Havlat has Verbal Agreement with Wild

by BReynolds on Jul 1, 2009 9:43 PM CDT

Martin Havlat will be the next member of the Minnesota Wild.

Here's the story.

Martin Havlat

#24 / Right Wing / Chicago Blackhawks

Height: 6-2

Weight: 217

Born: Apr 19, 1981

	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	PCT
2008 - Martin Havlat	81	29	48	77	29	30	5	0	5	1	249	11.6

Thanks to Tony O for the head's up on this one!

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Theres Your Big Splash Boys

Fantastic Start Fetch..now go get me Saku and Scuderi!

by Tony_O on Jul 1, 2009 9:46 PM CDT reply actions

i love this signing! hopefully Saku is next

Vikings lets sign Brett Favre and Marvin Harrison. Ricky Rubio please dont go back to Spain!

by RaysOfHope on Jul 1, 2009 9:46 PM CDT reply actions

About time...

Alright,now we need Saku and another D-man…Leopold,Scuderi…Lets make a run at Fedetanko too!!!

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by Xx Gophers Eat Badgers xX on Jul 1, 2009 9:47 PM CDT reply actions

Yep

Sign Ogie Ogilthorpe.

by jmedin on Jul 1, 2009 9:48 PM CDT reply actions

so far i like Fletcher alot

Vikings lets sign Brett Favre and Marvin Harrison. Ricky Rubio please dont go back to Spain!

by RaysOfHope on Jul 1, 2009 9:49 PM CDT reply actions

This is good news Wild fans

Good news, indeed. Take a collective deep breath and let it soak in.

Our GM landed an All-Star caliber player via free agency. Sweet.

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by BReynolds on Jul 1, 2009 9:56 PM CDT reply actions

Breaking News: Russo's Twitter has the Details

Not done yet, but confirmed, contract Havlat is signing with Wild is six years, $30 million, sources say

by Tony_O on Jul 1, 2009 9:58 PM CDT reply actions

Update from Russo

According to multiple NHL sources, the Wild is close to signing dynamic free-agent winger Martin Havlat. I’ve confirmed through sources it will be a six-year, $30 million deal. The $30 million will be the richest in franchise history, the term will be tied with Nick Schultz for the longest.

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by BReynolds on Jul 1, 2009 9:58 PM CDT reply actions

pretty good deal, any word on Saku or any other players?

Vikings lets sign Brett Favre and Marvin Harrison. Ricky Rubio please dont go back to Spain!

by RaysOfHope on Jul 1, 2009 10:00 PM CDT up reply actions

Nothing as of yet..Stay tuned..the night is just young my friends.

by Tony_O on Jul 1, 2009 10:02 PM CDT up reply actions

beat ya..barely hahahahah

by Tony_O on Jul 1, 2009 10:01 PM CDT up reply actions

Never Mind Rays..

Russo’s Twitter is saying Saku is sleeping on a decision between the Wild and the Ducks..

by Tony_O on Jul 1, 2009 10:03 PM CDT reply actions

Wee hours in Finland... 8 hours ahead... about what, 6am there?

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by BReynolds on Jul 1, 2009 10:03 PM CDT up reply actions

i dont see him passing on the chance to play with his brother

i hate the Ducks, so i really hope he doesn’t go there

Vikings lets sign Brett Favre and Marvin Harrison. Ricky Rubio please dont go back to Spain!

by RaysOfHope on Jul 1, 2009 10:04 PM CDT up reply actions

Please, please, please, Saku...

Don’t sign with Anaheim. You want to play in Minnesota with your brother; in front of 18k a home game. You’re a hockey player, you wouldn’t know how to handle sunny and 70 in January, anyway :)

by redheadzeb on Jul 1, 2009 10:05 PM CDT up reply actions

Interesting Twitter from Havlat..

“Excited to be in Minny where I was welcomed and appreciated by management. The real story about what happened in Chicago to come out.”

by Tony_O on Jul 1, 2009 10:03 PM CDT reply actions

You got a link to his twitter?

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by BReynolds on Jul 1, 2009 10:04 PM CDT up reply actions

http://twitter.com/martinhavlat

by Tony_O on Jul 1, 2009 10:05 PM CDT up reply actions

http://twitter.com/martinhavlat

by Tony_O on Jul 1, 2009 10:05 PM CDT up reply actions

What if

Koivu picks the ducks over playing with his bro. He will be a huge douche.

by jmedin on Jul 1, 2009 10:05 PM CDT reply actions

Mikko might kill him haha

and Mom and Dad would take him outta their wills

by Tony_O on Jul 1, 2009 10:05 PM CDT up reply actions

Mikko sounded iffy on it...

something about toes being stepped on, etc…

Screw it Saku… SIGN THE DEAL!

http://www.hockeywilderness.com

by BReynolds on Jul 1, 2009 10:08 PM CDT up reply actions

He'd have his little brother as a captain

I think that’s one of the dynamics of concern

by SpaethCo on Jul 1, 2009 10:15 PM CDT up reply actions

then Make Saku Assistant..

by Tony_O on Jul 1, 2009 10:25 PM CDT up reply actions

Saku play with your brother

it will be like old times in Finland, you dont want to go to the Ducks

Vikings lets sign Brett Favre and Marvin Harrison. Ricky Rubio please dont go back to Spain!

by RaysOfHope on Jul 1, 2009 10:08 PM CDT up reply actions

How can Saku get his toes stepped on..he's almost 10 years older than mikko.

by Tony_O on Jul 1, 2009 10:14 PM CDT up reply actions

MINNESOTA WILD SIGNS RIGHT WING MARTIN HAVLAT

    SAINT PAUL/MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Minnesota Wild General Manager Chuck Fletcher today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has agreed to terms with right wing Martin Havlat on a six-year contract.

    "We are excited to add the speed and scoring of Martin Havlat to our lineup," said Fletcher. "He is a terrific two-way player."

    Havlat, 28 (4/19/81), led the Chicago Blackhawks with a career-high 77 points (29-48=77) while skating in a career-high 81 games in the 2008-09 season. He ranked ninth in the NHL in plus-minus (plus-29). Havlat added 15 points (5-10=15) in 16 Stanley Cup playoff games as the Blackhawks advanced to the Western Conference finals. The 6-foot-2, 217-pound native of Mlada Boleslav, Czech Republic, has recorded 396 points (169-227=396), a plus-87 rating, 53 power play goals and 31 game-winning goals in 470 NHL games in eight seasons with Ottawa and Chicago. Havlat participated in the NHL All-Star Game in the 2006-07 season, when he led Chicago in goals (25), assists (32) and points (57) despite appearing in just 56 games. He was a member of the NHL’s All-Rookie team in 2000-01 and played for the Czech Republic at the 2002 Olympics.

    Havlat was Ottawa’s first-round pick (No. 26 overall) in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft.

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by BReynolds on Jul 1, 2009 10:10 PM CDT reply actions