Heatley Not Moved; Senators On The Hook for $4M Bonus

by DarrenM on Jul 2, 2009 12:19 AM EDT Comment 13 comments

Despite the best efforts of the Edmonton Oilers, who visited Dany Heatley to entice him to play for the Oil, Heatley is not going anywhere. He refused to waive his no-trade clause before midnight, so for the time being he remains an Ottawa Senator. Which means that owner Eugene Melnyk is on the hook for a cool $4M dollars right now.

From what's buzzing around, apparently Dany was upset with the pressure put on him to make a quick decision to go to Edmonton, and that there were offers from other cities that were viable options that the Senators did not work hard enough on (notably San Jose Sharks and the New York Rangers, according to TSN's Darren Dreger). Seems he felt like the Sens put a gun to his head forcing the Edmonton deal, without presenting any other options. Playing the victim, Dany? Come on - that's not fair, given the circumstances.

Either way, it will be interesting to see what happens now. There have been conflicting reports as to whether the price for Heatley would go up after July 1st, or if Murray would simply refuse to move Heater altogether. Either way, it's hard to imagine that Murray could ask for more given the complete circus that the Heatley situation has been the past few days.

One has to think, though, that the animosity between the Senators organization and Heatley's camp has reached breaking point by now. I do not see any way that Heatley can put on a Senators sweater again.

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by WpgMikos on Jul 2, 2009 12:23 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

With every decision the Heatley camp makes, it becomes more difficult for him to stay in Ottawa. I’m starting to wonder if he did request a trade in private and was ignored. This pyrrhic path he’s on now seems certain to get him moved, but at the cost of his reputation around the NHL. One has to wonder if he feels forced into this by inaction from Murray prior to going public? Otherwise the decisions he’s making don’t make a lot of sense to me.

by Mark Parisi on Jul 2, 2009 1:15 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

From what I’ve heard (I think it was from TheFourthPeriod), Heatley made the request a lot earlier than when it was leaked.

by DarrenM on Jul 2, 2009 1:26 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I seriously hope that Melnyk and Murray don’t let Heatley play next season. I hope they make him sit out and watch. I hope he misses the Olympics.

I don’t care if we’re worse without him, I never want to see him in an Ottawa jersey again.

by Sensfan on Jul 2, 2009 1:45 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

we can file that in the category of "bite my nose to spite my face"

…. “we will show you Dany damn it. You spurned us and hurt our feelings. Sure you could play for us next few years and score 40 goals a season, but forget it. You hurt us. So we would rather throw fifty million dollars in the toilet. Boo hoo hoo hooo. No Dany, we will not let you hurt us again. Boo hoo hoo hooo”

Grow up ladies. If you had any testicles, what you would have and should have said to Heatley in the first place when he made his trade request is: “Ok listen here f-nuts. We have you under contract for the next five years and we expect you to honour that contract. So three points to remember from this discussion are (1) get the hell out of my office (2) get your butt on the ice and (3) play great hockey like you are paid to do. Cory Clouston is your coach so do what he says. Do not be a sh*t disturber else there will be repercussions.”

Maybe the Sens should blame themselves for all these drama queens they seem to attract because the organizational culture caters so to such dysfunctional behaviour. If you keep catering to crying babies you wind up with spoiled children. Who’s fault is that, the parents or the child?

by aagoodfella on Jul 2, 2009 6:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It really is a shame

that there isn’t a clause which would nullify the no-trade option if you request a trade. Clearly that is something you need to put into the contract prior to writing it but I wonder if contracts from now on will include this type of clause.

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by WpgMikos on Jul 2, 2009 2:03 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

What a weazel this man is upset because Murray didn’t get him a trade to where he wanted to go. Were’nt his agents also given permission to find him a trade?

If I was Melnyk I would look at legal action and the contract that they signed with Dany in good faith, we may have to cut our losses but a 4 Million bonus should not be in the loss.

Or alternatively we hang on to him, put him in the press box until the olympic team has been decided and then play him on the 4th line until he accepts a trade.

by Eado on Jul 2, 2009 6:49 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

sounds like a great way to make it to the playoffs …. but hey, might as well blow up the team just to win a pissing match with Dany Heattley

by aagoodfella on Jul 2, 2009 7:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

How is removing a guy who doesn’t want to play blowing up the team?

by Mark Parisi on Jul 2, 2009 10:33 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wake up

There’s no way we’re going to make the playoffs next year. Making one unhappy player sit isn’t “blowing up the team”. Go troll somewhere else.

by Sensfan on Jul 2, 2009 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

see my “dark days are over” response in “grading” post

by aagoodfella on Jul 2, 2009 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I would not be so sure on not making the playoffs next year, I honestly believe that with Clouston system we are going to be a difficult team to play against. Or at least an exciting team to watch, and now he has a full training camp to get the team ready also.

7th or 8th spots are certainly within our reach, dont rule us out yet either with or with out Diva the weazel Heatley. He wasn’t playing that great end of last year and the team was working and performing under Clouston I am looking forward to this season.

by Eado on Jul 2, 2009 7:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs