I saw this rumor over the Hockey Wilderness. I have to wonder about this rumor. First there was a buzz about this rumor on the Internet last night about the Senators moving Heatley to the Wild but nothing about it on Russo Rant's. Michael Russo is ussually dialed in on what is going on with the Minnesota Wild. Another rumor that was floating around last night had Bret Burns going to the Senators but that rumor has since been squashed and now it's Koivu being traded in a package deal to the Senators for Heatley.
Here we sit, the night before the deadline in the Dany Heatley sweepstakes and it sounds like the Minnesota Wild have tabled an offer that will be tough for Murray to turn down. While the proposed deal does not include stud defenceman Brent Bruns, it does apparently include Mikko Koivu, Nick Schultz and Tyler Cuma. Rumours are there would be other pieces involved both on Ottawa's end as well as Minnesota's. Sounds like the swap could include a salary dump on Ottawa's end and potentially Colton Gillies coming back from Minnesota. By all indications there is a very solid offer coming from Minnesota although Ottawa is trying to see if they can include Martin Havlat in the package. Even if the Wild decide not to include Havlat, they will still have a very legitimate offer on the table for Heatley. [SensChirp]