Since both GM’s involved in the Dany Heatley trade that John Buccigross of ESPN broke last night are strongly denying that there is any deal in place, the question is: what’s next for Heatley and the Senators?
If Trade Isn’t Happening, Heatley Welcome Back in Ottawa
Captain Daniel Alfredsson, who said earlier in the week that a trade would be the “best scenario,” said that Heatley would be welcomed back in the Senators’ locker room, on one small condition: he is willing to work hard. Alfredsson, speaking at charity golf event in Ottawa, went on to say that regardless of what happens, the situation is going to be a distraction. From the Ottawa Citizen:
“It’s going to be a distraction,” Alfredsson acknowledged. “You’d much rather not have it of course, but at the same time it’s part of the business…and when you’re playing like we did last year, when you’re struggling, it’s a distraction to answer the same questions every day as well.“Eric Duhatschek at the Globe and Mail believes that Healtey will need to do more than just work harder to mend his relationship with the Senators. His words:
It is a stalemate, an impasse and you’d have to think the only way it gets resolved is for Murray and Heatley to have a one-on-one heart-to-heart meeting in the next few days with [Ottawa GM Bryan] Murray laying it on the line. He’ll advise him to him to come to work every day, play hard, say nothing publicly about his “diminished” role on the team and do whatever it takes to restore his reputation as a top player in the NHL Meanwhile, Buccigross, who has taken a lot of heat for reporting what Sharks GM Doug Wilson called “an absolute fabrication,” believes that a deal might still yet be done. From Yahoo!‘s Puck Daddy:
So I was surprised when it hasn’t come through tonight. Now, things are complicated, there could be other parts to it, but I still believe he will be moved. But it appears, as I was told, is not going to happen tonight anyway.
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