The San Jose Sharks shipped disappointing forward Dany Heatley to the Minnesota Wild on Sunday for Martin Havlat.Heatley endured one of the worst seasons of his career in 2010-11, scoring 28 goals and adding 30 assists in 80 games. The 30-year-old right winger had spent the previous two seasons in San Jose following a trade with the Ottawa Senators.Heatley gives the Wild a whopping $7.5-million cap hit over the next three seasons. He'll make $8 million next season, $6 million in 2012-13 and $5 million the season after that.Havlat, a former teammate of Heatley's with the Senators, had 22 goals and 40 assists in 78 games with the Wild last season. The Sharks will be his fourth NHL team following stops in Ottawa, Chicago and Minnesota.Havlat has four years left on a contract that comes with a $5-million cap hit.Sunday marked the second major trade between the teams in less than a month. The Sharks acquired defenseman Brent Burns from Minnesota in late-June for a package that in...
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