Alexei Kovalev lashed out at former Senators coach Cory Clouston and Ottawa sportswriters in an interview with a Russian newspaper over the weekend. He said that he didn't understand the decision-making of Clouston during his two seasons in Ottawa and that the journalists there know very little about the game. Kovalev also commented that he received a couple of offers from NHL teams, but he wanted more than a one-year deal so he inked a two-year contract with Atlant in the KHL.