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Rick Carpiniello: "Heatley Is Coming To The Rangers Tonight"
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Written by Ryan McFadden   
Tuesday, 30 June 2009 16:47

via Rangers Report

UPDATED, 5:31 P.M.: I’ve been told that Heatley is coming to the Rangers tonight. Not sure what the Rangers are giving up to get him, but they can fit him under the cap now.

Well Big Rick has retracted his previous post. According to him Edmonton looks to be the front-runner and the Rangers appear to be done for the night. I still don't think a deal will get done with Edmonton. Nik Zheredv is much more appealing than the more expensive and less productive Dustin Penner. We'll know by midnight tonight if the Rangers are serious about Heater.

Now it sounds as if the Rangers are done for the night—I was wondering why they had the Glen Sather conference call so early. And if they are done for the night, that probably means they are done in the dealing for Dany Heatley.

Earlier I said it looked like it was getting done. Apparently what I was actually hearing but not comprehending was the Gomez deal going down. Sorry about that.

But once Ottawa makes that $4 million bonus payment to Heatley, I’m pretty sure there is no reason for the Senators to trade him … or to do it any time soon. So I assume the Sens will make a deal with Edmonton or some other team by midnight tonight.

And, again, Glen Sather should be applauded if he refused to give in on one of his valued younger players in a deal for Heatley when he had Ottawa over a barrel. With the cap space he opened up by dealing Gomez, Sather can be a player in free agency today and get some offense without giving up anything.

Or he can get something better than Heatley (Vinny Lecavalier?) with those assets.

Maybe I’m misreading this, too. Maybe it’s possible the Rangers will reimburse the Senators for the $4 million if they can get a deal done another time. But I think Ottawa will trade Heatley tonight, and now I think he won’t be coming to New York



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written by The Cycle, July 01, 2009
According to Bob McKenzie, Ottawa is actually interested in Dustin Penner so the argument that Zherdev is more appealing might not be the case for Bryan Murray.
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written by TMR, July 01, 2009
Well since McKenzie was right about Gomez and the Habs, some weight has to be put on that. I'm not sure I understand why they like Penner more. He's more expensive, has a long contract, and hasn't been very effective.
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written by AJ, July 01, 2009
major bummer....if the rangers could have gotten heatley for zherdev, rozival and a couple picks, the money for heatley would have offset with roz/zherdev contracts and they still could have used the gomez money to get hossa, gaborik, cammillari, or havlat

plus wouldn't a line of heatley callahan and dubinsky be pretty cool?
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written by TMR, July 01, 2009
I'll be pretty upset if the Rangers go for Hossa, Cam, or Havlat. Unless Gab signs a one year deal, no thanks.

I still think they're in on Heatley.
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written by AJ, July 01, 2009
good point that they still might be in on heatley.....doesn't make sense not to keep trying for him if he's exactly what they need.....i'll be upset if they throw buckets of money at hossa and havlat, or a 35+y/o like kouivu....but cammalleri wouldn't be that bad and gaborik would be great at a one or even two year deal.......i still want heatley tho

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