http://www.mcsorleys-stick.com/2009/09/the-hockey-experts-say-ottawa-lost-out-in-the-heatley-deal-im-just-glad-hes-not-an-oiler-cult-of-hockey/ Fact or opinion? Exactly. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.mcsorleys-stick.com/2009/09/the-hockey-experts-say-ottawa-lost-out-in-the-heatley-deal-im-just-glad-hes-not-an-oiler-cult-of-hockey/#comment-173 wavesinair Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:22:56 +0000 http://kwisp.wordpress.com/?p=2167#comment-173 as far as heatley goes, i had no interest whatsoever. especially if he is dense. i guess i just think we could have done better in the FA market. our record of getting dinged up, aging players who come through for us is not good at all. williams, smyth, and now stoll possibly being a bust. these are all big question marks for me and they are going to be a huge part of whether this team succeeds this year…or not.

]]> http://www.mcsorleys-stick.com/2009/09/the-hockey-experts-say-ottawa-lost-out-in-the-heatley-deal-im-just-glad-hes-not-an-oiler-cult-of-hockey/#comment-172 quisp Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:04:23 +0000 http://kwisp.wordpress.com/?p=2167#comment-172 You’re right, of course. The thing is, the Kings are trending up, while the Oilers are trending down. The Oilers are in disarray; the Kings are singular in purpose (whether you believe in that purpose is another matter, of course). And, yes, the Kings MUST finish ahead of Edmonton this year, or all of our cliches will have to be re-evaluated. As far as “incorporating a top notch sniper,” that depends on the sniper. Hopefully we can grow one ourselves (Moller and Loktionov are excellent candidates, and Purcell is a very good one). Getting one in trade, a la Heatley, is tricky (even without the Heatley baggage issue). If you have to give up Frolov to get Heatley, I am quite sure that doesn’t help us one bit. As for “withstanding a little bit of ego,” there are many different flavors of ego. Heatley, frankly, seems stupid, literally not that bright. That strikes me as problematic.

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