Man... as every month goes by, I'm happy the Ottawa Senators let Martin Havlat go the free agency route when the time came. Chicago's six million dollar man hurt himself last night again, supposedly while throwing a punch in a scrum in the third period.
The guy has played 74 games in the last two seasons and hasn't played more than 68 games since his second season in the NHL, back in 2001-02. Now he hurts himself in game one of 2007-08.
Havlat has talent, don't get me wrong - coming back from his serious injury in his last season with the Senators, he scored four goals. Impressive. What's not impressive about our old #9 is durability. It's too bad - I loved watching him play and I own a jersey with his name and number on it.
The problem is, he fancies himself as being a superstar, probably in the Pavel Bure, John Leclair or Dany Heatley category. He likely sees himself as a potential 50 goal scorer in the NHL. He probably can be - only he has to stick around long enough to make those shots and pot those goals.
I don't think the Ottawa Senators missed a beat when Havlat left... after all, he barely played in the last season where he wore the team's colours. We've been to the Cup finals and have run the table thus far in 2007-08. Will the Sens win 82 games? Maybe not!
But they've got a solid core of players who should see action through the majority of the games - and that's more than Havlat can say for himself. I hope he gets himself in order and strengthens up and becomes a great player over his career. In order to do that, though, he's got lots of work to do.
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