The winger's finest season in Chicago was during the '08-09 campaign when he had 29 goals and 48 assists in the regular season to lead the Hawks to their first postseason appearance since '02. Havlat was stellar during the playoffs that season with five goals and 10 assists in 16 games but was injured during Game 3 of the Western Conference finals when he was leveled by an illegal hit from the Detroit Red Wings' Niklas Kronwall. The Hawks went on to lose the series in five games.