http://www.chuqui.com/2009/11/looking-at-the-dany-heatley-trade/ I'll keep reinventing myself until I get it right. (3.2 2009-11-21) Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:36:03 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.chuqui.com/2009/11/looking-at-the-dany-heatley-trade/comment-page-1/#comment-3164 John E. Cook Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:43:15 +0000 http://www.chuqui.com/?p=4964#comment-3164 The Heatley trade always made me excited and I never had any of the doubts creep in that so many folks voiced. The reason? 'Heater' wanted to be here in San Jose. This of course was handled all wrong in Ottawa and has resulted in a backlash against Heatley by the Canadian press and fans. If I was Heatley I'd do the same thing, find my way to San Jose. Douglas Wilson was simply brilliant this off-season. Promised major changes (that the local sports press interpreted as trading Marleau or Nabokov or Thornton) But no! Wilson saw his errors in bringing in too many grey beards simply because they had a cup on their resume. Wilson also looked at the culture of the team and while he will not admit it he flushed out many of the European players in exchange for hard working solid journeymen North Americans. In an Olympic year too. To add Heatley while keeping Marleau, Thornton, Blake, Boyle, and Nabber was brilliant. It's early for sure, but this team has a championship feel to it, or at least a 3rd round final 4 look and a chance for season ticket holders to see the team improve and provide some big time fun at the tank this year and into the playoffs. Cheers! =J.E. Cook The Heatley trade always made me excited and I never had any of the doubts creep in that so many folks voiced. The reason? 'Heater' wanted to be here in San Jose. This of course was handled all wrong in Ottawa and has resulted in a backlash against Heatley by the Canadian press and fans. If I was Heatley I'd do the same thing, find my way to San Jose. Douglas Wilson was simply brilliant this off-season. Promised major changes (that the local sports press interpreted as trading Marleau or Nabokov or Thornton) But no! Wilson saw his errors in bringing in too many grey beards simply because they had a cup on their resume. Wilson also looked at the culture of the team and while he will not admit it he flushed out many of the European players in exchange for hard working solid journeymen North Americans. In an Olympic year too. To add Heatley while keeping Marleau, Thornton, Blake, Boyle, and Nabber was brilliant. It's early for sure, but this team has a championship feel to it, or at least a 3rd round final 4 look and a chance for season ticket holders to see the team improve and provide some big time fun at the tank this year and into the playoffs. Cheers! =J.E. Cook

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