Dany Heatley quick hits

SensFan71 wrote:

jamvan wrote:So Dregger just said the asking price for Heatley is not even a top 3 forward, just a good forward and a prospect or pick.

That tells me he has his sights set on a big UFA.

Dreger is full of it, Pittsburgh threw more at Atlanta for Hossa as a rental.

SensFan71 wrote:

Neely4Life wrote:The Citizen is the absolute worst for sports writting. It's embarassing to read at times.

man is there any good paper in Ottawa for Sens news? The sun I know is crap, so is the Citizen, sheesh, I need to get a subscription to the Hockey News.

Urkie wrote:

SensFan71 wrote:Murray would never do it below market value, if he is true to his word that is.

I think he'll take the deal that's closest to market value.

But I'm telling you right now that Heatley demanding a trade publicly does matter in negotiation. GM's wonder why he would do that and they worry about other things (ie. baggage, character, etc.) and also they feel as though they are the ones in control of the negotiations since Murray probably will trade Heatley at some point.

Bottom line is if we can get close to market value then it's a pretty good trade considering the circumstances.

wprager wrote:

SensFan71 wrote:

Neely4Life wrote:The Citizen is the absolute worst for sports writting. It's embarassing to read at times.

man is there any good paper in Ottawa for Sens news? The sun I know is crap, so is the Citizen, sheesh, I need to get a subscription to the Hockey News.

You could print out what you see here

Snuh wrote:Just read an interesting Andy Strickland article with "sourced" quotes from Melnyk regarding Heatley's trade request.

A league source tells me Melnyk has said “There is no way we are paying him his $4 million bonus, I don’t care if he sues us.”

Apparently Melnyk is quite upset over all of this. Can you blame him?

SeawaySensFan wrote:

Snuh wrote:Just read an interesting Andy Strickland article with "sourced" quotes from Melnyk regarding Heatley's trade request.

A league source tells me Melnyk has said “There is no way we are paying him his $4 million bonus, I don’t care if he sues us.”

Apparently Melnyk is quite upset over all of this. Can you blame him?

That's just bull$hit. It's not a bonus anyhow. Nice try, Strickland.

rooneypoo wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:Doug MacLean was kind enough to inform Sportsnet viewers that Heatley will be receiving 4 million on top of 8 more million for the upcoming season.

What? Is he stupid? That would mean that Heatley's making $12 mil this coming year, which is not true.

By the CBA, when Heatley signed his deal, neither he nor any other player in the NHL can make more than $10 mil on the year. The maximum payout that can be made to a player was (and is) tied directly to the cap (20%), which was at $50 mil at the time.

On top of that, a quick examination of Heatley's contract refutes it: the pay structure is $10 mil in 2008-09, $8 mil in 2009-10, $8 mil in 2010-11, $8 mil in 2011-12, $6 mil in 2012-13, and $5 mil in 2013-14, for a total of $45 mil over 6 years.

Someone send MacLean a calculator and a connection to "the internets". If Dany Heatley makes $8 mil in 2009-10 (established fact), and he gets paid a $4 mil bonus on July 1st (also established fact), then the rest of the money owed to Heatley on the year must be $4 mil.

In addition, this $4 mil 'bonus' can't be a holdover or continuation from last year, because 1) Heatley's already made his $10 mil last year (the max a player could make in the calender year) and 2) July 1 is the beginning of the new calender year for the NHL, and so all payments made on or after July 1st go towards that year (and not the previous).

shabbs wrote:Now, The Fan 590 has been reporting all day that the Sens have received NO OFFERS for Heatley. Absolutely none.

WTF?

This is absurd. The info coming out is totally mad.

SeawaySensFan wrote:

shabbs wrote:Now, The Fan 590 has been reporting all day that the Sens have received NO OFFERS for Heatley. Absolutely none.

WTF?

This is absurd. The info coming out is totally mad.

That's what the $hitizen reported so...

jamvan wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:

shabbs wrote:Now, The Fan 590 has been reporting all day that the Sens have received NO OFFERS for Heatley. Absolutely none.

WTF?

This is absurd. The info coming out is totally mad.

That's what the $hitizen reported so...

That's misleading because they have in fact recieved numerous offers, they just weren't of any sunstance.

There's a very good chance he doesn't get dealt at all.

Neely4Life wrote:Thats BS, if no offers are coming in then 1/2 the GM's in the league are not doing their jobs. There are legit offers and offers that kick the tires, the fan 590 knows jack.

Everyone except Murray and probably 1/2 a dozen GM's dont know Dung.

SeawaySensFan wrote:

Neely4Life wrote:Thats BS, if no offers are coming in then 1/2 the GM's in the league are not doing their jobs. There are legit offers and offers that kick the tires, the fan 590 knows jack.

Everyone except Murray and probably 1/2 a dozen GM's dont know Dung.

The Fan 590 wants to feed their Blue and White listenerships desire to see the Senators fail.