buffalowing88
Registered User
What if Dany Heatley doesn't crash his car in 2003? Do Heatley and Kovalchuk tear it up the rest of the 2000s in Atlanta, what happens to the Thrashers? Does Hossa still get traded from Ottawa, what happens to the mid-late 2000s & beyond Senators? Hossa almost certainly doesn't go to Pittsburgh, Detroit, and then Chicago if Heatley doesn't crash. The Heatley crash effects the whole league standings/transactions in such a way, that if he didn't crash, the Blackhawks don't win 3 Cups and the Oilers don't get McDavid, amongst other possibilities.
Oh man, this was my entire concern from the time they were drafted, til the accident and trade.
I'm always Sabres-first as that's where I'm from but I lived in NC starting around high school but the Canes were boring and Atlanta had this new team that was getting the front page of ESPN The Magazine.
I'm fairly certain that the Thrashers had an upset first round in them if they stayed together.
More importantly, I think that the Sabres get to the SCF in 07 and...lose.
But that would have been cool. Heatley put those Sens over the top that year and I'm still a bit surprised how easily they were finished.
Hossa was a mercenary and would have left regardless. I say this as a big fan of him. I think he may end up on Detroit, regardless. Ottawa isn't going to otherwise give up an asset to a conference rival.