*-> Brian Burke the GM of the Toronto Maple Leaf's has officially gone on the record to say today that he is indeed interested in center Phil Kessel. The pick he aquired on Saturday was infact to present an offer sheet but still is undecided. The Leafs were rumored to be making a big push for Phil Kessel but Brian Burke said while the Bruins and the Leafs has had talks nothings really new. Brian Burke also went on to say that he would not be blind siding fellow GM Peter Chierelli and has remained in discusion. At this time the Leafs have stopped persuing but it may continue later on. The Bruins side has also come out of hiding and has said pretty much the same thing except that they would love to resign him but a salary cap day and age prevents it sometimes but they still have hope.
*-> The Heatley saga continues and as the clock winds down to the start of training camp in 3 days it is to be believed that Heatley may in fact remain a Sen unless one of the 3 teams can step up an offer. Heatley's agent J.P Barry has said Heatley will report to camp but still seeks a trade and knows there is interest out there. Meanwhile Bryan Murray has said he has set himself a hard deadline for which negotiations will stop with other teams and Heatley would be forced to remain a Senator till later on or after the season. The Blackhawks have been listed as another suitor but it is yet to be seen how they would be able to fit his salary in and what young players they would be willing to part with. The New York Rangers have made a slight push and is believed to be Heatleys first choice. The offer appears to be Branden Dubinsky, Michael Rosival and a pick. Finally San Jose still has some interest. Heatley right now may wish he had accepted the Oilers offer which may still be out there but for a lowered price.
*-> Mike Comrie has been rumored to be sitting on an offer from the Edmonton Oilers. While he would like to play elsewhere it is believed not much else is out there apart from Europe. The Minnesota Wild is the only other team linked to Comrie at the moment. I personally believe Ottawa may be interested if they manage to dump Heatley's salary and make Comrie take a cut.
That's it for now, No I.R news today yet and shouldn't be much to report till preseason starts but if anything pops up I'll blog it. I'm gunna also wait on doing the prospect report till next Monday as its kinda silly reporting on someone whose not even started there season yet ether. I've yet to take in a preseason CHL game. Next Monday I'll kick off the prospect report with the most likely number one draft pick this year Taylor Hall since majority people already know him fairly well. I will however have an Minor Monday report with a bit of news for you and last night I managed to watch the Rookie Sens play the Rookie Pens so I have a few reports and observations on some of the players that should be up tomorrow in addition to the regular schedule!
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That Rangers offer for Heatley is awful, thank god Murray is not caving in.
Its also nice to imagine Heatley stepping his play up to make Team Canada this winter, which would raise his value a lot.
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