Summer Dany Heatley hits

shabbs wrote:

Zoolander wrote:
How can you not pick up the captain's call though? It's just mind boggling. Even just communicating your reasons to the players would go a long, long way way to bridging the gap. He's a grown man for god sakes. He should know that the ostrich technique doesn't work.

It is mind boggling... he should have answered Alfie's call even if he just said things were complicated and he was not ready to talk about it. At least take his call for crying out loud.

SpezDispenser wrote:Reading over what you guys have written makes me pissed all over again. As if Melnyk isn't a great owner and a true fan of the game, does Dany think this doesn't hurt him deeply as a fan and human being as well. Nevermind all the other damage he's causing, that's a big one IMO.

davetherave wrote:Zooly> Dany made $14 MILLION dollars in the past calendar year--and he may never have to work another day in his life if he so chooses.

That would give him good reasons not to get worked up...over anything.

There's a really good book by Stan Fischler, "Slapshot!" which gives you some first hand insights into the character--or lack of it--of pro hockey players.

It's available on Amazon or Alibris.

The chapter "Con Men and Sh!t Merchants" specifically deals with some famous names whose behaviour might shock you.

IMHO Heatley will take his sweet time deciding what he does next. If the Sens ask him to come back, he may even dictate his own set of terms.

You think you hate him now? You might just take that up a notch before long.

cas wrote:I'm not a lawyer or anything, but I'm pretty sure thats when he gives back the 4M dollars and spends a considerable portion of that remaining 10M on legal expenses. Like I said when this talk of a legal battle all came up: Its a lot easier for a billionaire to weather the financial burden of a legal battle than it is for a millionaire.

shabbs wrote:

cas wrote:I'm not a lawyer or anything, but I'm pretty sure thats when he gives back the 4M dollars and spends a considerable portion of that remaining 10M on legal expenses. Like I said when this talk of a legal battle all came up: Its a lot easier for a billionaire to weather the financial burden of a legal battle than it is for a millionaire.

If he holds out and is suspended... does the $4M come back to the Sens since it's essentially part of next season's pay?

I'm curious about that.

wprager wrote:

shabbs wrote:

cas wrote:I'm not a lawyer or anything, but I'm pretty sure thats when he gives back the 4M dollars and spends a considerable portion of that remaining 10M on legal expenses. Like I said when this talk of a legal battle all came up: Its a lot easier for a billionaire to weather the financial burden of a legal battle than it is for a millionaire.

If he holds out and is suspended... does the $4M come back to the Sens since it's essentially part of next season's pay?

I'm curious about that.

You'd better believe it has to. He'll fight it, of course.

shabbs wrote:

cas wrote:I'm not a lawyer or anything, but I'm pretty sure thats when he gives back the 4M dollars and spends a considerable portion of that remaining 10M on legal expenses. Like I said when this talk of a legal battle all came up: Its a lot easier for a billionaire to weather the financial burden of a legal battle than it is for a millionaire.

If he holds out and is suspended... does the $4M come back to the Sens since it's essentially part of next season's pay?

I'm curious about that.

cas wrote:Regardless, Ottawa had to get this announcement done now since we are in the middle of July without a coach in Bingo and add to the fact that the Bingo Sens Annual Open House is on Saturday from 11-3.....if you were one of the 2,000 season ticket holders showing up on Saturday and still had no head coach announced you would look pretty bad as an organization.

Is it that hard to write a coherent sentence when you're getting paid to do it??

Anyways, its good to know that the organization is taking good care of the details for our affiliate.

Mojo wrote:

cas wrote:Regardless, Ottawa had to get this announcement done now since we are in the middle of July without a coach in Bingo and add to the fact that the Bingo Sens Annual Open House is on Saturday from 11-3.....if you were one of the 2,000 season ticket holders showing up on Saturday and still had no head coach announced you would look pretty bad as an organization.

Is it that hard to write a coherent sentence when you're getting paid to do it??

Anyways, its good to know that the organization is taking good care of the details for our affiliate.

What? It's perfectly reasonable to change the subject of a sentence part way through without using any punctuation or other signposts.

I think one of the worst aspects of the blogger world is that far too many people who don't know how to use their native language are getting their words printed (albeit electronically).

Mojo wrote:

cas wrote:Regardless, Ottawa had to get this announcement done now since we are in the middle of July without a coach in Bingo and add to the fact that the Bingo Sens Annual Open House is on Saturday from 11-3.....if you were one of the 2,000 season ticket holders showing up on Saturday and still had no head coach announced you would look pretty bad as an organization.

Is it that hard to write a coherent sentence when you're getting paid to do it??

Anyways, its good to know that the organization is taking good care of the details for our affiliate.

What? It's perfectly reasonable to change the subject of a sentence part way through without using any punctuation or other signposts.

I think one of the worst aspects of the blogger world is that far too many people who don't know how to use their native language are getting their words printed (albeit electronically).