Martin Havlát (Czech pronunciation: [ˈmarcɪn ˈɦavlaːt]; born 19 April 1981) is a Czech former professional ice hockey player who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 2000 to 2016. (wikipedia)
I think they looked at my past record and decided they were going to give me five games right after it happened.
It was kind of fun. We had a lot of scoring chances. It was fun.
It wasn't that much fun when I wasn't playing. It's a much better feeling here in the last two games.
I won't be able to play right away, but I'm expecting to get the clearance. Then, I'll be able to give it a good test in practice and I'll be back for the playoffs.
With this surgery, there's a good chance that I'll be back (for the playoffs). I don't want to miss the most important past of the season at the end.
I'm really happy to have the chance to come back and help the team win the Stanley Cup.
I wanted to play a hard game tonight. They just kept going in and I was pretty happy with that.
I had a couple of buddies sitting there. So that's why I went over there. But the goal felt great. I didn't score a goal two years ago in the playoffs against Toronto.
My goal the day I had the surgery was to be ready for the playoffs ... and I'm close. Hopefully, the doctor will feel everything is fine and I'm going to be ready soon. That's what I want.
I have nothing to say. I can't change anything. There's no place in hockey for kicking. It doesn't matter what I say now, five games is five games.