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Mirtle: Hossa a Hawk
by IwoCPO on 07/01/09 at 01:55 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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While I still think this is not an awesome situation because I like the guy and this makes him seem like a douche, there is comfort in knowing he may be cursed and that the Hawks are potentially screwed next year at this time. Really? Hossa to a long term deal and most likely losing Kane? Where is the logic in that?
He won’t be booed by me. In public.
Posted by jennyquarx on 07/01/09 at 01:24 PM ET
And if someone offers Happy $2.5 million per, let him walk.
We can match that. Happy may have 25 goals this year. Christ, we payed 7.45 million for 40 goals last year.
Posted by MarkK from Maryland on 07/01/09 at 01:24 PM ET
So Hoss is a Hawk, Conk’s with the BBBs ... does this mean Sammy goes to Columbus and Nashville offers Huds an offer sheet?
Posted by Bella on 07/01/09 at 01:24 PM ET
And the band played on.
Now back to our regular scheduled lives.
Posted by VooX from Behind the Bar in the Hasek Club Car on 07/01/09 at 01:25 PM ET
Fro Kevin Allen’s Twitter…
With TSN saying Hossa signed with Chicago for 12 years, I have ‘Hawks at $34 mill for eight players in 2010-11 witn no Kane, Toews, Keith
Interesting…
Posted by Garth on 07/01/09 at 01:26 PM ET
Kopecky signed in Chicago too.
Posted by SharkBaiter from hiding from the sun on 07/01/09 at 02:23 PM ET
Excuse me while I shed a single tear for the kid leaving.
....
I got nothing, sorry.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 07/01/09 at 01:26 PM ET
Just saw about Kopy. A Ritch Winter client, too. I wonder Hoss having his buddy along helped seal the deal.
Hope Kopy and Lilja don’t try to fight one another next year. They’ll both probably go to the morgue.
Posted by Bella on 07/01/09 at 01:26 PM ET
I wonder if the Blackhawks are going to have room to sign Kane and Toews after this move.
Posted by goon on 07/01/09 at 01:26 PM ET
Ok, Karma’s a bitch…
Like fish in a particularly small barrel. Big Rich apparently isn’t big on wit or brains.
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 07/01/09 at 01:27 PM ET
I just can’t seem to find it in me to care. Oh well.
Posted by Chris Pronger Rosetta Stone from Verizon Center Section 404 on 07/01/09 at 01:27 PM ET
What happened to not being bitter Detroit? It’s OK Professionalism will always come out on top like it did this past season…
Posted by Employed in PA from Land of the Stanley Cup Champs on 07/01/09 at 01:28 PM ET
Hope Kopy and Lilja don’t try to fight one another next year. They’ll both probably go to the morgue.
Posted by Bella on 07/01/09 at 02:26 PM ET
Heh.
Posted by TeamDub from The gratch. on 07/01/09 at 01:28 PM ET
WTF is going on? The rats are jumping to the burning ship next door!
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 07/01/09 at 01:29 PM ET
Hope Kopy and Lilja don’t try to fight one another next year. They’ll both probably go to the morgue.
Nice, started laughing out loud here at my work computer.
Posted by MarkK from Maryland on 07/01/09 at 01:30 PM ET
“Toews is a Wing after next year"--moore00 just laid it down via text from the gym.
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 07/01/09 at 01:32 PM ET
*coughsammypahlssoncough*
Posted by EFWolverine from Dearborn on 07/01/09 at 02:32 PM ET
Ewwwwww....but maybe.
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 07/01/09 at 01:33 PM ET
Red Wings fans are now experiencing what we felt a year ago.
Posted by cs6687 on 07/01/09 at 02:08 PM ET
Fortunately for a GREAT MANY Wings fans, we already accepted he could be gone. When? When he signed that one-year deal last summer. We knew back then it was only for a year and that he could be gone - Cup or bust.
You Pens fans badly need to get over Hossa. Much, much moreso than us Wings fans.
I have no bitterness towards Hossa leaving at all. You do.
Posted by SYF from Las Vegas, NV on 07/01/09 at 01:33 PM ET
What happened to not being bitter Detroit?
I implore you to point out any bitterness that stands out from our typical posts.
Posted by MarkK from Maryland on 07/01/09 at 01:33 PM ET
*coughsammypahlssoncough*
I’m strongly against it on principle. But he’s Swedish. So I could be persuaded.
Posted by Bella on 07/01/09 at 01:35 PM ET
Well, with it all confirmed, it’s another regular-season star who’ll disappear against his old team when we meet in the playoffs. I’m as worried about this as I am abouta bunch of rampaging gnats.
Props to Kenny for not bowing to the pressure if $5.2 million a season was all it took; that would have screwed us even worse than a $4 million cap hit. Now we can get on with keeping our homegrown talent, and how talented it is.
One thing this does guarantee: when the cap goes down next summer, some form of relief will be offered by the League. They wouldn’t want their new favorite team to suffer any more than it already has to next year.
And Kopy too? Let’s hope they can somehow motivate him, otherwise they’ll never uncover the supposed untapped offensive potential that some blind scouts seem to think he has.
Bella, don’t forget that we may need another Swede to replace William Tell.
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 07/01/09 at 01:38 PM ET
Just saw about Kopy. A Ritch Winter client, too. I wonder Hoss having his buddy along helped seal the deal.
I remember that Hossa included Kopecky his reasons for coming to Detroit. Obviously not a primary concern in either situation, but I’ll bet it was a factor.
Posted by Sadie from Ann Arbor, MI on 07/01/09 at 01:41 PM ET
Red Wings fans are now experiencing what we felt a year ago.
Nope. There’s a big, big, BIG difference. There will be no massive conniption fit here. It was his choice to leave the plug and play machine we have here. Other than the games the hawks have with the wings, most if not all will thank him for his services and wish him well. It will be interesting to see the contract problems that the hawks will have the next couple of years.
Posted by UMFan from Colorado on 07/01/09 at 01:42 PM ET
This just released from Ken Holland:
Marian, we live in a world that has walls and those walls need to be guarded by men with guns. Who’s gonna do it? You? You, Tpmas Kopecky? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for losing the Cup two year in a row and curse the Red Wings for not ponying up the doe; you have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know: that losing you to Gary’s cap, while tragic, probably saved lives and that my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. You don’t want the truth because deep down in places you don’t talk about at parties you want me on that wall, you need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use then as the backbone of a life trying to attain something. You use them as a punchline to gain market value. I have neither the money nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very chance of being a dynasty that I provide and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said “thank you,” and went on your way to The Windy City. Otherwise, I suggest that you pick your head and watch out for Kronwall. Either way, I don’t give a damn what amount of money you think you are entitled to!
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 07/01/09 at 01:43 PM ET
And the band played on.
Now back to our regular scheduled lives.
Posted by VooX from Behind the Bar in the Hasek Club Car on 07/01/09 at 02:25 PM ET
+1
In Kenny I trust.
AFAA is probably correct, there will likely be more cap issues next season.
Tick Tock knows what in the hell he is doing (all evidence suggests he rarely screws up).
Hudler is probably staying (unless he gets a ridiculous offer sheet ala Kevin Lowe), and since Sammy is likely not; we need a new whipping boy. Be nice to see the Wings play Gator solid minutes for his grit, but if Tick Tock does anything, he’ll likely look for some UFA sandpaper.
Posted by Jeff OKWingnut from Hockey Netherworld on 07/01/09 at 01:44 PM ET
From Darren Dreger’s Twitter:
Hossa will make $59.3 mil in the first 8 years and $3.5 over final four.
Posted by SYF from Las Vegas, NV on 07/01/09 at 01:44 PM ET
I’m just suprised he only signed for $1M more per than we were offering. Seems rather weak. However as has been pointed out, Chicago just killed their future, no way they can keep Kane and Toews now after their current contracts expire. Kane sure would look nice in a Red Wings #88 uni, Hopefully Mule pulling his mouth guard out didn’t burn any bridges…
Posted by John W. from Lansing, MI on 07/01/09 at 01:44 PM ET
should have done a little more proof-reading...but you get the point.
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 07/01/09 at 01:44 PM ET
And Kopy too? Let’s hope they can somehow motivate him, otherwise they’ll never uncover the supposed untapped offensive potential that some blind scouts seem to think he has.
Bella, don’t forget that we may need another Swede to replace William Tell.
Andrew, I’m sure being coached by Q-stache is motivation enough. 
And you’re right about keeping up our Swede quota. We’d maintain our Sammy quota, too.
Posted by Bella on 07/01/09 at 01:45 PM ET
Well… we know now who won’t be signed. I wonder who will. Any guesses as to what Kenny’s up to right now?
Posted by Bio on 07/01/09 at 01:45 PM ET
Well… we know now who won’t be signed. I wonder who will. Any guesses as to what Kenny’s up to right now?
Taking a phone call from Dom, demanding that he find him a job as Rat exterminator AND skate sharpener at the Joe.
Posted by MarkK from Maryland on 07/01/09 at 01:51 PM ET
Looks like Knuble’s out.
Posted by Bio on 07/01/09 at 01:53 PM ET
Hopefully Mule pulling his mouth guard out didn’t burn any bridges…
Kane actually said afterward that he laughed about it, so I’d say no.
We’d maintain our Sammy quota, too.
I think I can live without the vitamin poopinthebox supplements.
My prediction: Look for some unknown free agent none of us even heard of from the very backwoods of hockey (Phoenix, I’m looking at you) to be plucked off the scrap heap in two days and to have twenty goals next season. It’s the Holland Way.
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 07/01/09 at 01:54 PM ET
*coughsammypahlssoncough*
Posted by EFWolverine from Dearborn on 07/01/09 at 02:32 PM ET
*coughstevesullivancough*
*coughbriangiontacough*
Man, I must be coming down with something.
In Kenny we trust.
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 07/01/09 at 01:54 PM ET
My prediction: Look for some unknown free agent none of us even heard of from the very backwoods of hockey (Phoenix, I’m looking at you) to be plucked off the scrap heap in two days and to have twenty goals next season. It’s the Holland Way.
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 07/01/09 at 02:54 PM ET
Shane Doan? Ooops...! Shouldn’t have let that slipped.
Of course, Eklund will be all over that(e5). 
Posted by SYF from Las Vegas, NV on 07/01/09 at 01:56 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?
Nah, I’m content just to say that you’re a bitch, bitch.
Posted by Steve P from da burgh on 07/01/09 at 01:58 PM ET
Well, I can only laugh. And considering we now know what makes him disappear, I suspect Mars will be booed lustily next season.
Posted by cephalopod from Chicago, on the poop deck, not over it yet on 07/01/09 at 01:58 PM ET
This is hysterical, everybody on this board including chief douche-bag said they don’t care if hossa comes back or not, and they wish them the best...to see everyone flip flop in mere hours is hysterical!!!
don’t act like you wont cheer a little harder when Hossa get checked hard or Osgood makes a save on him next year at the Joe, hypocrites.
P.S. i’m not following up this comment and if you try to refute it your just silly
Posted by jon from wv on 07/01/09 at 01:58 PM ET
P.S. i’m not following up this comment and if you try to refute it your just silly
Posted by jon from wv on 07/01/09 at 02:58 PM ET
Don’t talk about my just silly that way!
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 07/01/09 at 02:00 PM ET
blah blah, you think the trolls would come up with something new.
Posted by AxeMaster9 on 07/01/09 at 02:00 PM ET
I’m still looking at Pahlsson or Kronwall smasher Joel Lundqvist.
Posted by John W. from Lansing, MI on 07/01/09 at 02:01 PM ET
Why do I get the feeling that all these Pens trolls are a single 12-year-old sitting in his basement who’s sad he doesn’t have any friends who’ll come over to play Magic: The Gathering with him?
Posted by Bella on 07/01/09 at 02:02 PM ET
Hossa’s just going to a team that has a better chance to win the Stanley Cup than the Wings do. I have no problem with this. Face it, the Red Wings are the New York Yankees - won a bunch of championships, but the dynasty is over. Where’s Scott Brosius when you need him???!!!
Posted by Cold In The D on 07/01/09 at 02:05 PM ET
prediction fail
HA-HA
Posted by nelson on 07/01/09 at 02:05 PM ET
This is hysterical, everybody on this board including chief douche-bag said they don’t care if hossa comes back or not, and they wish them the best...to see everyone flip flop in mere hours is hysterical!!!
don’t act like you wont cheer a little harder when Hossa get checked hard or Osgood makes a save on him next year at the Joe, hypocrites.
P.S. i’m not following up this comment and if you try to refute it your just silly
Posted by jon from wv on 07/01/09 at 02:58 PM ET
How’s that “Jilted Lover Complex” rounding out for you? Still going to group therapy for it? Still coming to terms with it? No? Maybe if you actually take a nice long stroll along the river and maybe go fishing or swimming.
Posted by SYF from Las Vegas, NV on 07/01/09 at 02:05 PM ET
Why do I get the feeling that all these Pens trolls are a single 12-year-old sitting in his basement who’s sad he doesn’t have any friends
Not fair.
Sidney is older than twelve, and it’s not his basement.
Posted by Red Winger from Sault Ste. Marie on 07/01/09 at 02:05 PM ET
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Haha Kopecky signed in Chicago too
Posted by JJ on 07/01/09 at 01:24 PM ET