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Dany Heatley dichotomy: Minnesota Wild MVP in a disappointing season
April 13
St. Paul Pioneer Press
 
"Dany Heatley's first season in Minnesota, after which coach Mike Yeo called the forward the Wild's most valuable player, qualified as a disappointment when measured against just about everything in Heatley's past. And that's the tricky thing about being him. Heatley led the Wild in goals (24), points (53), power-play goals (eight) and shots (238). He was the only forward to play more than 60 games and finish with a positive plus-minus rating. Heatley played every game, shuttling between lines as Mikko Koivu and Devin Setoguchi missed time, and battled through injuries to log his most minutes since 2006-07, when he was a 27-year-old scoring 50 goals for Ottawa. But when you have two 50-goal"
Minnesota Wild MVP? Probably Dany Heatley, Mike Yeo says
April 10
St. Paul Pioneer Press
 
"The Wild's goals (24) and points (53) leader this season was Dany Heatley, but coach Mike Yeo said Heatley supplied more than offense to the lineup and was probably Minnesota's most valuable player. Yeo quickly learned during his first season as Wild coach to appreciate the little things Heatley brings. "I can go on for an awful long time about the pleasure that I had working with Dany Heatley," Yeo said. "The guy shows up and competes day after day. He pays a price; he goes to the hard areas." Yeo said Heatley's numbers are deceiving because the Wild were without center and linemate Mikko Koivu for 27 games - mostly because of a shoulder injury - plus others who could have helped Heatley"
Heatley's line running on all cylinders
February 6
Minneapolis Star Tribune
 
"For five games now, it seems every single time the Dany Heatley-Kyle Brodziak-Nick Johnson line hops the boards, the puck enters the offensive zone, the opponent is hemmed in for long stretches and the trio generates oodles of scoring chances. Heatley, in particular, has been jumpstarted in a way Wild fans have waited for since he was traded to Minnesota last July. Well, captain Mikko Koivu, Heatley's linemate from Day 1, is close to returning from a shoulder injury, maybe as early as Tuesday in Columbus. What to do? What to do? Thursday morning in Denver, when asked if he would keep the Heatley-Brodziak-Johnson line intact, coach Mike Yeo was noncommittal. After Saturday's 2-1 shootout"
Minnesota Wild counting on Dany Heatley to pick up his scoring
January 19
St. Paul Pioneer Press
 
"When the Wild traded Martin Havlat to San Jose for forward Dany Heatley last offseason, they made the move for a bold and singular reason: to score more goals. Heatley, who will turn 32 on Saturday, was acquired to bring a shot of adrenaline to an offense that scored fewer goals than any team in the Western Conference last season. When the big winger arrived, the Wild already had sent their top defenseman, Brent Burns, to San Jose in a draft-day deal for Devin Setoguchi, who was brought in for the same reason. They were remaking their top line in an effort to cure one of the team's long-standing needs, and the forwards' jobs seemed simple. As it turns out, though, they haven't been."
Heatley shoots, he ... doesn't score much
January 10
Minneapolis Star Tribune
 columnist Chip Scoggins
"Dany Heatley scored 26 goals for the San Jose Sharks last season and described it as a "bad year all the way through." Halfway through his debut season with the Wild, Heatley is on pace to score 26 goals again, but nobody inside the organization seems overly concerned. Why? "Everybody probably came into the season saying he's going to score 50 goals for us," coach Mike Yeo said. "But the thing I would say is he's been very consistent. He's been getting chances every game. He's a great pro the way he comes to the rink and leads our group every game. And every day he's playing a very responsible two-way game.""
Wild off to hot start despite low production from former San Jose Sharks
December 6
San Jose Mercury News
 
"When Dany Heatley and Devin Setoguchi were dealt last summer from the Sharks to the Minnesota Wild, they supposedly were being traded down from a Stanley Cup contender to a rebuilding franchise. So much for conventional wisdom. Minnesota, which makes its second appearance of the season at HP Pavilion on Tuesday night, is off to the best start in its 11-year history and is the NHL's most surprising team with a 17-7-3 record. While the two former Sharks forwards have yet to provide their expected offensive punch, it hasn't mattered. "Every newspaper picked us last," Heatley said. "All the preseason ratings dismissed us. But from Day 1 there's been an attitude that we can win here. It's a"
Wild weighing line changes with Mikko Koivu-Dany Heatley duo sputtering
November 15
St. Paul Pioneer Press
 
"Wild players as well as the team's coaching staff had good and not-so-good things to think about during a day of traveling Monday from Anaheim, Calif., to Columbus. Mikko Koivu likely was wondering where his scoring touch has gone. And coach Mike Yeo admitted he has considered breaking up his $15 million duo, Koivu and Dany Heatley. Although this is a team that defeated the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 Sunday to move to the top of the Northwest Division for the first time in nearly three years, as well as inch into third place in the Western Conference, not all is rosy with Minnesota's NHL team. Start with Koivu, who has grown visibly uneasy with the fact he has only one goal in 17 games and even"
Wild snatch victory from near-certain defeat in Edmonton
October 21
St. Paul Pioneer Press
 
"The Wild came up with one of the most dramatic wins of the season Thursday night at Rexall Place. Unable to score through 59 minutes, 58.8 seconds, Minnesota somehow defeated the Edmonton Oilers 2-1 in a shootout. Dany Heatley scored the tying goal with 1.2 seconds left in regulation to force overtime after coach Mike Yeo pulled goaltender Niklas Backstrom for an extra attacker. "To snatch two points from the jaws of defeat there, it was a pretty good feeling," Yeo said. The Wild did it short-handed, too; they were without center Mikko Koivu and defenseman Greg Zanon for much of the third period - Koivu because of a big cut in his chin when he was hit by Heatley's skate blade and Zanon"
Former Senator Dany Heatley expects a rude reception in return to Ottawa
October 11
St. Paul Pioneer Press
 
"For Dany Heatley, it's all about going to Ottawa to try to procure two points tonight and salvage the Wild's two-game trip. Heatley, like the rest of Minnesota's team, absorbed a 2-1 loss to the New York Islanders on Monday afternoon at Nassau Coliseum. Like his teammates, Heatley now must turn his attention to a game against the Senators. Unlike his teammates, Heatley will be playing in a city in which people have burned replicas of his jersey and did an about-face with their adulation after the two-time 50-goal scorer asked out."
Time for Heatley haters to move on
October 10
Ottawa Citizen
 columnist Ken Warren
"He's baaaaaack. How nice of Dany Heatley to return to town with the Minnesota Wild and help the Ottawa Senators kick off their 20th season on Tuesday night. The only thing better would be for Heatley to join hands with Alexei Yashin at centre ice so fans could let loose with their abuse. Heatley and Yashin — or Yashin and Heatley, if you prefer — rank first and second on the all-time, all-star villain list as the Senators franchise ends its second decade. So, boo away, if you want. Dust off those Dany Hately shirts."
Minnesota Wild's No. 1 line truly worthy of the status
October 7
St. Paul Pioneer Press
 columnist Bruce Brothers
"Goaltender Josh Harding and winger Dany Heatley stood head to head near the end of a recent Wild practice. A whistle had sounded and most players skated toward the sideboards for a water break, but not Harding and Heatley. The puck was on Heatley's stick. Harding crouched in front of Heatley, the glove on his right hand at the ready. Heatley deftly slid the puck to his right, to his left, back to his right and back to his left. He whipped a bull's-eye of a shot under Harding's glove and into the corner of the net. Then both players glided over to the water bottles, Harding delivering a little rap on Heatley's shin pads with his big goalie stick in mock frustration. "He has some good"
Dany Heatley: Risk and reward
October 7
Minneapolis Star Tribune
 
"As Dany Heatley sits, sweat dripping from his curly hair, he looks around the locker room with a playful grin. Heatley is always chirping, always tossing barbs. So you just know he's waiting for his next target to walk through the door. His smile grows wider as Niklas Backstrom enters. "Boy, was I good today, eh, Backy?" Heatley says with a wink. Backstrom removes his mask and fires back, "Just trying to give you confidence, Heater, but what happened to you in the second half of practice?" Heatley laughs hard. Like prizefighters, the Wild's new sniper and the Wild goaltender go jab for jab the next three minutes. It has been three months since Heatley was blindsided by the trade"
Former Sharks Dany Heatley, Devin Setoguchi to debut tonight for Wild
September 23
St. Paul Pioneer Press
 
"Finally. Dany Heatley and Devin Setoguchi, the key ingredients of a retooled Wild lineup, will make their first appearances tonight when they hook up on a line with captain Mikko Koivu for Minnesota's exhibition home opener against the Columbus Blue Jackets. Even coach Mike Yeo is eager for the unveiling. "Everyone's wondering when Mikko and Heater and Seto are going to get out there," he said the other day. "We would definitely like for those guys to make their debut at home, in front of our home crowd. I think our fans are excited about seeing those guys on the ice, and rightfully so. I am, too." Yeo took a younger squad to St. Louis for Thursday night's exhibition game against the"
Newcomer Dany Heatley to keep his familiar No. 15 with Wild
September 17
St. Paul Pioneer Press
 
"Newcomer Dany Heatley will wear No. 15 for the Wild, as he has since he enrolled at the University of Wisconsin 12 years ago. Heatley wore No. 12 in junior hockey and was promised the same number with the Badgers but said a fourth-year senior had that number "so I wasn't getting 12." He took 15 and has worn it since. This season will be the second time Heatley took over No. 15 from Andrew Brunette, who left the Wild as a free agent over the summer and signed with the Chicago Blackhawks. When Heatley joined the Atlanta Thrashers in 2001, he also claimed that number after Brunette departed Atlanta to come to Minnesota. Newcomer Devin Setoguchi will wear No. 10, the only player to wear"
Dany Heatley will take the heat of being the Wild's big goal scorer
September 16
St. Paul Pioneer Press
 
"All eyes will be on Dany Heatley when he steps onto the Xcel Energy Center ice Saturday morning wearing a Wild sweater for the first time. That likely won't change all season. Heatley, the biggest acquisition by the Wild since they selected Marian Gaborik first in their initial NHL draft, is accustomed to it. He's one of the top goal scorers in the NHL since 2002-03 and has an $8 million salary this season. That means instantaneous pressure for the 30-year-old winger from Calgary as Minnesota opens training camp over the weekend, especially when factoring in an injury-plagued 2010-11 season for San Jose that resulted in only 26 goals. That's a better number than anyone on Minnesota's"
New Wild winger Dany Heatley looks to rebound from 'down year'
July 12
St. Paul Pioneer Press
 columnist Charley Walters
"Wild right wing Dany Heatley has had two 50-goal seasons (2005-06 and 2006-07). He has had two 41-goal seasons (2002-03 and 2007-08). And he's had two 39-goal seasons (2008-09 and 2009-10). But last season for the San Jose Sharks, Heatley, who turned 30 in January, finished with just 26 goals, matching his rookie season total from 2001-02. "That's funny, we were just joking about that with Mike (Yeo)," Heatley said Monday, referring to the new Wild coach. "He was saying, 'You're 30 years old, it's not like you're 38.' "Throughout a career, you have good years and you have bad years. Last year was a little bit of a down year for me. I'm going to work this summer and try to bring that back"
Wild's biggest catches are on display
July 12
Minneapolis Star Tribune
 
"With the prospects being worked into a sweaty lather Monday on the first day of the Wild's development camp, Devin Setoguchi introduced himself to draft pick Stephen Michalek. "Oh, I know who you are," the Harvard-bound goalie said to Setoguchi. Moments later, renowned goal-scorer Dany Heatley caught the attention of a number of awestruck teenagers who, like Michalek, are aspiring NHLers. "Pretty surreal to see Heatley cruise by in the Wild locker room," defenseman Kyle Medvec wrote on his Twitter account. It's been a dramatic offseason for the Wild, one that was triggered less than 12 hours after the team missed the playoffs for a third consecutive year by the firing of coach Todd"
A sniper's fresh start
July 6
Minneapolis Star Tribune
 
"Dany Heatley has asked off two teams and dodged a third, so the natural concern after the Wild executed Sunday's late-night Martin Havlat-for-Heatley swap was how the veteran sniper was coping with an unexpected trade that will take him from the San Jose sunshine to the Minnesota winter. On Monday, Heatley perhaps calmed the nerves. He sounded like a man motivated to resurrect his career and reputation, like a man hungry to score goals at a star's pace again and, maybe most important, like a man excited to be in Minnesota. "I'm happy to be a Minnesota Wild," Heatley said. "I'm excited to play with those guys, in that room, to play in that city, in front of those fans. It's a great place to"
Trading the untradeable
July 5
The Globe and Mail
 columnist Eric Duhatschek
"On the day the NHL season ended, if you'd listed all the contracts that absolutely positively couldn't be dumped on anyone by the time training camps opened in September, you'd probably have settled on two: Brian Campbell's eight-year, $56.8-million (all currency U.S.) deal with the Chicago Blackhawks and Dany Heatley's six-year, $45-million deal with the San Jose Sharks. Campbell's contract came in at a $7.1-million annual average and, even though he's coming off a decent season, it wasn't $7.1-million worth of decent. As for Heatley, whose contract runs out in 2014 and has a cap hit of $7.5-million a season, his struggles to score in the playoffs on behalf of a Sharks team that was"
Wild: Dany Heatley wants to 'prove people wrong'
July 5
St. Paul Pioneer Press
 
"New Minnesota Wild forward Dany Heatley admitted today he struggled during the playoffs for the San Jose Sharks last spring, but said that simply motivates him to produce better in future postseason play. "Last year wasn't my greatest playoff," he said during a conference call. "I'm excited to get back there and prove people wrong." But Minnesota has not made the playoffs for three seasons, he was reminded. "They were a good team last year, and I believe they're better this year," he said. Heatley picked up three goals and six assists in 18 playoff games for San Jose in 2011 postseason play, but said he was hampered by injuries he refused to discuss and that he's healthy now. Wild general"
In Dany Heatley, Wild believe they've found their next big thing since Marian Gaborik
July 5
St. Paul Pioneer Press
 
"In the opinion of his former college coach, new Wild forward Dany Heatley is the potential superstar Minnesota fans have longed for since Marian Gaborik hit the highway three years ago. Heatley, in the words of former University of Wisconsin coach and St. Paul native Jeff Sauer, delivers precisely what the Wild need: instant offense. "He's a great goal- scorer," Sauer said. "He's got the disease." The much-traveled Heatley, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2000 draft, is joining his fourth NHL team in 10 seasons and has in the past occasionally come under fire as a headache, especially after he requested a trade from the Ottawa Senators in 2009. "Dany's a quality person," Wild general manager"
A sniper's fresh start
July 5
Minneapolis Star Tribune
 
"Dany Heatley has asked off two teams and dodged a third, so the natural concern after the Wild executed Sunday's late-night Martin Havlat-for-Heatley swap was how the veteran sniper was coping with an unexpected trade that will take him from the San Jose sunshine to the Minnesota winter. On Monday, Heatley perhaps calmed the nerves. He sounded like a man motivated to resurrect his career and reputation, like a man hungry to score goals at a star's pace again and, maybe most important, like a man excited to be in Minnesota. "I'm happy to be a Minnesota Wild," Heatley said. "I'm excited to play with those guys, in that room, to play in that city, in front of those fans. It's a great place to"
Dany Heatley excited to play in Minnesota
July 5
Minneapolis Star Tribune
 
"Dany Heatley has asked off two teams and dodged a third, so the natural concern after the Wild executed Sunday's late-night Martin Havlat-for-Heatley swap was how the veteran sniper was coping with an unexpected trade that will take him from the San Jose sunshine to the Minnesota winter. On Monday, Heatley perhaps calmed the nerves. He sounded like a man motivated to resurrect his career and reputation, like a man hungry to score goals at a star's pace again and, maybe most important, like a man excited to be in Minnesota. "I'm happy to be a Minnesota Wild," Heatley said. "I'm excited to play with those guys, in that room, to play in that city, in front of those fans. It's a great place to"
Dany Heatley traded by Sharks for Martin Havlat
July 4
San Francisco Chronicle
 
"For a team that has been to the Western Conference finals two straight seasons, the Sharks aren't treating this offseason as a time to stand still. And they've found a team in the Minnesota Wild willing to help them shake the Etch-a-Sketch. On Sunday, San Jose made its second major move of the offseason, trading Dany Heatley to Minnesota for Martin Havlat in a winger-for-winger swap. The deal came nine days after the Sharks sent winger Devin Setoguchi to the Wild for defenseman Brent Burns. Heatley became known as one of the team's "Big Three" forwards after being acquired from Ottawa before the 2009-10 season, but after collecting 82 points in 82 games that season, he slumped to 64 in 80"
Wild deals again: Heatley for Havlat
July 4
Minneapolis Star Tribune
 
"Nine days after the earthquake came the aftershock. In another Wild-San Jose Sharks blockbuster, General Manager Chuck Fletcher acquired much-maligned but potentially lethal goal scorer Dany Heatley on Sunday night after Martin Havlat waived his no-move clause to head west. The trade that jolted the NHL late in the evening came after the Wild acquired 24-year-old goal scorer Devin Setoguchi and two other pieces from the Sharks during the NHL draft June 24 for defenseman Brent Burns and a second-round pick. "We are excited to add Dany Heatley, one of the top goal scorers in the NHL, to our team," Fletcher, who will be available during a Monday morning conference call, said in a news"
Sharks trade Dany Heatley to Wild for Martin Havlat
July 4
San Jose Mercury News
 
"The Dany Heatley experiment is over in San Jose. Two years ago, the Sharks capped a summer of turmoil in Heatley's life by acquiring the high-scoring left wing as the sniper to complement the passing skills of center Joe Thornton. Sunday, the Sharks shipped Heatley to the Minnesota Wild in exchange for Martin Havlat, an offensive-minded forward who hasn't matched Heatley's numbers but adds a different element to the lineup. "This is a high-end player that's got that breakaway speed. That's important to us," said Sharks general manager Doug Wilson, noting that his team had gotten slower up front by trading Devin Setoguchi to the same Wild team on June 24 for defenseman Brent Burns. Wilson"
Sharks need more from Dany Heatley
May 23
San Jose Mercury News
 
"Dany Heatley is the Sharks' $8 million man. And when San Jose acquired the high-scoring forward before last season, they had hoped he would be the missing ingredient for a Stanley Cup. Right now, Heatley is just plain missing. The team's highest-paid player is struggling badly in the Western Conference finals, and that helps explain why the Sharks are facing elimination as they head back to Vancouver for Game 5 on Tuesday. In Sunday's 4-2 loss at the Shark Tank, Heatley mustered only one shot and -- as Todd McLellan shuffled lines in a desperate attempt to find some offense -- even was dropped down to the third line at times. Also, it was Heatley's high-sticking penalty that launched the"
Kings coach accuses Heatley of dangerous play on late penalty
April 23
San Jose Mercury News
 
"Los Angeles coach Terry Murray hasn't been shy about voicing his displeasure with the Sharks' rugged play throughout the series. His latest oral target is Dany Heatley. Murray harshly criticized Heatley after the Sharks' 6-3 victory in Game 4 for his late tripping penalty of Kings defenseman Alec Martinez. "That's a very dangerous play," he said. "That's where you can break a leg or blow a knee out. I hate that play. That's a gutless move in my mind, a gutless move. "... To me, that's not a two-minute minor. That's a major and a game misconduct." Heatley, not surprisingly, disagreed. "He tried to get out of the way of me, and I didn't move, so, whatever," Heatley said of the play. The"
Heatley caught up in concern over concussions
March 19
San Francisco Chronicle
 
"Sharks winger Dany Heatley managed to write himself into the NHL's epic head-shot saga this week, with bad timing if nothing else. Heatley was suspended Wednesday for delivering an elbow to the head of Stars forward Steve Ott during Tuesday's 6-3 win at Dallas. Ott, a multiple-time suspendee himself, seized the opportunity to become the latest player outraged by a head shot, telling reporters, "I don't care if Heatley makes $10 million. ... It's time to get this out of the game as fast as we can. Protect the guys." Heatley did the hockey equivalent of claiming "all ball" - in this case it's "all body" - saying he didn't get head, just shoulder and neck. The league sided with Ott to the"
Dany Heatley handed two-game suspension for hit on Stars' Steve Ott
March 17
San Jose Mercury News
 
"Sharks winger Dany Heatley took a swat at Dallas pest Steve Ott on Tuesday night. And it cost him a two-game suspension. Heatley was punished Wednesday for throwing an elbow at Ott's head late in the Sharks' 6-3 victory over the Stars. His timing wasn't very good because the NHL has become ultrasensitive to the issue of blows to the head amid criticism that it is not doing enough to make the game safe. This has been The Season of the Concussion. The league's uneven response to the problem of head shots has become a main storyline. Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby, one of the NHL's top stars, has been out since early January because of a hit-related concussion. On March 8, Montreal winger Max"
Heatley scheduled for hearing after hit to head of Stars' Ott
March 16
TSN.ca
 
"Dany Heatley of the San Jose Sharks has a disciplinary hearing scheduled for 5pm et/2pm pt today regarding his hit to the head of Dallas Stars' forward Steve Ott on Tuesday night. Late in the third period, Ott passed the puck away with Heatley bearing down on him. After the puck was released, Heatley continued toward Ott and stuck out his forearm, striking the Stars' antagonist in the head."
Sharks prevail in Heatley's return to Ottawa
December 3
San Jose Mercury News
 
"They started by booing the man they felt deserted their team, adding a staccato chant of "trait-or, trait-or, trait-or" when it suited them. By the end, they became turncoats themselves, booing the home team off the ice. Yes, Thursday night was a bad one for the crowd at Scotiabank Place. But it was an excellent one for Dany Heatley and the Sharks as they notched their first shutout victory of the season, a 4-0 humbling of the Ottawa Senators behind the 28-save performance of goalie Antti Niemi. "The louder it got, the more boos he got, the better it was for us actually," Sharks coach Todd McLellan said of the serenading that occurred each time Heatley touched the puck. "He plays well in"
'A simple hockey decision'
December 3
Ottawa Citizen
 
"No regrets. Other than the way his demand for a trade went public and subsequently became a summer-long sideshow, Dany Heatley says he has no second thoughts about asking for a ticket out of Ottawa. He enjoyed playing here, made friends and even enjoyed Senators fans, who jeered him mercilessly on Thursday night, but he felt his hockey career would be better served by a change in scenery. "I just felt overall the way I was being used, my role on the team had changed from when I started here until the time I ended here, and I felt it was best to move on at that time," Heatley said Thursday morning during an enormous media scrum at Scotiabank Place. "It's not like I woke up one say and"
Dany Heatley braces for boos from jilted Senators fans
December 2
San Jose Mercury News
 
"Dany Heatley thinks he knows what lies ahead tonight when he returns to the place he called home for four NHL seasons before the messy divorce that followed. Prolonged booing -- high-volume displeasure directed at him by more than 20,000 hostile Ottawa Senators fans inside Scotiabank Place who have waited 15 months to let him know what they think of him. "I've gone into rinks like that before, and I expect much of the same as Edmonton or Atlanta the first time," he said in the days leading to this major event on the North American hockey calendar. The suggestion that this could be a lot more intense, a lot uglier doesn't faze him. "That's fine," he said. "One boo, or however many boos,"
Heatley expects mixed reception in first post-trade Ottawa appearance
December 2
Ottawa Citizen
 
"Dany Heatley doesn't expect a warm welcome from fans at Scotiabank Place on Thursday when he returns to Ottawa as a member of the San Jose Sharks. But he is looking forward to greeting some members of his former organization. "I'm excited to see some of the guys, and some of the trainers, and doctors and things like that," Heatley told The Citizen by cellphone from San Jose en route to the airport for his Ottawa flight. "So, from that point of view I think it will be fun for me." This is Heatley's first time back to Ottawa since demanding a trade in the summer of 2009, saying he needed a change. Last season, the Senators only faced the Sharks in San Jose, a 5-2 win for the home team."
Heatley to keep low profile in Ottawa
December 2
Ottawa Sun
 
"Dany Heatley doesn't arrive in Ottawa until late Wednesday, but he is already the talk of the town. The former Senators winger, who makes his debut in Ottawa Thursday after being dealt to the San Jose Sharks last September, will face a chorus of boos when he steps onto the ice in his No. 15 jersey. The Senators are aware this will be an emotional game. "It's not going to be very nice for him, but I'm sure he's expecting that," said Mike Fisher. "Other guys have come in here and it's kind of the same thing. Guys on our team get booed in other rinks. That just happens all over." The Sharks have told all media to stay away from their hotel. They won't allow any access to Heatley until after"
Heatley to 'keep head up' for Neil
December 2
Ottawa Sun
 
"Dany Heatley will be looking over his shoulder when Chris Neil is on the ice. While Neil — unavailable for comment Wednesday — was an outspoken critic when Heatley was dealt, it's doubtful there'll be an incident at Scotiabank Place on Thursday night."
Dany Heatley returns to Ottawa for first time since being traded
December 2
Ottawa Citizen
 
"The Ottawa Senators were on the practice ice, preparing their 'Shark trap' when a certain former teammate called by cellphone from San Jose. Dany Heatley said he is looking forward to seeing some of his former Senators pals and other members of the organization, but is under no illusion that he will get a warm welcome from fans at Scotiabank Place. "I'm excited to see some of the guys, and some of the trainers, and doctors and things like that," Heatley said. "So, from that point of view, I think it will be fun for me." According to Heatley, his first game back since demanding a trade from Ottawa in the summer of 2009 will be routine after the opening faceoff. "We'll see what happens with"
Punching out Dany not worth it
November 30
Ottawa Sun
 
"Chris Neil had some choice words for Dany Heatley when he asked out of Ottawa. So, should Neil punch Dany Heatley's lights out to welcome him back to the capital? "No, that's exactly what San Jose wants," said former NHL winger Matthew Barnaby. "That would play right into their hands. If Chris Neil fights Dany Heatley, (Heatley's) not going to fight back and (the Sharks will) just get a power play."
Sharks might reunite Marleau, Heatley, Thornton in starting lineup
October 23
San Jose Mercury News
 
"Formal introductions won't be necessary, but Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau and Dany Heatley could be starting on the same line tonight for the first time this season when the Sharks face the Edmonton Oilers. That's how they finished up in the Sharks' 4-2 victory over Colorado, and that's how they were lined up at practice Friday inside Rexall Place. The three played much of last season and the playoffs together, but coach Todd McLellan split them up this season in an effort to spread scoring on three different lines. Lack of five-on-five scoring has been a concern, though, and McLellan appears ready to turn to what has worked in the past. Joe Pavelski, Devin Setoguchi and Ryane Clowe were"
Heatley's return to Ottawa on TSN
August 26
Ottawa Sun
 
"Ottawa hockey fans will be able to boo Dany Heatley from the comfort of an armchair on Dec. 2. The former Senator will be in town with the San Jose Sharks to play the Senators, with the game shown on TSN. TSN will show 12 Senators games this season, opening with Ottawa in Toronto for an exhibition game on Sept. 22. TSN2 will also show two Senators games. Montreal and Toronto kicks off the NHL's TV schedule as they go toe-to-toe as the front end of a Hockey Night in Canada doubleheader opening night, Oct. 7. The Battle of Alberta — Calgary vs. Edmonton — will be the night's second game on CBC. This will be the fourth straight year the NHL will begin the season with games overseas. The"
Heatley in Ottawa on Dec. 2
June 23
Ottawa Sun
 
"If the Scotiabank Place boobirds find themselves in need of a target next season, they might want to circle Dec. 2 on their calendars. Unless he comes down with a mysterious 24-hour flu, that's when Dany Heatley makes his first trip back to Ottawa as a San Jose Shark since his trade demands were finally met by the Senators last summer. "That will be a popular game," team president Cyril Leeder said with a grin after the 2010-11 schedule was released Tuesday. The Senators, who open the season at home against the Buffalo Sabres Oct. 8, believe they have plenty of reason to smile. Especially pleasing to Leeder is the fact that a better "balance" has them playing 22 times at home by the"
Thornton, Heatley silenced
May 24
Chicago Sun-Times
 
"Zero goals. One point. A minus-5 rating. That's San Jose Sharks center Joe Thornton's final line in the Western Conference finals. And he wasn't the only Sharks star held off the scoresheet by the Blackhawks. Joe Pavelski had two assists and a minus-1 rating, and Dany Heatley finished with two assists and a minus-4 rating. Call it a shutdown team effort by the Hawks -- although goalie Antti Niemi and Dave Bolland's checking line of wingers Kris Versteeg and Andrew Ladd will get much of the credit, and deservedly so. Only Patrick Marleau produced for the Sharks, scoring five goals in the series. But he was one of only three Sharks to score in the Hawks' four-game sweep, which they capped"
Sharks' Heatley feeling heat
May 22
Chicago Tribune
 
"If you're wondering whether Dany Heatley needs to score more goals for his team to stand any kind of chance in these Western Conference finals, Sharks coach Todd McLellan can clear that up for you. "Yup," McLellan said. "There's no other way to say it. Yes is a real simple answer." Heatley is, essentially, the Sharks' version of the Blackhawks' Marian Hossa, an offensive sniper who has had mostly empty cartridges all postseason. Heatley, who racked up 39 goals during the regular season, has just two in the playoffs — his only tallies since March 27."
Dany Heatley needs to do his job: score goals
May 18
San Jose Mercury News
 columnist Tim Kawakami
"The good thing about being Dany Heatley, world famous goal-scorer: When you're acquired by a perennial playoff team, you're proclaimed as the coup de grace for a Stanley Cup run. The not-so-good thing: If you don't actually score too many goals in the playoffs, you hear about it. So while Heatley has blended into the Sharks' locker room perfectly and has had his moments on the ice this spring, his slim total of two goals this postseason is a pressing matter. Especially on the heels of Sunday's 2-1 Game 1 home loss to Chicago, in which Heatley went scoreless despite two delicious opportunities in front of goaltender Antti Niemi. Todd McLellan, doesn't Heatley have to score goals at some"
Sharks get lift from Big Three
May 3
San Jose Mercury News
 columnist Mark Purdy
"The three Sharks gold-medal forwards finally held a reunion Sunday. They met at the net for the winning goal. High fives and party favors were exchanged. That is, if by "party favors," you mean a two-games-to-none lead over the Detroit Red Wings in this second-round series — plus a very encouraging sign that the Sharks' offensive engine no longer has just one gear, with the name of "Joe Pavelski" on the stick shift. Pavelski was again a constant hockey hammer in the 4-3 comeback victory over Detroit at HP Pavilion and scored two goals in the process. But with the score 3-3 as the third-period clock wound down to under eight minutes, the Sharks needed something more. And wouldn't you know"
Sharks' long break giving Dany Heatley a chance to heal
April 28
San Jose Mercury News
 
"The extended time between closing out the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday night and the start of the next round is helping left wing Dany Heatley heal from the lower body injury that sidelined him in one game and slowed him in others. "I think he's pretty close to being back to where he needs to be," Sharks coach Todd Mclellan said Tuesday. "I talked to him after practice today, and he said he felt really good on the ice. The injury itself, it's almost in the rearview mirror." Heatley had to put up with some abuse from his teammates because of his performance at AT&T Park the previous night. One of two persons on the mound to throw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Giants game,"
Dany Heatley says injury feels better, but he's not 100 percent
April 22
San Jose Mercury News
 
"Sharks winger Dany Heatley said he was feeling better Wednesday. But he also wasn't saying what exactly is hurting — and kept him out of the lineup in Game 3 of the first-round series against Colorado. Loose lips apparently can sink hockey seasons. "We don't have to say," Heatley said with a smile. "It's not the NFL." So it remains an undisclosed lower-body injury. "I wasn't 100 percent, but I was able to do a little more out there," he added of the 2-1 overtime victory in Game 4 on Tuesday. "The better it gets, the easier it will be for me to do the stuff that I normally can." So far, the Big Three of Heatley, Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau haven't contributed much to the scoresheet —"
Sharks expect Heatley back for Game 4
April 20
San Jose Mercury News
 
"Without star forward Dany Heatley, San Jose produced 51 shots in Sunday's Game 3 loss to the Avalanche. Given that Heatley led the Sharks with 280 shots in the regular season and was second in goals with 39, coach Todd McLellan said a key piece of the team's offense was missing in the 1-0 setback at the Pepsi Center. "I'd like to think that if he's in the lineup and we have another 50 or 55 shots on goal and he's in on some of them, eventually the puck is going to go in the net," McLellan said Monday at the team hotel. "So (not having him) hurt us, but I was especially proud of the players that picked up the slack." Heatley, who played in all 82 regular-season games for the Sharks, is"