Oilers done with Heatley

The Dany Heatley situation took another strange twist Friday with Edmonton Oilers GM Steve Tambellini publicly announcing he’s no longer interested in the disgruntled Ottawa Senators sniper.

Edmonton spent the better part of a month courting the former 50-goal scorer — a process that started after Tambellini hammered out a deal with the Ottawa Senators for Heatley, only to have the winger refuse to waive a no-trade clause.

Talks continued until Tambellini decided earlier this week that enough was enough.

“We gave ourselves an allotted amount of time internally … to explore every opportunity to see if there was something that would work — it didn’t,” Tambellini said during a conference call with reporters. “It’s time for us to move on. We’re very comfortable with that.”

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