08-09 Recap: Michal Rozsival
Name: Michal Rozsival #33
Born: Sep 03 ’78 (Age 30)
Height: 6′ 2″ Weight: 205
How Acquired: Signed as a free agent on September 6, 2005.
Contract For Next Year: Under contract through 2011-12 with a cap hit of five million.
08-09 Salary: 7 million.
08-09 Regular Stats: Eight goals and 22 assists in 76 games.
08-09 Playoff Stats: Zero points in seven games.
Career Stats: 54 goals and 149 assists in 555 career games.
Thoughts: Michal Rozsival has always been an up and down player in the minds of Rangers fans. Even with Jaromir Jagr leaving, Rozsival still has an aversion to shooting on the powerplay which is terrible because when he hits the net Rozsival has a great shot. Rozi had hip surgery last summer and still seemed to be recovering midway through the season as he was getting beat and making plays that a healthy Rozsival wouldn’t make. At his salary Rozsival is overpaid but makes less money and is signed for a shorter time so he could be more appealing to a team in a trade than Wade Redden.
