Heatley Gone to SJ?

ESPN is reporting that the 3-way between the Kings, Sharks and Sens is DONE!!!

TO OTTAWA: Alex Frolov, Jarret Stoll

TO SAN JOSE: Dany Heatley

TO LOS ANGELES: Patrick Marleau

My take on this will be posted as soon as it's confirmed by Sens management. Don't hold your breath though, Sens fans. This Shark story smells a little fishy to me.

I'm kind of sad, however. I was hoping to watch the little princess squirm for a few weeks playing an exhibition game in front of a boo infested crowd while facing an uber-hostile Ottawa media. Aw well. You can't win them all. Maybe this will all be BS as Lombardi has retorted and we will get to egg Dany Douche on opening day after all.

Heatley to SJ?

I am hearing that Bryan Murray is holding out for Ryan Clowe in the deal.
He wants Clowe, Vlasic/Erhoff and Setagouchi, Wilson doesn't want to give up both Clowe and Gouch as well as being adamant to dump Cheechoo on the Sens.

Something should be done by Monday as Wilson is trying to pry another cheap, serviceable asset from Murray to even things up.

On another note, I hear the Rangers have interest, but Murray wants nothing to do with what Sather has to offer thus far.

League GMs are starting to believe that Murray would rather have #15 come back to Ottawa than let him go for scraps. The offers are stepping up in this game of GM chicken. None of them thought BM the GM would want Heater back in Ottawa for camp, but the longer this drags and the more hardball he plays, it becomes obvious that Murray will force the Douche to come back to town like it or not if an acceptable deal is not reached.

Heatley wants out!

Word has recently surfaced that Sens winger Dany Heatley has requested a trade through his agent. Citing a difference of opinion with new coach Cory Clouston as the main reason, Heatley wants out. Difference of opinion being that Clouston wants Heatley to work for his goals and Heatley couldn't be bothered because he has Jason Spezza doing all the work while he stands in the slot waiting for the one timer, that 9 times out of ten, he misses the net with or fans on. Of course, a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then and he gets a few goals out of it (sarcasm). Opponents have been getting wise to this strategy and Clouston wants Heatley to mix it up a little and find other ways to use his unquestionable knack for finding the net.

The debate has gone on all year over who has to go.... Spezza or Heatley. Well, Sens fans, now you have your answer and in my opinion, things could not have worked out any better for the Sens. Jason Spezza is improving every year and is among the premier playmaking centers in the league while becoming less and less of a defensive liability out there at the same time. Spezza is the main reason Heatley has had back to back 50 goal seasons and all the while he lets Spezz take all the criticism during the bad times. Nice team mate. Maybe now we'll see Spezza for what he is: a potential leader on this team who is an natural talent and one of the best players to ever pull on a Sens' Jersey. And to think, management gave Mr. Selfish, Spoiled, Lazy Multimillionaire the A this season. Probably because he whined or threw some sort of tantrum.

All of this brings up interesting options for Bryan Murray. What will he get in return for Heatley? I'm hearing the Oilers, Sharks, Flames and Blue Jackets are interested at this point. Nash for Heatley would be interesting, as would Camalleri plus prospects or maybe even Patrick Marleau. How about Lecavalier for Heatley? All these are possibilities along with moving up in the draft or getting a stable of young, cheap, blue chip prospects and using the new cap space to sign say.... Hossa (how ironic would THAT be) or another top tier free agent.

Discuss among yourselves, Sens fans. This should be a crisotunity for our teama meaning what looks on the surface to be a bad thing could turning out to be a blessing in disguise.