Heatley, Toronto games, and stuff.

Well as everyone knows - we have Heatley for 6 years. $7.5 million per year is to me a bargain. This is a player that would likely get the max on the open market - so count me happy. Locking him up through his most productive years is amazing. We are talking about a guy who could have over 400 goals with the Senators by the time his contract his done. I'd be happy if he retires as a Sen when he is 40.

With the singing out of the way, Heatley went out and got 3 points against the Leafs, including a game tying and game winning goal. Wow. The Leaf killer strikes again. The rest of the game was pretty forgettable though. Not great hockey - at all.

Spezza regressed to his 05-06 form - lots of turn overs and attempts at impossible passes. This is somewhat odd, especially considering the excellent pre season he had. He has the ability to control games and looked like he would be doing that this year, but the first two games were not encouraging.

In the second game Ottawa was again outplayed, but they certainly looked better. There were moments of effort which was encouraging I suppose. Nothing amazing though. Alfredsson definitely looked much better which is a very good sign. He managed to pot two goals, both of which were gorgeous. His roof-daddy on Toskala to win the game was pure sniper skill. Unbelievable. It shut up every Leaf fan in the arena (not that there were many compared to years past).

Heatley also had a strong second game and now has 5 points in just 2 games. Guess he likes knowing that he only needs to work 6 more years to be set for life.

The best news to come out of these two games aside from the 4 points is Martin Gerber. He has continued his stellar play from the pre season. Aside from some rebound issues he has looked great. He was the main reason we were able to win both of these games, managing to make 41 saves tonight!

Overall it has been an exciting two days. Heatley is ours, we beat the Leafs twice, and our backup looks better than a lot of starters.

Hopefully our effort picks up though.