NHL: Why do Greedy Players Never Win in Ottawa? When will they Learn?

They never learn do they? Four European primadonna's and all four of them run out of town on a wagon. Seems that greed and ego always trump common sense when it comes to playing for the Ottawa Senators. Say what you want about this franchise, but it only pays players what they're worth not what they, and their agents, think they're worth. Andrej Meszaros has just learned his lesson the hard way. Had he been a student of history, he would have seen that those before him, Yashin, Chara, and Havlat, rarely get the best of Ottawa GM's when it comes down to contract talk. So, like his predecessor's, he was told to get out. Meszaros was sent to the Tampa Bay Lightening this week (a team I've come to coin as the New York Rangers' "mini-me") for Filip Kuba, Alexandre Picard, and a first-round draft pick. What Ottawa gains is veteran leadership, size, local talent, and two first round picks in this year's draft. What they lose is inconsistency, give aways, and inaccurate shooting. I call this a good ... (link)