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Mirtle: Hossa a Hawk
by IwoCPO on 07/01/09 at 12:55 PM ET
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Kopecky a Hawk too, and this is interesting from Kevin Allen,
With Hossa signed with Chi 4 12 yrs, I have ‘Hawks at $34 mill for 8 players in 10-11 with no Kane, Toews, Keith
From Elliot Friedman’s Twitter account,
Pierre LeBrun (the real one) reports it is 12 years, $5.2 million per season for Hossa.
Via TSN, then James Mirtle. No word on money or term.
And so, I’m thinking the rivalry with Chicago? Just got a bit more intense.
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Meh. Interested to see if they gave Hossa something they wouldn’t give Havlat.
Posted by MarkK from Maryland on 07/01/09 at 12:58 PM ET
So does this change “he’s always welcome in Detroit?” Probably will for a lot of the fans in the Joe.
Posted by Hooks Orpik on 07/01/09 at 12:59 PM ET
Wouldn’t be surprised if it’s a 1 year. Ever the merc.
Posted by MarkK from Maryland on 07/01/09 at 12:59 PM ET
Just means the Wings will now beat the Hawks in the Conference Finals. Move along…
Posted by blammo from Vancouver, BC on 07/01/09 at 01:00 PM ET
I guess he liked what he saw in the (WC) finals?
Posted by Moq from Denmark on 07/01/09 at 01:01 PM ET
That one hurts, but it’ll be nice watching Datsyuk shut him down six times a year.
+1
That’s one of the few teams he could’ve signed with that will force me to not cheer for him.
But yeah, Datsyuk or Zetterberg will make him wish he was making $2M on the Wings…
Good move for Chicago though, assuming it’s short term, as he’s not injury prone like Havlat.
Posted by Garth on 07/01/09 at 01:01 PM ET
Welcome to our world, circa July 2008
If you don’t see the difference, you should probably go play with electricity.
Posted by TeamDub from The gratch. on 07/01/09 at 01:03 PM ET
I’ve got no problem with this. Huge-term contracts for Franzen and Hank are enough long-term risks. Good for Hossa. Hopefully he stays cursed and we beat the Hawks for the foreseeable future.
But yeah ... I have no problem at all with this. There’s lots of talent to replace him and this makes less of a mess of our long-term cap situation.
So no, Big Rich, I don’t mind at all. I wish him luck, just not against us.
You keep hatin’ though!
Posted by JordanHR from Toronto on 07/01/09 at 01:03 PM ET
NHL said it was 5 mil for 12 yrs
Posted by M71 on 07/01/09 at 01:03 PM ET
So does this change “he’s always welcome in Detroit?”
Not for me. But I’ll be surprised if its another short deal. I just don’t understand the thinking in Chicago. Hossa is not what will push them over the top. I figured with Senior cheapskate gone and Scotty in the ranks they’d have some brains.
Posted by Nate A from Detroit-ish on 07/01/09 at 01:03 PM ET
I feel better knowing Kenny has time and cap space to work magic with would-be castoffs, and not stuck with the same unchanging core of stars for the foreseeable future.
Posted by MarkK from Maryland on 07/01/09 at 01:05 PM ET
Yea. Will all the classy Detroit fans cheer him as a Blackhawk? Welcome to our world, circa July 2008
No, I won’t. Because he’s now a division rival, he’s not in the other conference. If he was? Absolutely.
But am I going to cry for a year, even after we beat the Hawks in the playoffs in 11 months or so? No. Probably not.
Suck it, you whiny bitch!
Posted by Garth on 07/01/09 at 01:05 PM ET
So does this change “he’s always welcome in Detroit?”
I have no problem with this. Sadly, I think he joined one of the few teams with which he will be booed when he returns to the Joe.
Posted by MarkK from Maryland on 07/01/09 at 01:06 PM ET
I hope Kronner and Stewie send him to the morgue.
Posted by EFWolverine from Dearborn on 07/01/09 at 01:06 PM ET
Sorry, i’m busy waiting for my Stanley Cup DVD
No need to wait, I have several you can borrow.
Posted by TeamDub from The gratch. on 07/01/09 at 01:07 PM ET
I know he’s going to get booed in the Joe. There’s nothing I’ll be able to do about that. The terms of the contract are actually comforting to me. Hossa said he wanted to play for a contender and he wanted a long term deal. He has both with what Chicago gave him and for more money than we could offer.
This is absolutely not the same situation as when he left in Pittsburgh. I’m not going to like watching him as a Blackhawk and I expect I’ll say mean things about him during liveblogs this upcoming year, but they’ll be no worse than I say about any other member of another team.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 07/01/09 at 01:07 PM ET
If Hossa isn’t booed in his first game in Mo-Town I will eat my 2009 SCF hat.
Posted by Rob from Princeton on 07/01/09 at 01:08 PM ET
You’d think they’d want to sign some sort of skater that can shoot from the blueline and stop opposing players from running riot in their own zone…you know, some sort of defense-man—do they make those?
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 07/01/09 at 01:08 PM ET
Red Wings fans are now experiencing what we felt a year ago.
Posted by cs6687 on 07/01/09 at 01:08 PM ET
This signing defines him in one word: PARIAH
Posted by TEMO from LANSING, MICHIGAN, U.S.A. on 07/01/09 at 01:08 PM ET
Sorry, i’m busy waiting for my Stanley Cup DVD
Posted by Big Rich on 07/01/09 at 02:05 PM ET
Really? I thought you were busy posting on a Red Wings blog.
Sounds like the difference between the Wings and the Hawks offer would be around $20 million. Which is a big freaking difference. Still don’t see how they think they can keep Kane, Toews and Keith, though.
Whatever. We keep Pav, Z, Mule, Wally, Lidas, etc. etc. In Kenny we trust.
Posted by Bella on 07/01/09 at 01:08 PM ET
I have no problem with this. Sadly, I think he joined one of the few teams with which he will be booed when he returns to the Joe.
Posted by MarkK from Ithaca on 07/01/09 at 02:06 PM ET
You THINK? I KNOW he is going to be booed and booed loudly and often. Not by me, I’ll sit there and look at him with a curious smile…a mercenary till the end.
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 07/01/09 at 01:09 PM ET
Great work by Tallon f’ing up their cap to the point that they are going to lose at least one (and probably two ro three) of their young players.
Nice to see there are GM’s out there doing what they can to derail other franchises in their attempts to challenge Detroit.
Posted by HockeyinHD on 07/01/09 at 01:09 PM ET
Pens trolls, I admire your restraint—not one of you has used the ever-predictable phrase “Karma’s a bitch”” yet.
Would one of you oblige and rectify the situation?
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 07/01/09 at 01:10 PM ET
Silly, you know you can’t afford a DVD player…
Once again, the class and wit of penstards shines.
And did you just say “silly?” Really?
This ain’t Birdcage, Liberace.
Posted by TeamDub from The gratch. on 07/01/09 at 01:10 PM ET
Big Rich, shouldn’t you be worrying about how your guys now have the biggest target on them in professional sports and how your 2 million dollar Guerin is going to hold up against that for an entire season?
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 07/01/09 at 01:11 PM ET
Why not just sign a guy for 50 million years and make the cap hit $1? This is just ridiculous. So much for that lockout.
Posted by JAMESinMI on 07/01/09 at 01:11 PM ET
Wow, I guess he really likes to bite his thumb at his former team. Interesting choice. Should put them in some serious cap trouble after next season. I think this will just make for a bigger reason for us to stomp all over the Hawks next year.
Posted by SharkBaiter from at play in the Labs of our Lord on 07/01/09 at 01:11 PM ET
Conk follows the footsteps of all ex-Wing goalies with a stop in BBBBBBBB-land.
Posted by scsgoal31 from Huntington Woods, MI on 07/01/09 at 01:13 PM ET
Now all we need is Hudler to Columbus, Sammy and eVille to Bubba.
Posted by MarkK from Maryland on 07/01/09 at 01:15 PM ET
eeehhhhh! Time’s up! What do we have for the losers, judge? Well, for the 19, it’s a life time at exotic Fort Leavenworth! And, for the Chief, that’s right, it’s a court martial! Yes, Johnny! After falsely accusing a highly decorated mercenary of taking two consecutive hometown discounts to stay in Detroit, CPO Bill will have a long and prosperous career teaching… typewriter maintenance at the Rocco Globbo School for Women! Thank you for playing “Should we or should we not follow the advice of the galactically stupid!”
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 07/01/09 at 01:15 PM ET
TSN just said 12 years $62 mil US.
Posted by SharkBaiter from at play in the Labs of our Lord on 07/01/09 at 01:15 PM ET
Sorry, i’m busy waiting for my Stanley Cup DVD
Posted by Big Rich on 07/01/09 at 02:05 PM ET
He spells his name is Bitg Ritch. Ass.
Posted by Sullyosis from A hateful lair in Post Apocalyptic US (or Arizona) on 07/01/09 at 01:15 PM ET
eeehhhhh! Time’s up! What do we have for the losers, judge? Well, for the 19, it’s a life time at exotic Fort Leavenworth!
Excellent, I only have to move ten miles!
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 07/01/09 at 01:17 PM ET
Hossa to Chicago.
Man, never saw that coming.
Best wshes, Hoss. Thanks for your efforts.
Time to suck it up and move on.
The Detroit Red Wings are STILL the best professeional hockey organization, top to bottom. We will keep our heads held high as the task before us turns into a plan to succeed. And that plan is carefully, analytically, masterfully being developed by Tick Tock, Uncle Mike, ... you know the men we trust. Be assured they will place the best team possible on the ice for the ‘09-’10 season!
Is it October yet?
GO WINGS!!!
Posted by stonehands-78 from the beginning ... a WingsFan, on 07/01/09 at 01:18 PM ET
maybe you’ll get a kick out of this one. need a new version for next year
Posted by TL on 07/01/09 at 01:19 PM ET
Red Wings fans are now experiencing what we felt a year ago.
Really? Because I haven’t seen anyone crying here or calling him names because he “promised” to sign with us.
But yeah, exact same thing.
I’m 100% cool with this. I would’ve liked it more if he’d signed in the east so I could cheer for him, because I like him, but this contract, as other have said, could screw them over when it comes to re-signing Kane. Toews, etc and a contract like this would’ve done that to Detroit this year, and maybe more if the cap ends up going down at any point.
And I’d feel worse about it if he performed this year like he performed last year in the playoffs, but I’m not worrying about a guy who loses his heart and is so easily spooked by playing against his old team.
All he is is one less “threat” that we have to worry about against Chicago in the playoffs.
Posted by Garth on 07/01/09 at 01:20 PM ET
The Hawks are the one team I didn’t want him to go to. Too bad. He had a nice year with us, but I hope he never wins a Cup.
Posted by detroitdan1982 from St. John's, NL on 07/01/09 at 01:21 PM ET
eeehhhhh! Time’s up! What do we have for the losers, judge? Well, for the 19, it’s a life time at exotic Fort Leavenworth! And, for the Chief, that’s right, it’s a court martial! Yes, Johnny! After falsely accusing a highly decorated mercenary of taking two consecutive hometown discounts to stay in Detroit, CPO Bill will have a long and prosperous career teaching… typewriter maintenance at the Rocco Globbo School for Women! Thank you for playing “Should we or should we not follow the advice of the galactically stupid!”
I WANT THE TRUTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by pgoody on 07/01/09 at 01:21 PM ET
Tyler Arnason is still out there boys.
Posted by rwhater on 07/01/09 at 01:22 PM ET
I was never sold on Snuggle Bear Hossa in the first place so I’m fairly ambivalent about him leaving.
I tried to explain the signs that told me was a gutless, no character POS and I think my interpretation has been proven.
The karmic outcome of this remains to be seen. You will know the hockey gods really hate Detroit if he plays as a physical force and crashes the net in next year’s playoffs.
Too bad Kocur’s long gone from the roster.
Posted by thethirdcoast from Rottenchester on 07/01/09 at 01:22 PM ET
So, who’s the Dallas Drake this year?
Find him Kenny. And if someone offers Happy $2.5 million per, let him walk.
Is it October yet?
Posted by Alzy from Innisfail, Alberta, Canada on 07/01/09 at 01:23 PM ET
CokeNPepsi to the Hawks too.
Hope their medical staff is top notch.
Posted by TeamDub from The gratch. on 07/01/09 at 01:23 PM ET
Kopecky signed in Chicago too.
Posted by SharkBaiter from at play in the Labs of our Lord on 07/01/09 at 01:23 PM ET
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That one hurts, but it’ll be nice watching Datsyuk shut him down six times a year.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 07/01/09 at 12:57 PM ET