Summer Dany Heatley hits

Bass Destruction wrote:

Vandelay wrote:

Bass Destruction wrote:South of Portugal... Are you Brazilian?

Canadian...living in Brasil.I like this idea of going ahead and signing a UFA and getting the deal confirmed later on rather than waiting and missing. Has anyone calculated what we'd have for cap space if the oiler deal goes through? Also, is Cogs not an RFA this year or is it next year?

Smid is an RFA this year, Cogs is the next. So Penner and Cogs combined is a cap hit of 5.38 plus whatever we sign Smid to. So realistically, there would be a savings.

Add Auld , Smith and Schubert to save another $4.4M. Then get a pick coming the other way to even it out.

Acrobat wrote:Why not Gaborik?

He plays almost 60 50 40? games a season
He can score when he's not sulking
He costs an arm and a leg

He's a perfect replacement for Heatley.

He's much faster, though. There would be a lot fewer drop-back passes at the blue-line from Spezza.

Heatley has yet to decide. Oilers are still very much in play.as per Dreger (Twit)

No need for twitter, check out the live blog:
http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=283416

Eklund is saying Heatley to Columbus is an E4... for what its worth.

Filitov back from Columbus would be nothing short of awesome.

Just checked - he's calling it Filatov, Brassard, plus maybe Huselius.

I would say it is Filatov or Brassard. Brassard is a center too so that would mean Filatov coming back... I dont buy it but it's a nice thought.

Neely4Life wrote:I would say it is Filatov or Brassard. Brassard is a center too so that would mean Filatov coming back... I dont buy it but it's a nice thought.

I know! i just saw that and nearly fell off my chair... i know if it's from EK it means absolutely nothing but just to dream a little... filatov, brassard and husulius.

4,750,000 + 1,246,667 + 2,225,000... that's roughly 8.25 million in cap... that won't fit with what kovy just ate out of our cap... oh EK...
i'll take brassar and filatov just by themselves though...

Do you guys really think Columbus will give theri 2 best young players for Heatley when the competition's offer is Cogliano and Penner? :KJK:

Nope.

marakh wrote:Do you guys really think Columbus will give theri 2 best young players for Heatley when the competition's offer is Cogliano and Penner? :KJK:

Competition will have to table a better offer.

But, no, I don't believe that for a second.

marakh wrote:Do you guys really think Columbus will give theri 2 best young players for Heatley when the competition's offer is Cogliano and Penner? :KJK:

Maybe they wouldn't have if Nash was on his way out, as they'd need to replace him. But now that he's signed for almost the next decade, yeah, maybe. And the money is right now too.

This should be the return for a Dany Heatley, not the bits and pieces offer we got from Edmonton.

PKC wrote:

marakh wrote:Do you guys really think Columbus will give theri 2 best young players for Heatley when the competition's offer is Cogliano and Penner? :KJK:

Maybe they wouldn't have if Nash was on his way out, as they'd need to replace him. But now that he's signed for almost the next decade, yeah, maybe. And the money is right now too.

This should be the return for a Dany Heatley, not the bits and pieces offer we got from Edmonton.

the return we would like to have but not the reality of what will come.

i could see heatley thinking columbus could be a good place though... nash being there for a long time. still they won't give up that much when the world found out what we'd accept in a trade.

Flo The Action wrote:

PKC wrote:

marakh wrote:Do you guys really think Columbus will give theri 2 best young players for Heatley when the competition's offer is Cogliano and Penner? :KJK:

Maybe they wouldn't have if Nash was on his way out, as they'd need to replace him. But now that he's signed for almost the next decade, yeah, maybe. And the money is right now too.

This should be the return for a Dany Heatley, not the bits and pieces offer we got from Edmonton.

the return we would like to have but not the reality of what will come.

i could see heatley thinking columbus could be a good place though... nash being there for a long time. still they won't give up that much when the world found out what we'd accept in a trade.

Although Murray did say the price would go up after July 1st.

If Heatley won't go to Edmonton, then their offer is irrelevant as a comparable.

Take what you can and move on. If Heatley does go to Columbus, the Sens will get an extra gate of 500-600K for a Columbus game. A slight easing of the pain for Eugene Melnyk.

Acrobat wrote:Just checked - he's calling it Filatov, Brassard, plus maybe Huselius.

His wording seems to suggest that he doesn't have a clue (like always but maybe a little more honest this time). He is pretty much just throwing names out.

Possible players that could be heading to Ottawa include Filotov, Brassard, and Huselius

For Eklund he is being surprisingly non committal about rumours. Regardless, I am sure it is still BS.

dennycrane wrote:If Heatley won't go to Edmonton, then their offer is irrelevant as a comparable.

Take what you can and move on. If Heatley does go to Columbus, the Sens will get an extra gate of 500-600K for a Columbus game. A slight easing of the pain for Eugene Melnyk.

I disagree, the offer is still very relevant. It is still the only deal on the table that Murray has deemed acceptable. It does set the market even if it represents a deal that will never come to fruition.

marakh wrote:Do you guys really think Columbus will give theri 2 best young players for Heatley when the competition's offer is Cogliano and Penner? :KJK:

hell no, GM's will keep trying to low ball Murray on this until Murray decides to accept or just tells all GM's to go away and we are keeping him.