At the beginning of the season Martin Havlat wasn't producing much in the way of goals and or points, then all of a sudden it clicked for Havlat. Rencently Havlat has been red hot much like the equipment truck that burned up in Ottawa. Then over the last 6 games where Havlat has 9 points. If we break it down futher Havlat has 11 points in 9 games. Now Havlat is starting to earn that 5 million dollars a year contract.
Not germane to your post but this link is part of the history of hockey:
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Awesome article Pulverized concepts I remember seeing the high lights of that brawl on tv. It has to be hell on the skate blades.
ReplyDeleteHavlat has been better as of late and most of Fletch's moves have been low risk/high reward moves like Ebbett and Ladendresse. I am not so sure he read too much into Kobasew's success in Boston last year, more a product of playing on a good team than a real 20 goal scorer. I think we might have given up too much for just a plug in play guy who was acquired in a panic move especially if Robbie Earl was ready to contribute. This team is still very far away from being any real threat in the west. I know a lot of people would be satisfied if they made the playoffs this year, but I would rather see them trade away all of the UFAs and other dead weight (and I mean you James Sheppard) for anything, get a better first round draft pick, and start planning for the 2011 season. This team needs to go through a real rebuilding mode with a good GM if we want to be a consistent force in the years to come.
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