NHL Trade - Heatley for Hossa

ClaytonN · #1 08-23-2005, 07:28 PM

Atlanta gets Senators top scorer Hossa in return for Heatley. Heatley cited a need for a change in environment, and I don't necessarily blame him.

Atlanta is going to be soooooooo stacked now.

bugstud · #2 08-23-2005, 10:06 PM

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Atlanta gets Senators top scorer Hossa in return for Heatley. Heatley cited a need for a change in environment, and I don't necessarily blame him.

Atlanta is going to be soooooooo stacked now.

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meh Hossa is a slightly higher scoring less physical version of heatley that is older and more expensive

Clarkmeister · #3 08-23-2005, 10:11 PM

What does this have to do with fantasy football?

Weatherhead03 · #4 08-23-2005, 10:58 PM

Heatley's better, cheaper, younger and a Canadian now playing in Canada.

Triumph36 · #5 08-23-2005, 11:29 PM

Heatley's better? Hossa's been a big-time scorer on one of the best teams in the East. Heatley's put up big numbers for a bad team. Huge difference.

It was time for Hossa to leave Ottawa, and I think Ottawa got the right player back. It was definitely time for Heatley to leave Atlanta, and they got great value back for him. I don't know about that team in the playoffs, and with Pasi Nurminen's rumored retirement I don't know if they will make it there, but they will be exciting to watch in the regular season.

MrFeelNothin · #6 08-23-2005, 11:45 PM

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Heatley's better? Hossa's been a big-time scorer on one of the best teams in the East. Heatley's put up big numbers for a bad team. Huge difference.

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Yes you are right. There is a huge difference. It is much harder to put up those kind of numbers with the pathetic supporting cast in Atlanta. Look at the players surrounding Hossa in Ottawa and compare them to Heatley's linemates. Other than Kovalchuk, there is noone there.

Plus Heatley is two years younger.

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It was time for Hossa to leave Ottawa.

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Once again, you have it backwards. Hossa didn't kill anyone.

rusty JEDI · #7 08-24-2005, 12:06 AM

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This is a typo right?

rJ

Weatherhead03 · #8 08-24-2005, 12:09 AM

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This is a typo right?

rJ

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nh

Triumph36 · #9 08-24-2005, 07:39 AM

No - this is a common fallacy held by NHL fans. While at first, you'd think a mediocre supporting cast does make it difficult to put up good numbers, the fact that the Thrashers played in a lot of uncompetitive games and the fact that *someone* has to score goals, as well as the fact that since they have no one else, they're going to be throwing Heatley out there 20 minutes a game. Ottawa, who has four good lines, is not going to play Hossa as much as Atlanta does Heatley.

Marian Hossa had Alfredsson and Havlat on his team, but neither of them were out on the ice when Hossa was. And his left wings and centers were not very good on Ottawa - Arvedson or MacEachern for LW, Bonk or White for center. Imagine if Hossa had a very good center.

bugstud · #10 08-24-2005, 07:49 AM

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No - this is a common fallacy held by NHL fans. While at first, you'd think a mediocre supporting cast does make it difficult to put up good numbers, the fact that the Thrashers played in a lot of uncompetitive games and the fact that *someone* has to score goals, as well as the fact that since they have no one else, they're going to be throwing Heatley out there 20 minutes a game. Ottawa, who has four good lines, is not going to play Hossa as much as Atlanta does Heatley.

Marian Hossa had Alfredsson and Havlat on his team, but neither of them were out on the ice when Hossa was. And his left wings and centers were not very good on Ottawa - Arvedson or MacEachern for LW, Bonk or White for center. Imagine if Hossa had a very good center.

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and who the hell will that be on the thrashers?