Rumor/True: Heatley Traded for Martin Havlat

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Per DP

Major deal:

Dany Heatley traded to Minnesota Wild for Martin Havlat, 30, who had 22 goals and 40 assists last season.

Havlat has four years left on a contract that pays him $5 million per.

More coming later.

Another blockbuster trade with the Wild: Dany Heatley off to Minnesota in exchange for Martin Havlat | Working the Corners


Um? Why do this now?

 

[Nimesis23]

Holy fuck. Mods please remove the rumor part:

Sharks ship Heatley to Wild for Martin Havlat

 

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save 2.5 million cap wise

 

[Cmon_WTF]

BRB, I need to change my shorts...

 

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What does this mean?!?!?!?

Why couldnt this have happened before white/ gagne signed lol

 

[Cmon_WTF]

What does this mean?!?!?!?

Why couldnt this have happened before white/ gagne signed lol

It means Dougie realized there was a big lack of speed and puck skill in the top six and he fixed it.

It also means he know's how much it's going to cost to re-sign Burns.

 

[filosofy29]

YES!!!!!

 

[MrFlyingV]

I am happy about this deal!! Just hope Havlat stays healthy. 62 points for the Wild could mean 80+ plus with the Sharks. Just has to stay healthy. He is pretty fragile!

 

[SJVP408]

HOly WOW!

 

[Cbrower91]

Who does havlat play with though? Marleau and Couture? He is a east/west guy more then a north south

 

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thats what worries me

havalat has stayed healthy these past two years. Hope he can keep up when playing in the playoffs.

 

[SJVP408]

REmember Dougie wanted Havlat back then but was unwilling to give him the contract he wanted. He got Mark Bell instead. Now, he has his man. Dougie acquiring two Euros (Havlat, Handzus). WTF is going on??

 

[Cmon_WTF]

Wonder how much input Burns had on making this move.

 

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seeing some tweets we got a 2nd rounder out of it too


need to confirm

 

[Mr. Teal]

That's great!
Much better deal than I thought we'd get for Heater.

 

[filosofy29]

Wonder how much input Burns had on making this move.

Why do you say that? Or do you mean indirectly.....like how much Burns wants for an extension?

 

[MacJ88]

LOVE IT!!!

 

[Nimesis23]

There's gonna be very interesting ramifications from this deal. Apparently Heater had by July 1 to submit a list of 10 teams he wouldn't mind being traded to as part of his NMC, and Minnesota wasn't on it. (TSN Article)

Sharks ship Heatley to Wild for Havlat

 

[SJVP408]

That's great!
Much better deal than I thought we'd get for Heater.

Me too. I really thought Heatler would have huge negative value due to his recent nagging injuries and huge cap hit. Havlat has a longer term contract but reasonable cap hit for a guy with his production.

The past three seasons, Havlat has played 81, 73, 78 games. That's pretty good considering he was labeled an injury prone player. Now he gets to play with some great offensive talent again. A ppg pace is very attainable. This guy can do it all offensively. Both players are 30 right now, but Havlat has some agility to his game.

 

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tim k

Combining 2 deals: Sharks trade Heatley, Setoguchi, Coyle and 1st-round pick to Minnesota for Brent Burns, Havlat and Minn's #2 next year.