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Posted: Jul 1st 2009 12:45 AM ET by Adam Gretz (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Oilers, Senators, NHL Fans
Dany Heatley put the Senators in a rather difficult position earlier this offseason when he surprisingly requested a trade out of Ottawa. General manager Bryan Murray, naturally, worked to make that request a reality, and after several weeks of rumors and speculation, it appeared as if the two-time 50-goal scorer was finally traded to the Edmonton Oilers late Tuesday night for the somewhat underwhelming return of Andrew Cogliano, Dustin Penner and Ladislav Smid.
Apparently, Edmonton wasn't good enough of a destination for Heatley,
as he ultimately rejected the deal by refusing to waive his no-trade clause after hours of waiting (which led to fans
losing their collective minds on the Hockey's Future message boads).
To recap: Heatley
requests trade, Senators
trade him, Heatley
rejects trade. Yeah. That seems about right.
Posted: Jun 19th 2009 2:00 PM ET by Adam Gretz (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Bruins, Canadiens, Maple Leafs, Sabres, Senators
It's officially the offseason, meaning the time is right to look into the future. We begin our division-by-division preview of the potential wheeling and dealing with the Northeast Division.
Brian Burke begins his rebuild of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Dany Heatley wants out of Ottawa and just what is Boston going to do with Phil Kessel and a limited amount of salary cap space?
Posted: Jun 18th 2009 3:30 PM ET by Bruce Ciskie (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Canadiens, Rangers, Senators, Red Wings, NHL Awards
The real NHL awards will be handed out Thursday night in Las Vegas, so FanHouse decided to hand out its own special awards for the 2008-09 season. It takes a special player to get paid a lot of money. In the salary cap era, you expect guys who are signed to big-money deals to produce. When they disappear into the Witness Protection Program, it's usually a notable occurrence. With that said, we present nominees for the 2008-2009 Witness Protection Award, and boy do we have some options to pick from.
Posted: Jun 4th 2009 10:30 AM ET by Adam Gretz (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Flyers, Senators, NHL Free Agency

Heading into the offseason, the
Philadelphia Flyers have, roughly, $42 million committed to 11 players for the 2009-10 season, and none of those players happen to be a goaltender. That's because the team's two-headed monster from this past season,
Martin Biron and
Antero Niittymaki, is eligible for unrestricted free agency, and there's really not a long-term solution banging down the door in the pipeline to the
NHL.
Put it all together, and
it leads to the news we heard on Wednesday that the team is interested in signing free agent goalie
Ray Emery this offseason.
Posted: Apr 16th 2009 12:30 PM ET by Kevin Schultz (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Senators, NHL Rumors

When the Senators acquired
Mike Comrie and
Chris Campoli before the trade deadline, some of the talk surrounding the trade wasn't about the players themselves. Since the Senators were out of the playoff race at the time some of the discussion revolved around Comrie's significant other,
Hillary Duff. Duff could almost always been seen at the Coliseum when Comrie was an Islander and is now a fixture at Scotiabank Place.
Around the same time, music star
Carrie Underwood began dating
Mike Fisher and started showing up at games. Now,
Sports Illustrated is reporting that the Senators have added another famous lady to their All-Star lineup of WAGs.
Posted: Apr 8th 2009 11:25 AM ET by Adam Gretz (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Senators, NHL Coaching

It's been a disappointing season for the Ottawa Senators as they find themselves out of the NHL playoff picture for the first time in 11 years. As a result, the team is on its fourth head coach --
Cory Clouston -- since a Stanley Cup Final appearance in 2007.
On Wednesday, the team announced that Clouston has signed a two-year contract extension to remain as the Senators head coach.