David pollak
"@PollakOnSharks: McLellan says it's time to see results from Havlat, that "pre-season" is over. Oddity: Havlat's stat sheet line vs. VAN was blank. Honest."
Hope we see some jump from him tonight!
Hah, TMac is getting more and more candid as the years go by.
Acton isn't going anywhere..his dad is an assistant on the Oilers.
I was fairly surprised when I read it. Last years feelings still there?
#HereComeTheOilers
TMac and I have our disagreements, but I love the **** out of that koala. He's a darn good coach.
Maybe or he just knows the buttons to push to get his guys going.
David pollak
"@PollakOnSharks: McLellan says it's time to see results from Havlat, that "pre-season" is over. Oddity: Havlat's stat sheet line vs. VAN was blank. Honest."
Hope we see some jump from him tonight!
I can't quite remember who was saying Havlat was doing fine last night.
I was fairly surprised when I read it. Last years feelings still there?
Maybe or he just knows the buttons to push to get his guys going.
Definitely. He's just never really came out that candid about anyone else. That I can recall anyway
He wasn't. Got demoted pretty quick. Whether that was due to what the team needed at the time or he was really skating only the staff knows. To be fair, nieto got demoted as well. Clear message. You work hard, skate, and establish a forecheck you'll play.
Probably a bit of this
Gotta be a lot of that.
He's come out and said that he expects "his top players to play like top players," but this singling-out stood out to me.
Hes done it to Nemo and Clowe if I remember correctly.
Niemi is sort of a special case. Goalies tend to stand alone in coaches' comments. As for Clowe, I think Todd spoke more on Clowe's behavior. I don't recall him talking about performance.
Trade Havlat
It was pointed out to McLellan by another reporter that Havlat, who had offseason pelvic surgery delaying his season debut, did not have a single notch in any category in 11 minutes and 47 seconds of ice time. No shots on net, no attempted shots, no hits, no blocked shots, no giveaways or takeaways.
How do you go through a game and have nothing?
“I don’t know. He’s in the room there if you want to pull him out and ask him. Pretty simple. That’s noticeable.”
Havlat was requested for an interview, but it was too close to the team’s pregame meeting.
From Kurz's artcle, but missing from Pollak's:
Wow. Todd does seem a tad frustrated.
Wow. Todd does seem a tad frustrated.