McKenzie: Havlat for Heatley.

hsb · Post #1 » by **hsb** » Mon Jul 4, 2011 2:36 am

TSNBobMcKenzie Bob McKenzie
On vacation, but this is big: MIN trades Havlat to SJ for Heatley
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Post #2 » by **bryant08** » Mon Jul 4, 2011 2:37 am

Wow, that's massive.

sh00n · Post #3 » by **sh00n** » Mon Jul 4, 2011 2:42 am

Nice knowing you, Wilson.

Post #4 » by **OldNo7** » Mon Jul 4, 2011 2:44 am

Forget firing Wilson, give him a lifetime extension. As if anyone ever thought he could get out of Heatley's contract.

Relentless88 · Post #5 » by **Relentless88** » Mon Jul 4, 2011 3:42 am

Wow...

WEFFPIM · Post #6 » by **WEFFPIM** » Mon Jul 4, 2011 3:52 am

sh00n · Post #7 » by **sh00n** » Mon Jul 4, 2011 3:54 am

OldNo7 wrote:Forget firing Wilson, give him a lifetime extension. As if anyone ever thought he could get out of Heatley's contract.

He could've had so much more for Heatley. For example, I'm sure a team that's starving for offense, like Nashville or Boston, could've offered Suter or another defenseman to land him.

trwi7 · Post #8 » by **trwi7** » Mon Jul 4, 2011 4:02 am

I think the chances of Nashville offering Suter for Heatley were slim to none.

At the very least the Wild will be interesting to watch next year.

Soca · Post #9 » by **Soca** » Mon Jul 4, 2011 8:02 am

sh00n wrote:
OldNo7 wrote:Forget firing Wilson, give him a lifetime extension. As if anyone ever thought he could get out of Heatley's contract.

He could've had so much more for Heatley. For example, I'm sure a team that's starving for offense, like Nashville or Boston, could've offered Suter or another defenseman to land him.

I doubt anyone was jumping at the opportunity to take Heatley's 7.5 mil. His skating is truly awful, he's terrible defensively and he was a no show in the playoffs the last two years.

If he couldn't play well playing for a cup contender in San Jose, what's he going to do in Minny? who are definitely not a playoff team.

Post #10 » by **OldNo7** » Mon Jul 4, 2011 10:06 am

sh00n wrote:
OldNo7 wrote:Forget firing Wilson, give him a lifetime extension. As if anyone ever thought he could get out of Heatley's contract.

He could've had so much more for Heatley. For example, I'm sure a team that's starving for offense, like Nashville or Boston, could've offered Suter or another defenseman to land him.

Not a chance anything close to that was happening, or it would have happened sooner. His cap hit is huge and he is declining very rapidly.

Post #11 » by **TheLowlySquire** » Mon Jul 4, 2011 6:39 pm

OldNo7 wrote:
sh00n wrote:
OldNo7 wrote:Forget firing Wilson, give him a lifetime extension. As if anyone ever thought he could get out of Heatley's contract.

He could've had so much more for Heatley. For example, I'm sure a team that's starving for offense, like Nashville or Boston, could've offered Suter or another defenseman to land him.

Not a chance anything close to that was happening, or it would have happened sooner. His cap hit is huge and he is declining very rapidly.

Yeah, I agree with this.

I was shocked to see this trade, it just came out of nowhere. While I don't love it as a Sharks fan, I like it for the speed we get in Havlat and the fact that he earns 2.5M less than Heater, which will be huge in re-signing guys like Couture. I'm not sure we got much faster as a team this offseason since we traded away Seto, but we did get better defensively.

Post #12 » by **Nolan** » Mon Jul 4, 2011 10:27 pm

Well this is a shocker. Heatley's been pretty terrible over the last couple years but if he can turn it around this is going to be a steal for Minny. But if he doesn't the Wild are screwed, his cap hit is massive.