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In the movie Star Wars Ben Kenobi is called an old fool. 

He retorts, "Who's more foolish the fool or the fool that follows him?"

At this point this question maybe asked about the various parties involved with this Dany Heatley gong show.  Where is Jamie Farr when you need him to hit that gong.

Heatley and his people needed to really see this for what it is.  A chance to escape what they see as a bad situation. 

If they just want to stick to the Senators they are playing with career ending fire.  You do not generally try and get one back in sports.  It burns you.

It burned Lowe with Comrie, it burned MacTavish with Penner, and it burned Alexi Yashin. With the amount of power given to players with no movement or trade deals they are expected to act responsibly.

Seems that Heatley and agents thought they would get a chance to go to one of the big boy teams, instead only a desperate team was going to pay Murray's price.  So Edmonton comes in, offers a big package, and you know professional people would say ok lets make the best of it.

Sometimes you get paid some times you do the paying.  This is one of those times when Heatley should have paid the price and moved on.

Now he is vilified in Ottawa and is slowly gathering a great deal of dislike in Edmonton. Most of the other teams' dance cards have been filled.  Sitting out the season seems to be a real possibility.

At some point should you not just come back from the brink?

Guess not if you are a star player who thinks that Ottawa needs to pay or that Edmonton was not what you wanted.  You will find life difficult from here on out is my guess.

As far as the Oilers go it would be a good time to reject the deal outright now.  Let Murray know that you are going another way.  Because now you know this player has never been sold on you. 

So even if you do get him you are bringing in a time-bomb for another movement request.  I doubt anyone in Edmonton would want that.

I would suggest backing away very slowly.  The Oilers should no longer be the fool following a big fool.

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