Oh Dear God No....

I remember reading some Heatley rumors from about a month ago that described a swap of the major contracts of Heatley and Campbell. Although we already seem a little weak on the backside, I wouldn’t be completely opposed to this trade, just because Healtey’s money goes down every couple years and his contract is also 2 years shorter than Campbell’s. I also would have no problem with a move that gets us Marleau obviously, but I highly doubt either of happening.

Is if it resulted in Marleau heading here. We can’t afford Heatley while resigning Toews, Kane, and Duncan. I’m wondering what The Sens would be looking for in return…I bet it’s Seabrook.

Of all possible trades/moves, I’d much rather have a big responsible defenseman brought in so that Johnson, Hendry, and Sopel can fight it out for 7th spot instead of 6th.

Considering what we’d have to lose to get Heatley, nope, I’m not taking it. No way, never. Last thing we need is Heatley driving other Hawks to work. Yes, that’s in bad taste, I know, I can’t help it.

There’s my vote. Speaking of votes and bidding wars, looks like Balsillie has fattened that big carrot he keeps dangling in the face of Glendale. He’s raised the offer a further $30 million to a total of $242.5 mil. Fresh story in this morning’s Globe & Mail. Check it;

I find the details of a Heatley trade to Chicago a little sketchy considering there is nothing on TSN.ca or Sportsnet.ca so there may be little truth to this rumour. In fact after reading about this rumour I quickly turned it on the Team 1200 here in Ottawa and they are mentioning nothing about Chicago as a likely suitor for Heatley’s services. It does appear that San Jose is “upping the anti” with the possibility of Vlasic along with Marleau coming to Ottawa in exchange for Heatley and Karlsson (Ottawa’s 1st round pick in 2008) but nothing has been reported as a ‘Done Deal’ but in all likelihood it could be done soon.
As for Campbell going for Heatley? the Sens want to replace Heatley with a goal-scorer that can also play two-ways so this scenario seems highly unlikely, however though a trade for Campbell to Ottawa would not be out of the question for there is some interst here in Ottawa for a QB D-man for the PP especially if Campoli and/or Karlsson cannot do the job. The Senators would have no problem eating up that contract if their PP once again becomes enemic and would be willing to offer up Volchenkov, who plays a similar style to Kronwall and (I believe) has one year remaining on his current contract. So a trade like this would work for both teams and serve both teams needs.