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Spezza left off Team Canada training camp

Found July 02, 2009 on MVN:
PLAYERS: Jason Spezza,  Dany Heatley
TEAMS: Ottawa Senators

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Howdy. Great now another pissed off member of the Big 3. I guess somebody watched the Senators last season other then us fans. Jason Spezza, who has lots of Team Canada experience, was left off the list of invitees to a Canada training camp in lovely Alberta. Alberta? Well with that news of course Dany Heatley would be ON the list of invitees. Congrats Dany, represent the Sens and our country proud! As for Spezza, I imagine he is right pissed off...Olympics in Vancouver and he isn't going. Annual top-10 NHL scorer and proven producer on the world stage and he isn't going. All this makes you scratch your head but remember Steve Yzerman among a list Canada's top hockey people decided Spezza wasn't good enough. Hard to argue. Now us Sens fans wonder if Spezza is good enough for $7M a season? Colin Jeffrey www.mvn.com/colinjeffrey's301
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