Crystal Thoughts

With the sort-of-surprise pick of Martin Brodeur by the Cougars, the Seattle Crystals chose forward Dany Heatley as their young, budding superstar. "We hope to build around Heatley by providing him with a solid cast of players. We've already had discussions with Dany and his agent about contract extensions and what his expectations from the Crystals would be." Rumours have it that Heatley isn't that impressed that he'll be playing for an expansion team. After "serving his time" with the Wicked Ale, he had hoped to go to a more established team. It's unknown whether he'll be comfortable with the role of expansion team superstar or whether he'll be sitting out and demanding a trade to a better team.