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

Neely4Life wrote:I think by years end everyone is going to be questioning why the hell we brought this guy back. Bad shoulders, a hip that a lot of players dont recover from, and we have bunch of kids knocking at the door.

With the departure of Heatley its time for a new fresh start all over. 2007 is over, lets move on. Comrie isnt what he used to be, not even close.

SpezDispenser wrote:Let's do this Burns, Bouchard, 1st rounder thing. I love the idea.

SpezDispenser wrote:Let's do this Burns, Bouchard, 1st rounder thing. I love the idea.

Neely4Life wrote:

PKC wrote:

Neely4Life wrote:I so hope we dont bring back Comrie.

Why? At potentially $2-million per season on a two year contract, we could be getting a 30-30 guy. You need low-money, high-skill guys on your team to compete.

Comrie will NEVER be a 30-30 guy. Too slow, too injured.

rooneypoo wrote:Well.... it took 2 and 1/2 hours, but I finally made my way through 65 pages of posts.

For trading partners, EDM, LA, STL, VAN, and MIN make the most sense to me.

As for trading parts, any deal for Heatley will have to include a high 1st rounder in this year's draft + blue chip prospect at forward OR D + top-6 forward OR top-3 D. Spread the wealth.

For those who think I'm dreaming, look at what BM got for Meszaros: a late 1st rounder + Kuba (a 2/3 D for sure) + a mid-level prospect. For MESZAROS, who has about 1/19th of the sexiness factor of a Heatley.

So, is EDM's 1st + Gilbert OR one of Gagner or Cogliano + Eberle, or LA's 1st + Frolov + JJ or maybe one of Hickey or Teubert, too much to ask for? Diddle no. Are you kidding me? Heatley will bring in a king's random. Speaking purely from an offensive perspective, in terms of what he brings to the table in terms of goals / points, he's next in line after the NHL's holy trinity of Crosby-Ovechkin-Malkin. That's no exaggeration, either.

I'm not happy about this situation, to be honest, but I have no doubt that we're going to clean up with this deal, especially with BM behind the wheel. Diddle this Dustin Penner noise. No magic beans here, please. This is the GM that turned an unsigned, whiny Meszaros into a signed Kuba, Campoli, and Picard (who too many people have given up on already), after all. Please, mofos.

Mojo wrote:I just caught up on the latest posts.

Dustin Penner!!!!!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!? WTF guys?

There is no way he should be part of this deal. Lowe took a gamble and it blew up in his face. Why don't we try and Avery while we're at it. I hear NYR are offering up Gomez or Drury. They also have reasonable contracts. Maybe a reunion with our ol' buddy Wade?

SpezDispenser wrote:Let's do this Burns, Bouchard, 1st rounder thing. I love the idea.

hemlock wrote:

Mojo wrote:I just caught up on the latest posts.

Dustin Penner!!!!!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!? WTF guys?

There is no way he should be part of this deal. Lowe took a gamble and it blew up in his face. Why don't we try and Avery while we're at it. I hear NYR are offering up Gomez or Drury. They also have reasonable contracts. Maybe a reunion with our ol' buddy Wade?

I don't think people are suggesting Penner as the centrepiece of a deal with Edmonton. More of a salary balancing measure.

SpezDispenser wrote:Let's do this Burns, Bouchard, 1st rounder thing. I love the idea.

wprager wrote:
3. Who replaces whoever replaces Heatley? My number crunching did not go to the secondary analysis. If Heatley is replaced internally -- for example, Fisher or Foligno moving up -- then who replaces that player on the 2nd line? There's bound to be some lost production ther, as well. Unless, of course, the replacement comes from the outside.

Think his replacement (quote on quote) will be included in the deal for him.

So, in summary, I don't believe there is any need to spend the $7.5M right away on anyone. Certainly, we'll need to replace two players (Vermette and Heatley -- I don't think Comrie is coming back, otherwise he could "replace" Vermette).

No thanks on that one, Comrie can walk and we can do better/younger.

Thos two players will have to pull up a bit of the slack, the rest would come from the improved goaltending. And also, let's not forget the back-end. I'm not talking about Kuba, because his stats will go down with the team's reduced goal production (he's very much an assist guy). Getting a full season out of Campoli and Bell should get us an extra 10 goals, and if Karlsson sticks around, surely he will improve on Smith's production.

Am hoping Karlsson does stick around, but I guess that depends on his size and if he can handle the NHL game.