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by IwoCPO on 07/01/09 at 11:34 AM ET
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And we can start with this biotch.
Not sure if Sportsnet is referring to last night’s rebuttal or if another has taken place this morning. Kenny, you stubborn bastard you.
Marian Hossa has turned down yet another long-term deal to try his luck as a mercenary on the free agent market. The Red Wings were prepared to keep Hossa in Hockeytown for 10 years.
Anyway, it’s a Live Blog. And we’ll even open it up to you Pens fans who want to take a break from peeking around the corner to see who’s going to steal your Cup.
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Mike Knuble;
“In Detroit they had all those flags hanging on the cars . . .
“You got tired of it almost after 2 years in a row. It sounds crazy but . . . It was like, ‘There’s that damn Cup again.’ “
NO Knuble.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa. on 07/01/09 at 12:13 PM ET
WTF guys. I go be productive for an hour, I come back and you hit me with this Hossa to CHI stuff. I foresee a worthless work afternoon, ten days out from leaving the lab. Great.
Possibility: Chi offers Hossa a 1 year deal, with nothing being assumed about the year after when Kane and Toevvs need to re-sign.
Sure, Hossa wants to settle down, but I can’t imagine settling down with a team you haven’t played a single game with until you test-drive it.
Posted by MarkK from Maryland on 07/01/09 at 12:13 PM ET
. Why would Hossa play any better against Detroit than he did against Pittsburgh?
Posted by Djoos on 07/01/09 at 01:13 PM ET
Um...he played great against Detroit when he was in Pittsburgh.
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 07/01/09 at 12:14 PM ET
Why would Hossa play any better against Detroit than he did against Pittsburgh?
There’s no rational reason to believe he would.
But if you’re a rational human being, why are you on The Hasek?
Posted by Red Winger from Sault Ste. Marie on 07/01/09 at 12:14 PM ET
Caps need some gritty players. Hossa could possibly make them the best team in the Eastern Conference in the regular season but wouldn’t improve a playoff run at the Stanley Cup.
I am definitely OK with Hossa to DC.
Posted by Scurvy____BBLLLAARRRGGGHH from Chicago on 07/01/09 at 12:15 PM ET
I like having former teamates on division rivals. It adds an extra element to the games and both sides know each others achilles heels. Hossa won’t end up in Chicago, but I’d love it if he did.
You know, Columbus has lots of cap space…
Posted by Nate A from Dark side of the moon on 07/01/09 at 12:16 PM ET
Too bad tick tock doesn’t know Lilja’s long-term prognosis. If Lil’s career is over, wouldn’t it be great to take a shot at Scuderi? That would piss off pen(i)sblog something fierce.
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Sunny SoCal on 07/01/09 at 12:17 PM ET
You know, Columbus has lots of cap space…
I don’t think I would feel anything if Hossa signed with Columbus.
Posted by MarkK from Maryland on 07/01/09 at 12:18 PM ET
The Nordilanche should sign Hoss for a year then retire his jersey.
Posted by TeamDub from The gratch. on 07/01/09 at 12:20 PM ET
Ok - if Hossa goes to Chicago, then all this “we can be classier than Pittsburgh” shit goes right out the window. Screw him.
Well Chief that lasted all of about 3 hours. I guess classy is not in the cards for wings fans either.
Posted by Gretzky_to_Lemieux on 07/01/09 at 12:20 PM ET
Well Chief that lasted all of about 3 hours. I guess classy is not in the cards for wings fans either.
Eat a dick.
Posted by TeamDub from The gratch. on 07/01/09 at 12:21 PM ET
At this point I really do not care where Hossa goes or if he stays. Boston looks like the possible destination.
Maybe he just can’t handle playing in the West after all those years in the East. Easy travel,easy opponents,easy money.
Whatever. In Tick-Tock I trust.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa. on 07/01/09 at 12:22 PM ET
Um...he played great against Detroit when he was in Pittsburgh.
And I’ll bet he played well against Pittsburgh when he was in Atlanta, before they were his former team.
Posted by Djoos on 07/01/09 at 12:23 PM ET
Well Chief that lasted all of about 3 hours. I guess classy is not in the cards for wings fans either.
Posted by Gretzky_to_Lemieux on 07/01/09 at 01:20 PM ET
That’s one person, you cad. I’d love to see how you would have reacted if he went to Philly after last season. Now shoo, troll. Shoo.
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 07/01/09 at 12:23 PM ET
Columbus would be a scary good team if they could get an offensive Dman or two and then sign a guy like Hossa…
Yeah, and if my aunt had a package she’d be my uncle. C-bus is a long way from being scary good. They took two huge steps forward to make the playoffs this year, but like Nashville, I think C-bus will miss the playoffs next season.
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Sunny SoCal on 07/01/09 at 12:23 PM ET
Eat a dick.
HAHAHA. Wonderful. Can’t wait to read the quote from the quote machine himself… “Chicago just has a better chance for me to steal, i mean win a cup”
Posted by Gretzky_to_Lemieux on 07/01/09 at 12:23 PM ET
The Nordilanche should sign Hoss for a year then retire his jersey.
Nice one, Tdub.
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Sunny SoCal on 07/01/09 at 12:25 PM ET
Well Chief that lasted all of about 3 hours. I guess classy is not in the cards for wings fans either.
Posted by Gretzky_to_Lemieux on 07/01/09 at 01:20 PM ET
Seriously, don’t you have a team to follow? Or do your fellow fans of that team think you’re as big of a douche bag as we do?
Get a life.
Posted by Red Winger from Sault Ste. Marie on 07/01/09 at 12:25 PM ET
Wyshynski says that the Boston Globe says that the Bruins are talking to Hossa. That would make more sense. And aren’t he and Chara friends?
Posted by Bella on 07/01/09 at 12:27 PM ET
Yeah, and if my aunt had a package she’d be my uncle
Beauty
Posted by Red Winger from Sault Ste. Marie on 07/01/09 at 12:27 PM ET
And aren’t he and Chara friends?
Posted by Bella on 07/01/09 at 01:27 PM ET
Good friends from what I hear.
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 07/01/09 at 12:28 PM ET
Wyshynski says that the Boston Globe says that the Bruins are talking to Hossa. That would make more sense. And aren’t he and Chara friends?
Posted by Bella on 07/01/09 at 01:27 PM ET
They are both Slovaks, perhaps it’d be the same sort of thing as what Kopecky did for him here, give him someone to go out after games and share a Coke and a smile with.
Posted by HockeyJoe from Upstate New York on 07/01/09 at 12:28 PM ET
The Nordilanche should sign Hoss for a year then retire his jersey.
Drew Sharp just did a fascinating piece on why the Wings should retire #81.
Posted by Triple Deke Tyler from Lansing on 07/01/09 at 12:28 PM ET
Drew Sharp just did a fascinating piece on why the Wings should retire #81.
Classic, Tyler.
Posted by Bella on 07/01/09 at 12:30 PM ET
HaHaHa. It keeps getting better with you guys.
I just like calling your Chief out on the whole, “we wings fans are so wonderful, we will cheer for Hossa no matter what and thank him for taking a discount to play for us for one year, and when he comes to town we will cheer for him, blah, blah, blah.”
Hopefully Hossa keeps the wings guessing for a little while longer, just in time for all the quality UFA’s to be signed up and then tell Holland his intentions to sign with Chicago. Would just be perfect.
Posted by Gretzky_to_Lemieux on 07/01/09 at 12:30 PM ET
Cap’n Dennis - thanks, but they probably would consider it. Because they’re idiots.
TDT - Do you have a Kindle in your intersection?
Posted by TeamDub from The gratch. on 07/01/09 at 12:31 PM ET
Would just be perfect.
Posted by Gretzky_to_Lemieux on 07/01/09 at 01:30 PM ET
Why are you here? Do you have a purpose? You’re an idiot and everyone knows it. Chances are you waste all of your pathetic time here because your own “fans” can’t even stand you, you poor misguided little toad. Keep calling the Chief out if you, it only furthers the notion that in the social spectrum, you fall somewhere between a cockroach and the white stuff that accumulates at the side of your mouth when you’re really, really thirsty.
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 07/01/09 at 12:33 PM ET
we wings fans are so wonderful,
We must be. Why else would you spend every waking hour around here?
Posted by Red Winger from Sault Ste. Marie on 07/01/09 at 12:34 PM ET
TDT - Do you have a Kindle in your intersection?
I couldn’t tell you. I blacked out like 15 minutes ago. I’m posting this from a remote location on MSU’s campus ... it’s a Matrix type of deal.
Posted by Triple Deke Tyler from Lansing on 07/01/09 at 12:37 PM ET
It’s no big deal if Hossa winds up in Chicago.
If he is consistently wearing knee braces that should slow him enough for Kronwall to line him up, real nice.
Problem solved.
Posted by thethirdcoast from Rottenchester on 07/01/09 at 12:39 PM ET
@ Animal Drew and Red Winger - He’s here because he’s a font of misplaced rage. Name your cliche: mother held him too much or not enough, last picked at kickball, late night sneaky uncle, whatever. Now he’s so angry moments of levity actually cause him pain; gives him headaches. Happiness, for that gentleman, hurts.
Posted by Aphaea from Pennsylvania on 07/01/09 at 12:41 PM ET
That’s one person, you cad.
Don’t you mean ‘manner-less cad,’ Drew?
Would just be perfect.
Little ketchup with that schadeunfreude, honey? Don’t let the thought that perhaps you’re premature cross your pretty little mind. ‘Course, being premature is nothing new to you. But hey, keep trying even if you’re not managing to piss off the 99% of folks, including the entire Wings front office, who figured Hossa for a goner. Glad you’re amused, anyway.
Anyway, it’s happened. Don’t care where he goes as long as it means we’ll see Wally and hopefully Happy in Wings jerseys next year, and Gator in a Griffs one. And Lundqvist might be interesting, but depth is King. Depth and cap space-- That’s a good thing.
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 07/01/09 at 12:41 PM ET
mother held him too much or not enough, last picked at kickball, late night sneaky uncle,
And that was just last night.
Posted by Red Winger from Sault Ste. Marie on 07/01/09 at 12:42 PM ET
Little ketchup with that schadeunfreude, honey? Don’t let the thought that perhaps you’re premature cross your pretty little mind. ‘Course, being premature is nothing new to you. But hey, keep trying even if you’re not managing to piss off the 99% of folks, including the entire Wings front office, who figured Hossa for a goner. Glad you’re amused, anyway.
Anyway, it’s happened. Don’t care where he goes as long as it means we’ll see Wally and hopefully Happy in Wings jerseys next year, and Gator in a Griffs one. And Lundqvist might be interesting, but depth is King. Depth and cap space-- That’s a good thing.
Anyway, Anyway, Anyways I am just happy to be here for you all to direct your anger towards. Anything I can do to keep some of the nasty heat away from Martyr Hossa. He is so wonderful. He does not care about money, just the love of the game.
Posted by Gretzky_to_Lemieux on 07/01/09 at 12:44 PM ET
@ Animal Drew and Red Winger - He’s here because he’s a font of misplaced rage. Name your cliche: mother held him too much or not enough, last picked at kickball, late night sneaky uncle, whatever. Now he’s so angry moments of levity actually cause him pain; gives him headaches. Happiness, for that gentleman, hurts.
What’s wrong with him? My first thought would be: a lot.
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 07/01/09 at 12:45 PM ET
TSN saying Hossa to Chi is a done deal
Posted by Red Winger from Sault Ste. Marie on 07/01/09 at 12:49 PM ET
we wings fans are so wonderful
Yes we are and so is our team. Two weeks after winning the Cup last season, did you see any of the 19 trolling at pen(i)sblog? Nope, because we had better things to do, like revel in winning the Stanley Cup.
Your team won the cup this season, yet you’re still here, likely because you know that the your franchise will never have the class, mystique, management and ownership to keep itself at the top of the NHL (no matter how they write the rule book) for over 20 years.
G2L you’re jealous and it shows.
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Sunny SoCal on 07/01/09 at 12:49 PM ET
Ahhhhh crap.
Oh well, Tick Tock… get working on Huds and Leino. Maybe Knuble?
Posted by CaptNorris5 from Chicago via Detroit on 07/01/09 at 12:51 PM ET
TSN saying Hossa to Chi is a done deal
I guess that ONE GAME Chicago won against the Wings in the playoffs was quite compelling.
Have fun, Hoss - I’m sure Kronner will.
Posted by TeamDub from The gratch. on 07/01/09 at 12:52 PM ET
Every team that has ever lost Hossa and Conklin in the same offseason has gone on to win the Stanley Cup the next year. Why would Hossa play any better against Detroit than he did against Pittsburgh?
Hahah amazing. Terrific.
Posted by Sullyosis from A hateful lair in Post Apocalyptic US (or Arizona) on 07/01/09 at 12:52 PM ET
The Nordilanche should sign Hoss for a year then retire his jersey.
Posted by TeamDub from The gratch. on 07/01/09 at 01:20 PM ET
It just FEELS like a LB today, you guys are on fire. Keep it up!
Posted by Sullyosis from A hateful lair in Post Apocalyptic US (or Arizona) on 07/01/09 at 12:54 PM ET
Thanks for the memories Hossa…
Have fun picking peices of Kronwall out of your face....
(just messing around, no animosity here.)
Posted by ITDeuce on 07/01/09 at 12:54 PM ET
TSN’s Darren Dregger says it’s a done deal, juts waiting on specifics and confirmation
Posted by Red Winger from Sault Ste. Marie on 07/01/09 at 12:55 PM ET
Wow. Chicago is going to be screwed in 2010-11.
Whatever. I still like Hossa, and still hope no one boos him. To hell hoping that he gets a Cup someday, though.
Posted by Bella on 07/01/09 at 12:55 PM ET
no *#$%@& way. shit. Oh well. At least we didnt lose to Chicago
Posted by AxeMaster9 on 07/01/09 at 12:55 PM ET
Darren Dreger says sources are telling him that the Hossa deal to Chicago is done. Waiting for confirmation.
I take back what I said, F that guy
Posted by FranzensMouthguard on 07/01/09 at 12:56 PM ET
If it’s less than a long term deal, ol’ Hoss drops more than a few pegs on the respect-o-meter.
Posted by TeamDub from The gratch. on 07/01/09 at 12:56 PM ET
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Every team that has ever lost Hossa and Conklin in the same offseason has gone on to win the Stanley Cup the next year. Why would Hossa play any better against Detroit than he did against Pittsburgh?
Posted by Djoos on 07/01/09 at 12:13 PM ET