Dollars and Sense ... Free Agency begins NOW.

Howdy from a soon to be loud and proud Nation's capital...Canada Day in a few short hours. Going to be a great day for Dany Heatley as he gets $4 million dollars. At least it's not out of our fine owners pockets. Also in a few hours is the running of the bulls beginning of free agency in the NHL. For the Senators it means figuring out how to best spend $6.7 mil. in cap room (approx. number after the Heatley deal) to improve a club that missed the playoffs last season. The Eastern Conference has improved already with Montreal getting Scott Gomez from NYR, Philly bulking up with Pronger and New Jersey retaining Johnny Oduya. Carilona retained a few players early and NYR is poised to make a move to improve after cutting around $5 mil. of space. Even the Islanders should be improved after the draft they had. Toronto has cap space and is rumored to be going after physical players, which means 8 games of violence for the Sens who do not have an enforcer. Buffalo will be better j...