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Ottawa Senators 2009-10 Season Preview

Last season was an unmitigated disaster in Ottawa and that disaster extended all the way through the summer in the form of the Dany Heatley trade demand.  After beginning the 2008/09 season with Craig Hartsburg behind the bench and a lot of optimism, the Senators faltered early and did not take well to Hartsburg’s tough-love [...]

Posted by Richard Pollock in Columns,Ottawa Senators,Season Previews on September 22, 2009

Analyzing the Dany Heatley Deal

Now that Dany Heatley has finally been traded to San Jose, let’s take a second to analyze a trade that seemingly took all summer to complete. First off, it was clear last week and is now that the Sharks’ trade of Christian Ehrhoff was made to create cap space for a future deal.  Rumor had [...]

Posted by Richard Pollock in Columns,Editorials,Ottawa Senators,San Jose Sharks on September 12, 2009

Heatley Talks

Heatley explains the reasons for his trade demand, but are they believeable?

Posted by Richard Pollock in Ottawa Senators on August 21, 2009

Oilers withdraw Heatley trade offer

From Allen Panzeri of the Ottawa Citizen: The Edmonton Oilers are pulling out of the Dany Heatley sweepstakes. General manager Steve Tambellini was expected make that announcement in a conference call with journalists later Friday. Heatley, the disgruntled Ottawa Senators forward, twice refused to waive his no-trade clause to complete a trade that would have [...]

Posted by Richard Pollock in Edmonton Oilers,Ottawa Senators on July 31, 2009