you demand a trade then you get a trade but you wont waive no trade then demand 4 million bonus something stinks here

Hell to him. Send him to minor or sit him out. There is no place in professional sport for idiots like heater. I pity sens for this trouble and I pity any team that take him. I don't think anbody wants him now. NHL should take care of this immature baby that does not know what he wants. My apology if I am insulting babies, he is worse than a baby (as he has no brain at all). At least baby know what he/she wants!! Even his good friend (spaz) is frusterated with the way he handled things. Go away heater, no room in NHL for you!

Won't he have fun playing in Ottawa next year.
I wouldn't want to be in his shoes. Very messy

You all are forgetting one thing. The Sens gave him a "Contract" with those terms and both parties signed off on it. For those of you that don't work in a union setting, you just don't get it. The guy isn't asking for anything thats not in the contract and so far we have seen the Sens play teams against each other to drive up the commodities being swapped. Who knows what the exact truth is to the deadline deals falling through because we here reports that Ott was using the Edm package to pry more from the Rangers and Wild. So blame the team as well, no one told them to sign the contract which was an extension as well, which means they could have let him walk or traded him before he signed the extension if they didn't like the terms. At this point tuff shart on Ott. Don't just belive the spin, teams don't pay PR dept's for nothing.

Apparently " runnin up on ya " is a union member.
So am I.
You make it sound like union contracts are the ultimate end.
You are taking the players side as a true blue union member would. SO.
Question ?? Why is it then that when players of ALL sports sign that comtract
they always want to re-negotiate that contract 1/2 way thru ?????
I don't see where they recognize the contract at that time.
If they can't force a new contract, they start playing games by holding out.
I never hear of the teams wanting to renegotiate, only players.
Also the players, when signing any contract, sign with the
knowledge that, in most cases, they can be cut or released.
In Heatleys case, I would take my losses, suit him up every game
and sit him on the end of the bench as the sub goalie does. He plays
in no games and gathers no goals, no assists- - He gathers nothing but rust.
Then give him away in the last week of the season for a 5th round pick
to the last place team overall at that time

I would certainly like to hear Heatley's side of this fiasco. All we are hearing from is management and there are two sides to every story!

well to the first few comments about the bonus, he would have gotten the bonus from whichever team he got traded to, because they would be taking over his contract,all bonuses included. i know that my team was in the running for heatley for a while, but his 'character' is what ultimately caused us not to trade for him. he is a great player, no question about that but i feel bad for the sens fans...first they had to deal with emery, now this joker. gonna be hard to move him, especially for the price murray is asking. also, overall i dont think that there is room for the 'no trade clause' in pro sports, i mean thats ridiculous. and u see it more and more these days.

RE: "You all are forgetting one thing. The Sens gave him a "Contract" with those terms and both parties signed off on it. For those of you that don't work in a union setting, you just don't get it. The guy isn't asking for anything thats not in the contract".......... Teams should be able to expect players to honour their contracts. If Heatley wants
out ( that's not in the contract), he's not keeping up his part of the bargain.. If he wants to keep his No-Movement clause, then he has no right to demand a trade.

The Oil can't trade for Heatley now because the fans won't put up with it. He'd be booed out of the rink and being the whiner he seems to be, he'd probably walk out on the Oilers too. They should keep Cogliano and forget Heatley. On the other hand, the Oilers can't sign star wingers because none of them want to be treated like Comrie or Ryan Smyth or Peter Sykora. They simply don't want to work for Oiler President Kevin Lowe. Until he's gone, same old same old...lets see Pronger, Spacek, Peca ,Comrie, Smyth, Sykora, Glencross, Laracque, Smith, Stoll on and on it goes and the team gets worse and worse. They all liked the city and the fans (well,... maybe not Comrie but he was trashed by Lowe in the media) but ended up not wanting anything to do with Lowe's organization. It's not that these player left, players move around, I think it's why they left and how they were treated that's given the Oilers such a bad rep among other players.The Heatley thing is just one more in a long line of Oiler managerial blunders. They had to play with 8 rookies or 2nd year players last year because they're the only ones Lowe can get to play for him except for, of course, Dustin, the Pilsbury Dough Boy, Penner who he paid 4.5 mil last year to be a 4th liner , more managerial brilliance there! And, of course, now Cogliano and Smid feel like second class Oilers just waiting to be traded. Can they screw up worse than this....stay tuned for the next installment of the Kevin Lowe Comedy Hour!

Your forgetting he's getting paid $7 million bucks to play hockey, not work on a construction site or have an office job. He is a spoiled athlete that should try to show a little loyalty to a team that gave him a second chance after his DUI killed a guy. Not to mention that the economy is in the [profane]ter and he's making $7M. Alot of people don't like their boss (coach). Deal with it. When my boss wants me to do something I don't ask to be traded to another firm. You'd figure he'd be happy just playing the game he loves. I know I would. F you Dany Heatley. You are an amazing athlete but an absolute [profane]. I'd rather have Sean Avery on my team then you.

Well iam pretty sure it was good old Bryan Murray that leaked it to the press that all that was holding up the deal was heatly. For a couple reasons, one it makes Heatly look more like a baby and the senators better for getting rid of him, Secondly if they were looking for teams to step up and make a better offer making it public knowledge is a great way to spark some interest say if the rangers or the sharks really wanted him they could step up and make an offer knowing what the other team was offering so that they didnt have to offer too much. It would be great an auction if you knew how high the other guy was going to go. Now the oilers are stuck with three players that they have made it public they would part with or a public relations nightmare if heatly finally decides to come to edmonton, because fans like B Sher will never let it go that heatly said no. To be fair to B Sher he did say No twice. But B Sher Sykora left because the oilers didnt offer him a contract, Stoll was traded and Lowe if he is guilty of anything with Pronger it was actually Trading pronger to a team he requested to go to. Pronger didnt have a no trade clause he could have sent him any where, instead he was handcuffed in only looking at a few teams who of course could low ball him compared to a 30 team market. Finally dont bring up George Laraque in this discussion, he came out once and said near a trade deadline that if the oilers wanted to trade him he would retire from hockey, then demanded a no trade clause from Edmonton. The Coyotes ended up signing him and he was gone by the end of the year to Pittsburgh. For a guy that refused in his last years in edmonton to even do his job, actually fight that takes balls

the profane in the previous comment was supposed to be BEYOTCH!

Smart move Dany. Now come on over, take the Oilers to the playoffs! Goodbye and good riddance to the young fabulous and UNDERPERFORMING kids.

To No. 12 No, you won't get trated to another firm but you can leave anytime you want to and your boss can't do a damn thing about it. That's the difference vetween a union contract (players with league) and a personal contract (players with team).

It used to be that the majority of hockey players were considered mainstream type of personalties, but more and more these players want to be pampered, want to be bigger than the sport in some instances or want to demonstrate that greed associated with acquiring more wealth is still alive in these tough times. This NHL routine of giving more (length of terms or monetary value) than the market should dictate saddles even the best of clubs and their overall judgement.
Maybe a new class of GM's is called for-maybe a younger class with a more better grip on todays economy- maybe a younger crowd that can stand firm when common sense should prevail. GM's today are too soft.

I just heard a rumor that the New York Rangers have just signed Kiovu and traded Artisemov and Corey Potter
to Ottawa for Dany Heatley and it won't be announced till after the holiday weekend. I heard from a pretty reliable
source @ WFAN-NY.

frankenberry
great news accept it doesn't work well cap wise with the RFA's that still need to be signed. so we will see. if true Artem Anissimov and Cory Potter for Heatly is a fleecing.
BTW, are you the same frankenberry that was on WPDH?

@ 5 4 fighting
+1

Stupid drunk driving murderer biting the hand that feeds...I guess it should be expected.

People turn the page.... Give this guy a break... the accident was just that and I'm sure Heatley will never forget it. Send him to the Canucks....Atleast you can't drive sportcars in the rain.

It's nice to see how players hate Edmonton...

i wouldnt trade him and make him play for the Sens. he dosnt show up then just dont pay him.

Heatly, the whiner doesn't want to be here, so Sign up kotalik who does want to stay. How hard is that to figure out?