Dany Heatley scored 3 goals and picked up an assist in Canada's 5-1 win over Slovenia (ranked 16th in the World in 2007) in the preliminary round of the World Championships. Heatley had 8 of the 65 shots fired at Slovenian goalie Robert Kristan who very well may have been the star of the game. Seems Heatley feels more comfortable playing against the Slovenians than the Penguins. Only problem is - no one will pay you $10 million to play against semi-pros.
The Latvians are up next. They lost 4-0 to the Americans and have no NHLers in the lineup. Latvia was ranked 13th in the World last year. I just don't get the point of including 16 teams when the bottom half are just not competitve. I guess it provides players like Spezza and Heatley an opportunity to shine.
