Thread: SJ Trades Heatly to Minn for Havlat

$7.5M cap hit to Min thru 13/14

$5.0M cap hit to SJ thru 14/15

Originally Posted by KINGSFAN1

So Heatley had to waive his no trade clause right ? Im surprised he did.

Per Darren Dreger's twitter: Heatley has a modified no-trade. Had to submit a list of 10 teams he wouldn't go to before July 1. obviously Minny wasn't on that list.

Minnesota takes on a less expensive contract with less term, but gets a higher cap hit, bigger name player and marginally better productive player, at least last season.

The most confusing thing for me is that a Minnesota team that is rebuilding would take on that cap number for a player who isn't a character guy. Why put your kids around him and send the message that this is what your team is about?

Do remember when asked about trading for Heately DL made a bid point about not adding a distraction/cancer to our locker room. Guess San Jose agreed after a couple of years that they made a mistake.

for pure talent, minnesota wins this trade,

and now, i see the kings and sharks nearly even, with i slight edge to the sharks,

Originally Posted by apadillla

for pure talent, minnesota wins this trade,

and now, i see the kings and sharks nearly even, with i slight edge to the sharks,

Edit: Sharks (had a proven scoring third line) have a meaner defense than the Kings.

I like the Kings' goaltending better, though.

I think it gives us a little bit of an edge now. Be curious to see two amazing pass first players on the same line. marleau-thorton-havlat. Marleau should have a good year.

Minnesota takes on less cash and term. Gets name player and probably a bit more scoring. Bad move for the young kids to have them around him though. Don't understand why a rebuilding team trades for Heater.

I like what San Jose did here.