Danny Heatley vs. the trades

Dany Heatley’s started this season at a blazing scoring pace with 5 goals and 10 points in just 5 games.  As such, I thought it would be interesting to compare his scoring pace with the two forward players from the failed Oilers trade (Penner, Cogliano) as well as the two players actually acquired from San Jose (Cheecho0, Michalek).  I’ll rely on David Staples over at The Edmonton Journal’s Cult of Hockey blog to continue on during the rest of this season with his Heatley Trade Analyzer.

Ducks vs. Oilers defencemen?

Former Duck/Oiler...CP

One question that Ducks’ fans might be asking themselves is how their defencemen look following the loss of Chris Pronger in a trade earlier this summer.  Chris Pronger is a player which the Oilers and Ducks obviously have in common as he’s played for both teams.  The Anaheim Ducks have added Brett Festerling, Nick Boyton, Steve Eminger, and Luca Sbisa to their roster of defencemen this summer.  Given that Chris Pronger has passed through both towns–more recently Anaheim, I thought it would be interesting to compare both team’s defencemen at even strength with ESTR.  Further, the Oilers have just over $22.8 millon in cap space tied up on their top 7 defencemen from last season.  To Oilers’ fans, their defencemen are considered to be one of the stronger components of our team going into next season.

A, B, Not Patrick Marleau, D, E

 

Where did my 'C' go?

 

The San Jose Sharks are noting that changes are in store, perhaps, in response to their disappointing second season this year.  With widely publicized cap constraints, the San Jose Sharks GM, Doug Wilson, has been about as active as Steve Tambelleni this off season so far in terms of roster changes.  The Sharks have been rumored to not only be a preferred destination for Dany Heatley, but they’ve also had their name in the hat for a potential Heatley trade.  Most of these NHL trade rumors involving the San Jose Sharks for Dany Heatley have involved the Montreal Canadians as a potential 3rd partner in the trade.