Dany Heatley quick hits

RobbyJ wrote:

Neely4Life wrote:The Sens wont earn a playoff spot in October and November, but they may very well lose it. Hopefully there is a big road trip to start the season so they can bond a bit... if there is a big home stand it could be nasty.

It's cool to be optimistic but at this point I would be good money on The Sens missing out on the payoffs. I dont see how they make it right now.

I will reserve judgement until the 2nd week of July. The Top 6 forwards could be vastly different in two weeks.

yeah murray was recently quoted as wating a top6 foward thru FA or trades. trades being an interesting senario.

Flo The Action wrote:

Neely4Life wrote:Yeah, he was solid at the WJC but his defensive game is really lacking and is a little small. Be a while before he is in the NHL.

yeah, i don't actually expect to see him in the NHL til he's 21 maybe 22. but his game is improving and he's got tremendous offencive habilities.

At least.

Neely4Life wrote:

RobbyJ wrote:

Neely4Life wrote:The Sens wont earn a playoff spot in October and November, but they may very well lose it. Hopefully there is a big road trip to start the season so they can bond a bit... if there is a big home stand it could be nasty.

It's cool to be optimistic but at this point I would be good money on The Sens missing out on the payoffs. I dont see how they make it right now.

I will reserve judgement until the 2nd week of July. The Top 6 forwards could be vastly different in two weeks.

Not if Heatley is here. Who is going to sign coming into The Ottawa Senators mess? They would be nuts.

still a few days left before july 1st.

also a trade may happen after when several teams realise that they can't land one of the top free agents. then it's trade time. i could see some team going for heatley while providing money going to ottawa to repay the bonus. it just happened in one of the big trades in the NBA, so why not here.

We'll see, but right now Ottawa is an absolute disaster and no one in their right mind will sign here.

Neely4Life wrote:We'll see, but right now Ottawa is an absolute disaster and no one in their right mind will sign here.

i have to agree on this one. it's a mess, and till we can start looking like a team that stands together again, it will be thru trades, overpaying or players without a contract.

Neely4Life wrote:We'll see, but right now Ottawa is an absolute disaster and no one in their right mind will sign here.

i have to agree on this one. it's a mess, and till we can start looking like a team that stands together again, it will be thru trades, overpaying or players without a contract.

or just sucking and rebuilding, which is what we are a lot closer to then people want to admit.

After Spezza there is no one under 30 thats a real offensive threat. Sens have a looooong way to go. Thank god we are building the blue line right now because if we had the blueline we did at the begining of last year with this lineup, we might be drafting in the top 2.

Taylor Hall please!!!

Neely4Life wrote:We'll see, but right now Ottawa is an absolute disaster and no one in their right mind will sign here.

I don't think we are that bad off honestly, if we can get rid of the Heatley bum, that should restock us on the offensive side a bit, now I am not saying we are going to go out next year and make a good run, we will be a middling team until we get some of these fresh legs adapted to the NHL game, which could take anywhere from 1 year to 3 years, possibly more, but we are not a bottom feeder either.

Jim Lang's take on Dany Heatley, I apologize if this was posted already, but he sheds some light on the whole ordeal, and he is right, Dany Heatley owes a lot to the Sens organization, he's just too selfish to realize it.

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/blogs/2009/06/28/ask_jim_lang_character_matters/

From: Tom
Comments: Where do you think Dany Heatley winds up or does Ottawa force him to play?

Answer:
Hey Tom, love the question. There is such a thing in the NHL -- and in life -- as “character matters.” After demanding to be traded from his second NHL team, you have to really start to wonder about Heatley’s character. I sat in an Atlanta court room as Heatley was sentenced in the tragic death of Dan Snyder. In the aftermath of that ordeal, Heatley requested a trade. The Sens stepped up and pulled off the deal. The Sens then went out of their way to accommodate Heatley during his time in Ottawa.

So Cory Clouston gets hired as the Sens new coach and wants Heatley to be more of a complete player and he decides he wants out? Even worse, Heatley has the nerve to hand Bryan Murray a list of teams he wants to be traded to. What a freaking joke. Murray is so hamstrung that Heatley could very well still be a member of the Sens by the time training camp opens in September. Dany needs to grow up and realize that he’s not going to get everything his way all of the time. If Clouston wants him to be a complete player, Heatley has a responsibility to the fans of Ottawa and to the organization to man up and do what the coach tells him. If I was a Sens fan, I would be livid at this guy. (you should have been hanging around here Lang)

Heatley is going to find out what real anger is the next time he sets foot onto the ice in SBP...

Acrobat wrote:Heatley is going to find out what real anger is the next time he sets foot onto the ice in SBP...

They should have the "Spartan" fella introduce at the beginning of every game too.

I'd love for Snyder's parents to call him up and fill him in. He's whining about the coach being mean to him, while collecting his $7.5M; their son will never get a chance to do either, but I have a feeling that he would never do the whining part.

notch4077 wrote:Taylor Hall please!!!

YES! :n:

Heatley will be in town for Spezza's wedding next month.

From TSN (Bob McKenzie):

Dany Heatley could be traded before July 1, but it's going to take a significant offer from the New York Rangers or the Edmonton Oilers -- the two clubs seemingly most interested in the goal-scoring winger -- to get it done.
Sources say the Ottawa Senators do not have a trade offer from those teams, or anyone else, that is deemed worth of acceptance and the list of suitors looks as though it's getting shorter rather than longer. The St. Louis Blues and Los Angeles Kings appear to have pulled out of the sweepstakes, leaving the Rangers, Oilers and Sharks as considerations.
Heatley is owed a $4 million signing bonus on July 1. If the Senators pay it, and absent an improved trade they will have to, Ottawa may simply decide to hold onto Heatley in spite of his desire to play elsewhere or the post-July 1 acquisition price will go up accordingly and the team getting Heatley may have to take back other players in order for Ottawa to reconcile their accounts.

Ever wonder if maybe the best move Heatley can do now (best for himself, best for the Sens) is to apologize, come to camp, work his derriere off under Clouston, then get his pick of teams in March.

From Garrioch's blog:

This is about to come to an end. Might be today. Might be tomorrow. Will happen before September.

http://blog.canoe.ca/offtheposts?author=212