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McKenzie: Havlat for Heatley.
Posted: Mon Jul 4, 2011 2:36 am
by hsb
TSNBobMcKenzie Bob McKenzie
On vacation, but this is big: MIN trades Havlat to SJ for Heatley
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Re: McKenzie: Havlat for Heatley.
Posted: Mon Jul 4, 2011 2:37 am
by bryant08
Wow, that's massive.
Re: McKenzie: Havlat for Heatley.
Posted: Mon Jul 4, 2011 2:42 am
by sh00n
Nice knowing you, Wilson.
Re: McKenzie: Havlat for Heatley.
Posted: Mon Jul 4, 2011 2:44 am
by OldNo7
Forget firing Wilson, give him a lifetime extension. As if anyone ever thought he could get out of Heatley's contract.
Re: McKenzie: Havlat for Heatley.
Posted: Mon Jul 4, 2011 3:42 am
by Relentless88
Wow...
Re: McKenzie: Havlat for Heatley.
Posted: Mon Jul 4, 2011 3:52 am
by WEFFPIM
Re: McKenzie: Havlat for Heatley.
Posted: Mon Jul 4, 2011 3:54 am
by sh00n
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.
Re: McKenzie: Havlat for Heatley.
Posted: Mon Jul 4, 2011 4:02 am
by trwi7
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.
Re: McKenzie: Havlat for Heatley.
Posted: Mon Jul 4, 2011 8:02 am
by Soca
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.
Re: McKenzie: Havlat for Heatley.
Posted: Mon Jul 4, 2011 10:06 am
by OldNo7
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.
Re: McKenzie: Havlat for Heatley.
Posted: Mon Jul 4, 2011 6:39 pm
by TheLowlySquire
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.
Re: McKenzie: Havlat for Heatley.
Posted: Mon Jul 4, 2011 10:27 pm
by Nolan
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.
