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It only got worse this night, with the Sharks easily winning over a listless Ottawa team. Heatley - drawing penalties, setting up the second goal - was probably the best player on the ice. And if not him, then Logan Couture, the rookie who scored twice while such Ottawa youngsters as defenceman Erik Karlsson and forward Nick Foligno showed nothing.
They were, however, not alone - the entire Senators roster played miserably. If the venom towards Heatley caused any good, it was to inject a little life into an increasingly moribund arena. There has been little cheer for this season - the Heatley visit perhaps cathartic in that it gave the angry an outlet for their growing frustration.
While the message this night appeared - and certainly sounded - as if it was meant only for the ears of Dany Heatley, who said he didn't care, the much larger, more important message was to be found in the seats that were quietest.
But not enough for what used to be a routine sellout. The boos at the end were not for Heatley but for the Senators themselves. If you want to really sell tickets, you have to perform yourself - not count on those merely passing through. Yet, like Yashin, Heatley has come and gone. The future is now, even if that means many more long nights like Friday's season-opening defeat to the Detroit Red Wings and Saturday's wacky loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs.
If it's any consolation, Heatley hasn't received what he wanted. After being traded for Martin Havlat in the summer, there's a certain irony to his situation.
Heatley, who refused to play for the Senators and Oilers because he felt they had little chance to win it all, has joined a franchise desperately searching for a way back to the playoffs, searching for its identity. Does anyone really hate the Wild? Who is the face of the franchise? Mikko Koivu? Cal Clutterbuck? In retrospect, you could even argue that Heatley did the Senators a great favour. Somewhat lost in the Heatley hate here is that he has lost his status as a front-line National Hockey League scorer.
There will be boos Tuesday night. Many of them. There will be protest jerseys and Dany "Hately" shirts, too. But will there be chants of "traitor" like his previous visit with the San Jose Sharks? Will we see more Heatley sweaters hit the ice in disgust? Bruce Brothers of Wild Now wrote that Heatley believes "the rancor among fans has probably dissipated" for his return.
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