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Havlat Maybe, Sykora No & A Real Captain For The Wild
by Paul on 10/20/09 at 04:35 PM ET
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from Michael Russo of Russo’s Rants,
I had today off but ran into Marty Havlat and his girlfriend at a restaurant in Minneapolis. He hopes to play Wednesday against the Avalanche. He practiced today (Tuesday) but said he does want to test his groin at Wednesday’s morning skate before a final decision is made.
I talked to Rachel Blount, who covered practice today. She said Petr Sykora (groin) skated again on his own and coach Todd Richards said they’re hoping he can rejoin practice any day. He’s still day-to-day and won’t play against Colorado.
Kyle Brodziak missed practice today with what Richards called an “upper-body thing.” But Richards expects Brodziak to play against the Avs, which is why there’s such an understandably vague injury update.
Also, Jaime Sifers was reassigned to AHL Houston.
Lastly, the Wild made the obvious selection of captain with Mikko Koivu in my opinion, and not just because he deserves it, but because the Wild had the bigger picture to worry about.
more and I like the look of the new Russo’s Rants blog…
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Sykora is an idiot. He was hurt half of last season and under-performed the other half. Then he takes a try out and signs a contract for at least a mill on the wild and injures himself again. Either he’s lazy or he has poor conditioning, either way he seems about as stable as gaborik. At what point is this guy going to retire?
Oh and...Havlat...if you can walk to a restaurant you can play...suck it up (this guy’s a perennial pussy; especially in the playoffs). Even Hemsky played with the flu against vancouver and he’s softer than the pillsbury dough boy. When did these guys become such panzies.
Posted by stoneman from Vegas on 10/20/09 at 03:51 PM ET