Heatley Minus Spezza
Oct 21, 2008 18:26:13 GMT -5
Post by Carson! on Oct 21, 2008 18:26:13 GMT -5
For the first time since they were declaired linemates back in the '05/'06 season Jason Spezza and Dany Heatley are being seperated. Heatley is going to be on a line with Daniel Alfredsson and Mike Fisher, while Spezza is going to be put on a line with rookie Jesse Winchester and 2nd year Nick Foligno.
Heatley and Spezza began playing together at the beggining of the 05/06 season, against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Sens were trailing with 5 minutes left to go, so Murray put Spezza, Heatley and Alfredsson together on a line, where Alfredsson scored the tie-ing goal, then Healtey and Alfredsson scored in the shoot-out, being the first players to ever score in a shoot-out. That's where the "CASH" line was formed. Despite Alfredsson being on that line, he has been moved around alot, as opposed to Spezza and Heatley who have been playing together ever since, unless they were injured.
Hartsburg said on Monday that the past 3 games played were too "comfortable". Thats exactly why Hartsburg is splitting up Spezza and Heatley, because they're too comfortable, Spezza in particular. When Hartsburg was asked why he's splitting them up he replied with "why not?, why?, they havn't done anything, there's no reason why not, everyones been telling me to keep them together, but they're too comfortable, we need to get them competing again" (not all of that was a direct quote, but thats basically what he said)
Spezza was not disappointed at all to find out that him and Heatley were not linemates anymore. He was saying that Hartsburg made his message very clear with his move, and that if changing the line-up is what it takes to win then he's gonna respect Hartsburgs decision, because at this point winning is the most impotant thing.
Last year former head coach John Paddock tried to split up the "CASH" line, but failed when he noticed that the "CASH" line was winning all the games for them, and resulted in them barely clinching a play-off spot.
So what are your opinions on this?
How well do you think they will do, now that they're on seperate lines?
How long do you think this will last?
Heatley and Spezza began playing together at the beggining of the 05/06 season, against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Sens were trailing with 5 minutes left to go, so Murray put Spezza, Heatley and Alfredsson together on a line, where Alfredsson scored the tie-ing goal, then Healtey and Alfredsson scored in the shoot-out, being the first players to ever score in a shoot-out. That's where the "CASH" line was formed. Despite Alfredsson being on that line, he has been moved around alot, as opposed to Spezza and Heatley who have been playing together ever since, unless they were injured.
Hartsburg said on Monday that the past 3 games played were too "comfortable". Thats exactly why Hartsburg is splitting up Spezza and Heatley, because they're too comfortable, Spezza in particular. When Hartsburg was asked why he's splitting them up he replied with "why not?, why?, they havn't done anything, there's no reason why not, everyones been telling me to keep them together, but they're too comfortable, we need to get them competing again" (not all of that was a direct quote, but thats basically what he said)
Spezza was not disappointed at all to find out that him and Heatley were not linemates anymore. He was saying that Hartsburg made his message very clear with his move, and that if changing the line-up is what it takes to win then he's gonna respect Hartsburgs decision, because at this point winning is the most impotant thing.
Last year former head coach John Paddock tried to split up the "CASH" line, but failed when he noticed that the "CASH" line was winning all the games for them, and resulted in them barely clinching a play-off spot.
So what are your opinions on this?
How well do you think they will do, now that they're on seperate lines?
How long do you think this will last?
