EJ Hradek and NHL Live Reporting Dany Heatley has requested a trade

PKC wrote:

Neely4Life wrote:Karlsson, Wircioch, Tuebert, 5th (schenn), 9th(OEL), Camelerri, Frolov. Thats what we could potentially have just by dealing Heatley.

Why would you want Camalleri? That guy's a bum.

Seriously... Camalleri is Heatley v1.5... Not as good, but same attitude problem. No thanks.

Hayden wrote:Everything I'm listening to (fan, team, sportsnet) is saying we'll have a hard time dealing him and everyone here is saying we're going to get an amazing package.

Dont care what they are saying in the media, a 50 goal scorer wont be hard to move.

If only Phoenix could afford him :drooling:

Heard on Team 1200 that the request has officially beeen confirmed by the Sens org.

SpezDispenser wrote:

Hayden wrote:Everything I'm listening to (fan, team, sportsnet) is saying we'll have a hard time dealing him and everyone here is saying we're going to get an amazing package.

What? Why would we have a hard time (although, deep down, this was what I was afraid of).

$7.5M x 5 cap hit.

But, he's a 50-goal scorer, two years in a row... those don't grow on trees.

Other GMs know this.

Neely4Life wrote:I couldnt be happier with this! I really couldnt. Teams are going to be lining up to get him out of Ottawa and a real re-build can begin and end within a year.

So many things can be turned into a positive with this, so many. I'm literally the most excitted I've been since the finals hering this.

Again: Big Time Co-Sign!

shabbs wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:

Hayden wrote:Everything I'm listening to (fan, team, sportsnet) is saying we'll have a hard time dealing him and everyone here is saying we're going to get an amazing package.

What? Why would we have a hard time (although, deep down, this was what I was afraid of).

$7.5M x 5 cap hit.

But, he's a 50-goal scorer, two years in a row... those don't grow on trees.

Other GMs know this.

He's scored more goals post-lockout than all but 3 players, those being Ovechkin, Kovalchuk, and Hossa.

We can move him.
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Hayden wrote:Everything I'm listening to (fan, team, sportsnet) is saying we'll have a hard time dealing him and everyone here is saying we're going to get an amazing package.

The sports media, for the most part, has the collective IQ of a chia pet. They still quote yearly salaries rather than cap hits, they speculate and try to pass it off as fact; in short, this is just another story, so they look into as deeply (read: not very) as any other sports story that comes across their desk.

But when you dig deeper, like we do up here, you realize just how valuable a commodity Heatley is around the NHL.

History has told us nothing if it hasn't told us this can be a really good thing. Although he is NOT Lindros, Colorado seemed to do okay in a similar situation, as have many teams... There are many examples of this. If you have a smart GM, this could be a good thing. I hated the Pizza line nickname anyway....

People shouldnt be mad, a high priced, 50 goal scorer, with no character or heart at all has asked for a trade that other teams might be willing to pay out the a$$ for.

If there was ever anything better to happen to the Sens off the ice in the last 10 years, I dont know what it is?

MurderOnIce wrote:History has told us nothing if it hasn't told us this can be a really good thing. Although he is NOT Lindros, Colorado seemed to do okay in a similar situation, as have many teams... There are many examples of this. If you have a smart GM, this could be a good thing. I hated the Pizza line nickname anyway....

Luckily, we might have one of the smartest ones.

Now this really is Spezza's team. He is gonna sink or swim.

Neely4Life wrote:People shouldnt be mad, a high priced, 50 goal scorer, with no character or heart at all has asked for a trade that other teams might be willing to pay out the a$$ for.

If there was ever anything better to happen to the Sens off the ice in the last 10 years, I dont know what it is?

Those sweet black alternate jerseys they came out with this year?

Neely4Life wrote:Now this really is Spezza's team. He is gonna sink or swim.

Mother****er better turn into Michael Phelps...

Hayden wrote:Everything I'm listening to (fan, team, sportsnet) is saying we'll have a hard time dealing him and everyone here is saying we're going to get an amazing package.

For teams with cap concerns it still won't be hard to move him if a little salary is coming back. I suspect a player in the 3 to 4m range would need to come back along with a quality prospect/s, and picks for teams with cap space issues. There are others that don't have as much concern. There also teams like LA, Anaheim, Nashville that have the cap space and could afford him.

cash wrote:
He's scored more goals post-lockout than all but 3 players, those being Ovechkin, Kovalchuk, and Hossa.

We can move him.
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Hossa? No way Hossa's scored more goals post-lockout than Dany Heatley.

SpezDispenser wrote:

cash wrote:
He's scored more goals post-lockout than all but 3 players, those being Ovechkin, Kovalchuk, and Hossa.

We can move him.
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Hossa? No way Hossa's scored more goals post-lockout than Dany Heatley.

I think that might be a direct result of last season's output.

SpezDispenser wrote:

cash wrote:
He's scored more goals post-lockout than all but 3 players, those being Ovechkin, Kovalchuk, and Hossa.

We can move him.
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Hossa? No way Hossa's scored more goals post-lockout than Dany Heatley.

I wish we'd never traded Hossa. He is a better player then Heatley by far.