Dany Heatley wants out of Ottawa
TSN has confirmed that the 28-year old who signed a six-year, $45 million contract extension with the team in October of 2007 - that includes a no-movement clause - informed the team a week ago of his desire to play hockey elsewhere.
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Transcript of a conversation with some Sens fans just now that I may or may not have been involved in:
Sens fan #1: He seems like an LA kind of guy.
Sens fan #2: His Ferarri would blend in.
Unidentified Leafs fan: Yeah, into a concrete wall.
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Its good to see Leafs and Sabres fans think the same way on certain things.
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by Zachary Zielonka on Jun 9, 2009 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions
chatter ive heard is they think Heatly will be 1st rounder bait.
please god no
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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 9, 2009 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions
late first rounder for a team that needs secondary scoring? Sure.
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yeah, but they seem to think LA or Atl might want him, not saying its gonna happen, i just dont want it to happen
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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 9, 2009 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Heatley returning to Atlanta? I don’t think so. L.A. is intriguing but I see them being more willing to move Johnson than give up a pick. They might trade down.
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Plus,
The Ferrari dealership in Atlanta recently closed due to the recession.
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I would assume salary is going back to Ottawa as well but the guys have 130+ goals over the past 3 years…
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by PPP on Jun 9, 2009 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Jack Johnson and a swap of firsts?
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by Down Goes Brown on Jun 9, 2009 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions
sounds reasonable. I shudder to think what would happen to the Bell Centre if the Sens draft Schenn (brother of God Jr.)
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THANK GOD WE BEAT OTTAWA IN THE LAST GAME OF THE SEASON AND ENDED UP DRAFTING BEHIND LA, HUH?
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Not to mention the other 34 games they won. All the points count the same. Doesn’t matter when you get ’em. Even the ones from November.
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I blame that time we beat atlanta
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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 9, 2009 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions
New Jersey
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Damn that’s true and that was all the way back in Game 1
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We’ll live to regret that useless game.
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a little piece of me dies
every time I read the words “power forward” attached to Dany Heatley…
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by blurr1974 on Jun 9, 2009 3:49 PM EDT reply actions
zing!
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by JaredFromLondon on Jun 9, 2009 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Shawn Thornton was referred to as a power forward the other day, I had a good chuckle over that.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jun 9, 2009 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Edmonton journo Dan Tencer has twittered:
Information re: Oilers, Heatley and draft pouring in this afternoon…gonna sort out what I can and can’t say and post…
Cue the Souray to Ottawa rumours?
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Interesting that when Heatley is wearing a maple leaf on his jersey he gets mad goals.
I am not suggesting the Leafs get him because the Toronto streets are already dangerous enough.
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Jun 9, 2009 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Whoa
The senators DO need a puck-moving defenceman and he does play no defence so he’ll fit in.
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by PPP on Jun 9, 2009 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions
I could drive myself crazy with rumors and speculation about where Heatley might go, but I’d rather just point and laugh at the Senators and their fans.
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I like your approach to the situation.
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by Karina on Jun 9, 2009 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions
You should see the trade scenario Sens fans are coming up with on sites like hfboards.
I’m waiting for somebody to propose Heatley for Ovechkin, Green and a first.
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by Down Goes Brown on Jun 9, 2009 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s Leaf country when it comes to trades.
I actually heard a trade proposal by a Leaf fan last year on the radio that had STajan, Antropov and someone else for Mike Green and Varlamov (this is while he was still in the minors).
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Your right, thats a crazy proposal
Surely the Leafs could have gotten more than that for Stajan and Antropov :)
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by Brad Ackerson on Jun 9, 2009 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions
This is actually a good one
Albeit from an Edmonton fan…
To Ottawa
2009 1st round pick 10th overall.
Patrick O’Sullivan 2.925M cap hit
Tom Gilbert 4M cap hit.
To Edmonton
Danny Heatley 7.5M cap hit.
wow, if the Sens get that they’ll be improving their team……
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by Karina on Jun 9, 2009 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions
I just thought of that. Heatley would rival Ovechkin for goals…
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by Karina on Jun 9, 2009 6:30 PM EDT up reply actions
I think he could crest 50, but I’m not seeing 60+ out of Heatley just cause of Hemsky…I like Edmonton getting him out of Ottawa, but I don’t like the idea of Ottawa doing well with the deal. basically I want Tambellini to rob them blind
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by blindfolded tank driver on Jun 9, 2009 6:44 PM EDT up reply actions
I hope he goes to a team without a Center
Im not saying Spezza is much of a center, but the dude can piss the biscuit. I am curious to see how he plays on a team without a center feeding him passes.
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remember Atlanta????
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by Karina on Jun 9, 2009 5:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Ya I remember Atlanta, but do you not remember he was a power forward then? The player he is now, is not even close to being the player he was before.
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yeah
but it’s not like he can’t perform without a center. It seems he’s gotten lazy with Spezza or something, but he’s capable of doing it on his own as well.
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by Karina on Jun 9, 2009 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I remember Atlanta
and I remember him being nothing special until Savard got there…
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by blurr1974 on Jun 9, 2009 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Another VERY gifted playmaker. Heatley can put the puck in the net, he needs someone to dish it to him tho
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I think the season Savard came to the Thrashers was Heatley’s sophomore one. He had a about a 20 point increase over his rookie year.
Ever since then, he’s had a gifted center for him, in addition to an equally capable winger to take some of the heat off (Kovalchuk and Krusty)
I just don’t like how as I said before, he bails at the first sign of adversity. I’m willing to cut him some slack for Atlanta, as no matter what, that had to be difficult. But in Ottawa, the team is falling apart, and he wants to walk. Last year he wanted to be a Senator for another 7 years…
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by blurr1974 on Jun 9, 2009 5:17 PM EDT up reply actions
apparently it’s his dislike for Clouston that is behind his request.
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by Karina on Jun 9, 2009 5:20 PM EDT up reply actions
He’s not dealing well with Clouston’s crazy new “work hard and actually care about something other than personal statistics” policy.
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by Down Goes Brown on Jun 9, 2009 5:21 PM EDT up reply actions
lol
I have no clue what’s going on in Sens-land really, but I’ve got a bit of a soft spot for Heatley…..
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by Karina on Jun 9, 2009 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions
In his defence, it does seem like a crazy policy, and I’m not sure it would actually work. I mean, the sens had tonnes of success in the post-season without it…
"If this is another one of your lectures about how we should all blah blah blah and whatever, well you can save it because we all know it by heart."
Video of Dany Heatley requesting a trade.
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Come on....
…we all know he’s tired of Alfie promising the moon and Giggles riding the bike without lacklustre effort postgame. We’d want out of that situation too.
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by blindfolded tank driver on Jun 9, 2009 6:07 PM EDT reply actions
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Couldn’t happen to a more “deserving” team and fanbase!
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