A BRIEF SEARCH REVEALS....
Martin Havlat has stated that his is interested in signing only a one-year deal in Ottawa, quickly leading Sens fans and pundits to assume that a trade could be imminent. While I think the Sens should -- and most likely will -- try to work out a long term deal with him, it is interesting to speculate on potential destinations for the speedy winger, and what the Sens may get in return.
It is obvious that the Senators need of goaltending. They could test the free-agent market, but with such a valuable commodity at their seeming disposal, why not dangle him for a quality starter. What do you think Iron Mike Keenan would say to something along the lines of:
Emery, Redden, and Havlat for Roberto Luongo and Olli Jokinen. This provides the Sens with a much needed quality starting goaltender as well as a bona-fide gritty centreman.
Along the goaltender front, San Jose has two quality starters, and I think Vesa Toskala is their man. So in this potential trade, we would see something along the lines of Patrick Marleau and Evgeni Nabokov to Ottawa for Martin Havlat and Emery. Although, something with San Jose may involve a player such as Marcel Goc and some picks, along with Nabokov.
And while many more options exist, the one I am leaning toward is a Havlat to Boston for Andrew Raycroft and Boyes/Bergeron.
On a non-related note, I thought I would rant a little about the recent Nova Scotia conservative government's decision to limit the amount of stores that can open on Sunday for shopping. Claiming that the majority of Nova Scotians rejected a plebicsite a year-and-a-half ago, Premiere Rodney MacDonald says he is simply enforcing the majority's wishes. I have said it before and I will say it again, go to any of these open stores on a Sunday, and tell me the citizens of Nova Scotia don't want this!
It is obvious that the Senators need of goaltending. They could test the free-agent market, but with such a valuable commodity at their seeming disposal, why not dangle him for a quality starter. What do you think Iron Mike Keenan would say to something along the lines of:
Emery, Redden, and Havlat for Roberto Luongo and Olli Jokinen. This provides the Sens with a much needed quality starting goaltender as well as a bona-fide gritty centreman.
Along the goaltender front, San Jose has two quality starters, and I think Vesa Toskala is their man. So in this potential trade, we would see something along the lines of Patrick Marleau and Evgeni Nabokov to Ottawa for Martin Havlat and Emery. Although, something with San Jose may involve a player such as Marcel Goc and some picks, along with Nabokov.
And while many more options exist, the one I am leaning toward is a Havlat to Boston for Andrew Raycroft and Boyes/Bergeron.
On a non-related note, I thought I would rant a little about the recent Nova Scotia conservative government's decision to limit the amount of stores that can open on Sunday for shopping. Claiming that the majority of Nova Scotians rejected a plebicsite a year-and-a-half ago, Premiere Rodney MacDonald says he is simply enforcing the majority's wishes. I have said it before and I will say it again, go to any of these open stores on a Sunday, and tell me the citizens of Nova Scotia don't want this!
posted by Pattington at 3:43 p.m.
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