Madrid to its Ipurua Stadium, which has a capacity of only 6,000 spectators, for the first time.And Eibar is not letting the international exposure go to waste. The small Basque club has sold advertising to a Chinese car parts manufacturer that will appear on the back of its players shorts just for the Madrid game.Through 10 matches, Eibar had established the best start to a season by a debutante in the league. It arrives from a 2-1 loss at Malaga last match.___KEEPING PACEValencia, Atletico and Sevilla all need to bounce back after dropping points last time out.Valencia is in third place, three points behind Madrid, before its city derby at Levante on Sunday. Atletico and Sevilla are another point back in fourth and fifth place.Atletico hosts a surging Malaga side on a five-game winning streak on Sunday.Sevilla will head to Barcelona led by two of Barcelonas promising talents in Gerard Deulofeu and Denis Suarez, who are playing on loan this season. 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