Today Bryan Murray moved Alex Auld to the Dallas Stars for a sixth round pick in 2010. What does that mean? Well, a couple of things. The Senators can now have Elliott up full time to backup Pascal Leclaire for 30-35 games which will do wonders for the kid's development. It also means that the Senators dropped additional salary ($1mil to be exact) and are closer to getting the club under the salary cap.
Meanwhile, Alex Kovalev wants to reach out to Dany Heatley and asked the pissy winger to stay. Kovalev wants to be a team player and not be the torch carrier in Ottawa, which speaks volumes about his character. I could have been wrong, but one day does not entirely convince me that Kovalev will hold to his word. However, Bryan Murray and owner Eugene Melnyk have postured that Heatley is staying in Ottawa unless a stellar deal comes through. In that idea and should Kovalev be successful in his attempts to convince the superstar to tough it out, the Senators still need to drop some salary to get under the cap. Moreover, Murray likes being a few million under so that he can add a part in the mid-season point ... Count on more changes and soon.
How do you feel about Heatley staying? Check the poll!
- BigW
ps. Most likely that $1mil dump will be offered to Elliott as he is a RFA still.
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I'd much rather we have Kovalev play LW on the top line (he's a left shot) and move Heatley to get some real secondary scoring.
As much as I hate Heatley now, I have to say I will have no problem with him staying. our offense will be lethal should we have both Heatley and Kovalev. However, I would like this circus show to end and for someone to come out and say whether he's staying or not
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