Ottawa's Dany Heatley wasn't dealt during the two days at the draft. But don't look for the price for Heatley to go down, according to Senators general manager Bryan Murray.
Though Heatley has asked for a trade, it's looking more and more as if teams have shied away from dealing for him because he is due a $4 million bonus Wednesday on top of the $7.5 million cap number he carries.
"Am I surprised more teams haven't been more serious about obtaining Dany?" Murray said. "Well, yes, he's a two-time 50-goal guy. I know if I needed a scorer, I'd sure be looking to find a guy who might get me 50 goals."
But ...
"I know one thing," Murray continued, "if we find no trading partner, we'll be happy to welcome back his 50 goals."
Vancouver general manager Mike Gillis met with Henrik and Daniel Sedin's agent, JP Barry, late Friday night after the first round of the NHL entry draft.
The Canucks did not table a counter proposal to the Sedin's recent 12-year, $63 million pitch, and sources say Gillis gave no indication a counter offer is coming.
The Sedins are scheduled to become unrestricted free agents Wednesday.
Last season, the Sedins were 1-2 in scoring for the Canucks. Daniel led the team with 31 goals and 51 assists, while Henrik had 22 goals and 60 assists. Both played in all 82 games for Vancouver, and averaged nearly 20 minutes of ice time per match.
Eleven countries combined to have a total of 210 players taken in the 2009 entry draft. Of those, 102 were from Canada, 55 from the United States, 24 from Sweden, 10 from Finland, seven from Russia, five from Slovakia, three from the Czech Republic, and one each from Belarus, Denmark, Germany and the United Kingdom.