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Hossa Wants A Game 7 Win
by Paul on 05/14/09 at 10:47 AM ET
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from George Sipple of the Detroit Free Press,
Hossa is 0-for-3 in his NHL career playing in Game 7 (all three with Ottawa) and said he was “looking forward to turning it around” and advancing this time. He has no goals and two assists in previous seventh games.
“Other games you have a chance, but this—the series is tied and one game you go home or you go further,” Hossa said shortly after the team landed at Metro Airport on Wednesday afternoon. “It’s a huge game. We have to get prepared. You cannot get it in your head.
“It’s an important game, but it’s another game. Just try to win that game because it’s huge.”
Hossa isn’t surprised that the series is coming down to a seventh game. “Both teams are really good and strong and it comes down to the last game,” he said.
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Hossa’s Time?
by Paul on 05/05/09 at 01:10 PM ET
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from Kostya Kennedy of Sports Illustrated,
So this is it. This is where we see just how Marian Hossa’s $72 million gamble turns out. The Red Wings winger famously spurned that many millions (and long-term security with the Edmonton Oilers) for a one-and-out shot at winning the Stanley Cup with Detroit. When have you seen a free agent do that?
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Hossa Comfortable With His Role
by Paul on 05/01/09 at 09:44 AM ET
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from Bob Wojnowski of the Detroit News,
As the Wings head into the second round tonight against Anaheim, Hossa is in the spot he always envisioned. He’s needed and wanted but doesn’t have to do it all, or even the bulk of it. No one on the Wings ever does. And really, of all the unusual reasons Hossa took the Wings’ one-year, $7.45-million offer instead of long-term treasures elsewhere, this is the main one, for this time right now.
“Look around, you’ve got legends in here, and it’s a great group of guys,” Hossa said. “It’s just fun to be a part of it. And they play the way I like, the puck-control game. Playing with so many stars, the pressure is spread, there’s no focus on one guy.”
And there’s the dichotomy of the Hossa Experiment. He came to Detroit to win his first Stanley Cup, and by accepting a one-year deal, he put enormous pressure on himself. But the truth is, it’s actually less pressure than if he’d stayed in Pittsburgh for a reported $35 million, or gone to Edmonton for the rumored $80 million.
If Hossa is skating with a burden, he sure isn’t showing it. He led the team with 40 goals in the regular season, and often was brilliant. He was clutch in the first-round clincher against Columbus, scoring his first two goals of the playoffs.
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The Hossa Situation
by Paul on 04/12/09 at 10:06 AM ET
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from Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal,
“Let’s see now, we have an 11-year contract and a 12-year contract, so I guess Marian will take 10 or 13 years,” laughed Hossa’s agent Ritch Winter, who talked to Holland about numbers Saturday, although Holland won’t be able to sign Hossa until June because of their cap situation. Hossa is going nowhere. His cap hit will be in the $6-million range. “I will tell you this: despite what people are saying, the salary cap in Detroit will definitely be no impediment to Marian signing there,” said Winter.
more hockey talk…
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Will Hossa Buy-In?
by Paul on 04/11/09 at 05:05 PM ET
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from Damien Cox of The Spin,
So Johan Franzen gets his $43.5 million and the Red Wings get the cap number they want, $3.95 million for the next 11 years.
Starts at $5 million per, ends at $2 million, $1 million and $1 million for the last three years. If The Mule can’t play by then, he’ll be making his money in Grand Rapids.
But the real question the Franzen deal produces is this; can the Wings now still sign Marian Hossa and keep their core of star forwards together?
The answer is its up to Hossa.
Basically, the Wings can now give him a contract that produces a cap number between $5 million and $5.5 million.
If he’s looking to average the $7.45 million he’s making over a long term deal - and his production probably warrants it - it won’t be in Detroit.
added 5:21pm, from Set Rorabaugh of Empty Netters,
Just glancing at NHLNumbers.com, it looks like Detroit will have approximately $7-8 million of cap space next season. In addition to Hossa, forward Mikael Samuelsson and goaltender Ty Conklin are scheduled to become free agents this offseason. Neither player is irreplaceable, but they have been significant parts of Detroit’s success this season. And stalwarts Nicklas Lidstrom and Tomas Holmstrom will become a free agents after the 2009-10 season. When you consider the fact that the salary cap could come down due to the malaise of the economy, it doesn’t seem the Red Wings will have the type of money available that Hossa, even at a reduced rate, would command.
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Hossa’s Groin Strain
by Paul on 04/10/09 at 02:53 PM ET
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from Ansar Khan of Mlive,
The Wings received good news on the Marian Hossa injury front, as an MRI revealed no torn muscle in his groin, which he injured during the second period of Thursday’s game. Hossa wanted to play in Sunday’s regular season finale in Chicago, but he’ll miss the last two games, including Saturday’s home game vs. the Blackhawks. Hossa and the club are hopeful that he’ll be ready for Game 1 of the playoffs.
“I’m pretty optimistic,’’ Hossa said. “I had some groin injuries before, but this one doesn’t seem like something that would bother me as much.’‘
more on the Wings…
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Hossa Would Like To Sign An Extension By End Of Regular Season
by Paul on 03/28/09 at 08:31 AM ET
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Ritch Winter, Marian Hossa’s agent, tells Sporting News Today that he is optimistic a deal will get worked out, allowing Hossa to re-sign with the Red Wings.
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Oilers Should Stay Away From Hossa
by Paul on 03/24/09 at 05:49 AM ET
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from David Staples of The Cult of Hockey,
The most excellent sources of Journal columnist Dan Barnes have told him the Oilers will make a go at Hossa this July, but we can only hope this effort is met with failure, or that it’s reconsidered. Even if Hossa wants top dollar, and even if did choose to sign in Edmonton, the Oilers would be committing salary cap suicide if they offered him $8 or $9 or $10 million a year.
Last summer, this pursuit of Hossa apparently took the focus off of the signing of Curtis Glencross, who could have been had for tens of thousands more, not hundreds of thousands, and certainly not millions. But Glencross was precisely the kind of small move the Oilers needed to make last summer. It wouldn’t have been a home-run signing, but it would have been a sharp double to right field.
There’s no quick fix in this modern NHL, no way for a bottom team to sign up that star player to a massive deal and challenge for the Cup, because the top player won’t make a salary sacrifice to play on a bottom or mid-level team. He will only do that, maybe, to play on the right Stanley Cup contender.
While on the Hossa subject, check out Eric Duhatschek’s story at the Globe and Mail on Marian and his time with Detroit.
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Holland Talks Hossa & Franzen
by Paul on 03/19/09 at 09:21 AM ET
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from Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press,
Holland plans to meet with Hossa’s agent, Ritch Winter, during next week’s trip to western Canada. Holland is talking to the camps for Hossa and Johan Franzen, the Wings’ two biggest free agents headed into summer.
“Given the uncertainty of the economy, I’m moving slow,” Holland said Wednesday. “But it’s not only the economy. It’s about team building, it’s about our philosophy. We can keep Franzen and Hossa, but then we’ll have to let a whole lot of other players go. I don’t know if that’s the answer to being competitive. But if I can get a number that I think allows us to have one extra player, you start to think more and more about doing something. Right now, I’m not really close to where I’d like to get to with either side.”
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Hossa Down Again
by IwoCPO on 03/03/09 at 08:49 PM ET
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Marian Hossa was hit from behind in St. Louis, and ended up ramming the end boards head first. The hit from Roman Polak was hard, but not necessarily dirty. Still on the ice but Blues announcers saying he has movement in limbs, etc.
Hossa just waved as he was being taken off the ice on the stretcher. Also, as the Blues announcers pointed out, the Wing players skated away from Hossa in what appeared to be a fairly optimistic manner…if that’s possible.
Fox Sports Detroit’s Ken Daniels reports that the Wings say that Hossa’s being sent to the hospital for precautionary measures.
video added 11:29pm...
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Hossa Out With Apparent Neck/Head Injury
by Paul on 02/26/09 at 10:12 AM ET
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Video of the Hossa hit added below. Original post was on 2/25/09 at 9:37pm.
The Wings as most of us know are very protective when it comes to injury disclosure. Wings fans are in wait and see mode!
added 2:02pm, Hossa out for Friday’s game with stiff neck, per Ansar Khan of Mlive.
Marian Hossa left the ice in the 2nd period of the Wings/Sharks game and will not return.
His head was sandwiched between two Sharks players and in the process he lost his helmet. He did try to get back into the play but eventually skated to the bench.
added 9:43pm, Ansar Khan of Mlive has a write-up too.
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Hossa Returns To Pittsburgh
by Paul on 02/07/09 at 07:10 AM ET
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from Mike Zeisberger of the Toronto Sun,
Tomorrow, you will step on the ice at the Mellon Arena for the first time since you snubbed the Pens. And you will be wearing the red-and-white jersey of the Red Wings, who carried the Stanley Cup on this same surface eight months ago in front of the loyal Pittsburgh fans who supported you through thick and thin.
Let’s be honest. You will be perceived as a traitor and will be treated as such.
Are you ready to be showered with boos? You had better be.
“It will be loud,” Hossa acknowledged yesterday. “And when I touch the puck, it will be louder. That’s what I’m expecting. I try not to think about it—just focus on my game and do my stuff.
more plus more hockey talk including some trade scenarios…
added 7:42am, from Ansar Khan of Mlive,
Hossa believes the 12-year, $73-million pact Zetterberg signed helped him get a better gauge of his own market value. He made it sound as if a deal with the Red Wings would eventually happen.
“I know what I kind of want, I want to stay for a long time,” Hossa said. “This is great to be part of. We’ll see how the negotiations will go, what Ken and Ritch (Winter, his agent) tell me. It could be a few days, a few months or after the end of the year.”
more on Hossa and Franzen negotiations…
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Hossa Or Mule?
by Paul on 02/01/09 at 09:38 AM ET
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from Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal,
If you strapped Detroit Red Wings general manager Ken Holland to a chair and jabbed him full of truth serum, he’d say he wants to keep his hoss, Marian Hossa, more than his Mule, Johan Franzen, if Holland only has so many dollars to spend.
Franzen developed a cult following in Detroit after those 28 goals in his final 32 games last season, including the playoffs, and he’s followed it with 22 in 43 games this year, six of those game-winners. That’s 50 goals in 75 games, but Hossa, 30, is the world-class talent, almost a point-a-game player (695 points in 749 games).
If Hossa says he’ll play the next six years in Detroit for an average cap hit of between Henrik Zetterberg’s $6.1 million a year and Datsyuk’s $6.7 million, Holland is dancing. If Hossa wants to play hardball, then Holland will go to his Plan B, Franzen. Yet, while Franzen often looks like John LeClair from his Legion of Doom glory days with Eric Lindros with his bullish ways around the net, there’s a gnawing feeling that the 225-pound Swede benefits greatly from the cast around him.
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Hossa Looks Good In Detroit, But Probably Not For Long
by Paul on 01/31/09 at 08:25 AM ET
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from Bruce MacLeod of Red Wings Corner,
Marian Hossa fits perfectly in Detroit. He fits in a locker room full of Mr. Congeniality candidates. His style of play—a big goal-scoring winger who focuses on defense—is exactly what this team was lacking.
Marian Hossa’s next contract will be a long-term one. He wants to settle in one place. He wants exactly what Henrik Zetterberg got earlier this week. And he’d love to settle in Detroit.
But there’s a good chance that won’t happen. Not here, at least.Hossa is at the wrong time—in the salary-cap era—and the wrong place—a team loaded with high-end signings that leave little cap space.
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Hossa Exploring Detroit Options
by Paul on 01/11/09 at 09:14 AM ET
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Ritch Winter, Maian Hossa’s agent states Hossa is enjoying his stay in Detroit and both sides are interested in seeing if the relationship can continue past this season.
Read more from Craig Custance of the Sporting News Today.
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Marian Hossa Has No Regrets
by Alanah McGinley on 12/11/08 at 04:28 PM ET
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From TSN:
He turned down a multi-year offer from the Penguins and is reported to have rejected an $81 million, nine-year offer from the Edmonton Oilers for what he felt was his best chance to win a championship.
But then came the credit crunch, falling stock prices, rising unemployment and the very real chance that NHL clubs will have fewer dollars to throw around for the next batch of unrestricted free agents in July.
“I know the economy is not great now, but no regrets,” Hossa said Thursday on a conference call. “I came here to Detroit for one reason and that was to go all the way.
“We’ll see at the end of the year if it was the right step, but for now, it’s been a great experience - winning and playing for a great team. That’s what I was looking for.”
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Pick One: Franzen Or Hossa
by Paul on 11/16/08 at 08:32 AM ET
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from Ansar Khan of Mlive,
Getting Franzen locked up will not be easy. The Red Wings went through a difficult negotiation process with him and his agent in the summer of 2006, when he was a third-line, checking forward with seemingly modest offensive potential. Franzen could cost the club between $4- and $5 million a year, and he surely would get more on the open market.
Re-signing Hossa would require a series of events. The Red Wings would have to deem Franzen’s asking price more than they want to pay. Hossa would have to give them a discount in the neighborhood of his current $7.45 million salary. And even then they would need to shed some salary to make room for Hossa, whom the club cannot begin contract talks with until after Jan. 1, since he’s on a one-year deal.
Whom do they choose? The decision probably will be made for them, once they learn each player’s asking price and determine who is a better value for the money.
Now, your the Wings GM, which one player do you sign? Vote below…
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Everyone Is Talking Hockey
by Paul on 09/29/08 at 06:07 PM ET
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from Mike Knobler of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
We came to practice in Traverse City, and it’s a sellout [every day] for practice,” Hossa said. “It’s a small arena, but that shows me something. Obviously, in Atlanta there were good fans, but it’s not a traditional hockey market. You can tell the difference.”
It’s a difference, he said, that helps the Red Wings.
“You’re still playing the same game, [but] there’s definitely more atmosphere,” he said. “You get more fired up before the game. Everybody’s talking about it. You’re more under the microscope. Everybody’s talking about hockey.”
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The Best Team On Paper
by Paul on 09/16/08 at 07:17 AM ET
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Marian Hossa talks on why he chose to play for the Wings.
Watch the video below…
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Evening Line
by Paul on 07/09/08 at 09:10 PM ET
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Instead of being disappointed he couldn’t be the agent behind a monumental deal,(Ritch) Winter left the Hossa negotiations with a different reaction.
“Admiration,” Winter said. “I just think Marian is a quality guy and a quality player. He’s a great player but might be a better man. The overwhelming response was positive; then there was a few scattered negative comments. That, I couldn’t understand.”
more on Hossa from Craig Custance of the Sporting News…
added 9:17pm, from Dave Waddell of the Windsor Star,
Nearly two weeks into free agency, if anything, the Wings have separated themselves further from the pack in the NHL. Even at the minor-league level, Nill admits times have never been this good for Detroit.
“Yeah, depth-wise (best we’ve ever been),” Nill said. “We have a lot of kids turning pro, the Emmertons, Mursaks, Pyett, Abdelkader, so we’re adding some good young kids. “Darren Helm showed he can play. “Up here (Detroit) we’re positioned well for next year, but we still have to go do it. It’s not going to be easy.”
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Expect Hossa to Stay in Detroit
by Alanah McGinley on 07/07/08 at 07:00 PM ET
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From Ken Campbell at The Hockey News,
In a hockey world rife with uncertainty, you can take this one to the bank: if Hossa turns out to be a good fit with the Red Wings, he will be in Detroit beyond next season and for many more to come.
There is absolutely no way Holland makes this deal exclusively with the 2008-09 season in mind. When Holland makes a deal of any magnitude, it must serve two purposes –that is make the Red Wings a better team in the short-term and a better team in the long-term. And there is no way Holland would have made the deal if he hadn’t already figured out there’s a good chance he’ll be able to get Hossa in the fold on a multi-year deal after next season.
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Oilers Owner Having Free Agency Fun
by Alanah McGinley on 07/02/08 at 06:39 PM ET
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Edmonton billionaire Daryl Katz spoke to the media today.
From the CP via TSN:
Minutes before the news conference, the Oilers latest hopes of landing a marquee forward were dashed when word surfaced that Marian Hossa had signed a one-year deal with Detroit.
But Katz simply smiled as he talked about the excitement of working this week with Oilers general manager Kevin Lowe as they bid for Hossa to give Edmonton some much-needed scoring punch.
“We’ve had a lot of fun,” he said. “The experience of pursuing Marian was great for us and it won’t be the last time.”
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Holland Talks
by Paul on 07/02/08 at 04:33 PM ET
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Ken Holland was on Fan590 in Toronto about 1/2 hour ago and talked about how the Hossa deal came about. Kenny also mentioned future plans and said the Sundin camp told him yesterday afternoon that they were not interested in the Wings offer, they would be going in a different direction.
listen here...
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Hossa Wants The Cup
by Paul on 07/02/08 at 04:08 PM ET
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from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail,
A day after three dozen or so of his peers went chasing after the most dollars they could possibly grab, Marian Hossa left tens of millions on the table Tuesday to sign a modest one-year, $7.4 million deal with the Detroit Red Wings.
Hossa was being greedy all right — but not in the conventional sense of the term. At the age of 29 and 10 years into his NHL career, Hossa was greedy for a Stanley Cup — and figured his best chance to win one was to go to the defending champions.
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Hossa To Wings
by Paul on 07/02/08 at 12:28 PM ET
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via the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
The Penguins have lost free-agent right winger Marian Hossa to Detroit.
Team officials are believed to have been informed this morning that he will not re-sign.
Terms of Hossa’s contract were not immediately known, but the Red Wings are believed to have been offering a shorter-term contract than most other clubs.
update 12:37pm, on NHL Live, per TSN, 1 year 7.4M.
update 12:38pm, Done deal!
Update 12:50pm (Alanah): Link to story at TSN
Update 12:50pm (Alanah): Just want to say thanks to the boys at NHL Live on the NHL Network for this!
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The Hossa Talk In Edmonton
by Paul on 07/02/08 at 08:39 AM ET
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from Terry Jones of the Edmonton Sun,
While general manager Kevin Lowe said “the numbers are a little bit inflated” when it comes to the reported $9 million a year deal over a rumoured nine-year term for 29-year-old Slovakian Marian Hossa, in the same breath he added: “Daryl said from the outset he’ll do whatever it takes and spend to the cap.”
The excitement comes from a community unaccustomed to being in the bidding for the most sought-after player in the Canada Day craziness. The fear comes from paying that kind of money to a player who is recognized as more of a follower than a leader, especially if the deal takes him to age 38. That’s the kind of insanity which history suggests more teams live to regret than not.
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Hossa Update
by Alanah McGinley on 07/01/08 at 07:06 PM ET
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According to TSN there is “zero percent chance” of Marian Hossa signing anywhere today. He’ll be taking some more time to think about his options.
Consider this the Hossa rumor thread until then—there’s certainly enough of them floating around.
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Devils May Pursue Hossa
by Paul on 06/30/08 at 08:44 AM ET
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from Tom Gulitti of the Bergen Record,
There are some indications, however, that Lamoriello will try to make a big splash after the free agent market opens at noon on Tuesday in an attempt to propel his team back into the Eastern Conference’s elite.
The big fish would be right wing Marian Hossa….
Although pursuing such big-name players would seem to be out of character for Lamoriello, he suggests otherwise.
“All of that goes on behind the scenes and we don’t talk about it,” he said. “If we can do something that makes our team better, we’ll do that. You try to do that during the regular season, but you can’t always do it.”
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Hossa Will Get Offers In Excess Of $8 Million
by Paul on 06/24/08 at 06:11 AM ET
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via Ted Kulfan of the Detroit News,
Boston and Chicago are expected to make offers to Hossa in excess of $8 or $9 million per season. The Rangers, too, are supposedly interested.
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Bruins Mum On Hossa
by Paul on 06/23/08 at 07:36 AM ET
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from Kevin Paul Dupont of the Boston Globe,
Could the Bruins already be talking contract with superstar winger Marian Hossa?
Asked that question last night, Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli offered little in the way of candor.
“Very good question,” he responded in a terse e-mail. “But can’t comment. Cheers.”
It’s highly possible that talks between Boston and Hossa have begun, because it has become a trend for clubs to be granted permission to speak with pending unrestricted free agents well ahead of the July 1 start of the NHL’s open marketplace.
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Hossa to Test Free Agency
by Alanah McGinley on 06/21/08 at 03:18 PM ET
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From Rob Rossi at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,
Marian Hossa has declined an offer to sign a long-term deal with the Penguins and will test free agency.
General manager Ray Shero said today after the NHL Entry Draft at Scotiabank Place that Hossa, a star right wing acquired Feb. 26, will offer his services to other teams as an unrestricted free agent on July 1.
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Wrong Numbers
by Paul on 06/18/08 at 06:06 PM ET
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from Empty Netters,
Several media outlets have reported that the Penguins extended a contract offer of between $50-52 million over seven years to Marian Hossa, but Hossa’s agent Ritch Winter said those reports were completely off base.
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Hossa A Priority In Pittsburgh
by Paul on 06/14/08 at 06:55 AM ET
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from Rob Rossi of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,
The Penguins have made signing right wing Marian Hossa to a long-term contract their No. 1 priority, according to several players, agents and team officials who spoke to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review on the condition of anonymity.
All other offseason moves will be determined by the Penguins’ success or failure in this pursuit of Hossa, who scored 12 goals and recorded 26 points in 20 Stanley Cup playoff games skating alongside star center Sidney Crosby.
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Hossa Looks For A Cup Contender
by Paul on 06/07/08 at 08:37 AM ET
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from Kevin Gorman of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,
Marian Hossa said for the first time Friday that he will entertain the idea of taking less money to play for a Stanley Cup contender, and believes the Penguins fit the bill as a great team….
“If I wanted to make a couple more dollars, I would probably just re-sign with Atlanta,” said Hossa, whose 12 goals and 26 points in the playoffs were exactly what the Penguins were seeking when they acquired him from the Thrashers on Feb. 26. “But I’m glad Pittsburgh got me here. This was a fun journey for myself, and a great experience. I hope I can stick with a great team like this. ...
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Dream Job for Dupuis
by Alanah McGinley on 05/31/08 at 11:29 AM ET
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From Larry Wigge at NHL.com,
But the trade to Pittsburgh came as a complete surprise.
“I was actually negotiating on a new contract with Atlanta and I’d been teasing ‘Hoss’ for more than a month before the deadline about how much he was going to like going back to Ottawa or playing in Montreal,” Dupuis explained. “In the end, he got the last laugh.
“At first, I joked with reporters that I was coming along to carry Hoss’s bags. But I got the dream-of-a-lifetime job of playing on a line with Sid and Hoss.”
Update 11:35am ET: More from NHL.com this morning from Phil Coffey “Plenty on the Line for Wings and Pens,” and from John Kreiser “Sydor’s Old Head Keeps Young Pens Focussed”
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Updates From Kukla
by Alanah McGinley on 05/23/08 at 02:40 PM ET
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Paul is at the NHL’s media event in Detroit (for which we’re hosting the live video feed on the previous post).
This post will be an open forum from the event, to add photos he sends in and links to audio he’ll be posting on NHL.com later today.
Updates will be added below throughout the day, with Wings stuff coming in first since the Penguins aren’t yet available. To start, I’ve put up a couple screenshots from video he’s shot today so far…
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Hossa Had No Idea He Would Be In Pittsburgh
by Paul on 05/15/08 at 08:00 AM ET
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from Mike Zeisberger of the Toronto Sun,
Imagine if Hossa had ended up a Hab or a Sen? Perhaps those teams still would be playing instead of watching the Penguins attempt to sweep the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference final tonight, a berth in the Stanley Cup final hanging in the balance.
And maybe, just maybe, it would have been the Pens who would be on the golf course now had Shero not stepped up to the plate and snatched Hossa.
It is an entirely different Marian Hossa you see playfully wandering around the dressing room these days. Gone is the omnipresent frown he sported during all those playoff shortcomings with the Senators and Thrashers, replaced by a huge grin worthy of a talented goal scorer who finally is becoming the money player during playoff time that so many thought he should be.
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Rangers May Target Hossa
by Paul on 05/06/08 at 06:27 AM ET
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from Lynn Zinser of the New York Times,
Hossa will be a question mark whenever Pittsburgh’s season ends. The Penguins have other unrestricted free agents to consider re-signing, including defenseman Brooks Orpik and forward Ryan Malone. They also have to ensure they have future cap room to keep their young players. Malkin will be due for a new contract — presumably a long and large one — after next season.
If the Penguins do not have enough money to offer Hossa, who is making $7 million this season, the Rangers may be in the bidding for him. He is a strong two-way player and seems to be the kind of finisher the Rangers could use on a line with center Scott Gomez.
If the Rangers keep him from returning to Pittsburgh, they would take a chunk out of the lineup of a division rival, one that looks as if it will be formidable for years to come.
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Penguins Move on to Eastern Conference Finals
by Alanah McGinley on 05/04/08 at 05:15 PM ET
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From Shelly Anderson at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
Marian Hossa scored in overtime to give the Penguins a 3-2 win over the New York Rangers today at Mellon Arena, clinching their second-round playoff series. They advance to the Eastern Conference final, where they will play cross-state rival Philadelphia.
Dates and times for the third round are pending, but Games 1 and 2 will be at Mellon Arena.
Update 5:23pm ET: Story of the game from David Shoalts at the Globe & Mail.
Update 5:44pm ET: Live post-game press conference underway. Video streaming is below. (click that link to access the NHL’s pop-up player)
Update 5:53pm ET: Game video of Hossa’s OT goal below.
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Hossa Was a Great Deadline Gift
by Alanah McGinley on 04/16/08 at 02:36 PM ET
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From the CP,
“I was definitely pleased,” said Penguins superstar centre Sidney Crosby. “I’d watched him play a lot and from what I had heard he was a great person and a great fit for our team. The thing I kept hearing was how complete he was. I don’t think that’s something he gets a lot of recognition for. But you know you’re going to get a chance to play with an offensively gifted guy that’s really responsible defensively.
“That was a great deadline gift, so to speak, for our team and for me personally to be able to play with. I was very excited for that.”
So instead of joining the Senators for a second tour of duty, Hossa has been busy trying to knock them out of the playoffs.
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Afternoon Line
by Paul on 04/09/08 at 02:16 PM ET
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via David Shoalts of the Globe and Mail,
“It’s still the same game, it’s just higher intensity,” Hossa said in comparing the regular season to the playoffs. “We have to battle through the traffic and make hockey more simple.
“Every experience is big and definitely I’m learning. Sometimes it’s a longer process but I’m here and hopefully I can help this team go far.”
more on Marian Hossa…
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Will Hossa Fit In
by Paul on 03/11/08 at 08:31 AM ET
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from the National Post,
Jason Botterill didn’t want to make a commitment to Marian Hossa just yet. In fact, during an interview last week, whenever the Pittsburgh Penguins director of hockey operations was asked about Hossa’s future with the team, he changed the subject.
“I just think it’s exciting that in the playoffs, we’ll get to watch a team with as much skill and speed as this one has,” Botterill said after being asked a second time about re-signing Hossa.
Botterill, a 32-year-old former Winnipeger who was part of the three world junior championship teams, had his playing career cut short by post-concussion syndrome. But the MBA he picked up at Michigan, where he also won an NCAA championship, helped him become the man in charge of the Penguins’ salary cap.
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Hossa Expects to be Out Roughly a Week
by Alanah McGinley on 02/29/08 at 07:54 PM ET
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From the CP via TSN,
But it’s not all bad news. Hossa considered himself fortunate to have avoided anything more disastrous than the mild sprain of his medial collateral ligament he did suffer.
With the Penguins in Ottawa to face the Senators on Saturday, Hossa, wearing a brace, was able to work out off the ice to rehab his knee while his teammates ran through a practice at Scotiabank Place on Friday afternoon.
‘‘It’s bad news, but it’s also good news because I didn’t know what to expect and it’s a first-degree MCL and it should be better within hopefully a week,’’ he said.
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Marian Hossa Out
by Paul on 02/28/08 at 08:52 PM ET
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My understanding he took a knee to knee hit from Glen Murray.
Will be re-evaluated tomorrow according to FSN Pittsburgh.
added 9:59pm, via TSN,
Marian Hossa’s first game as a Pittsburgh Penguin ended pre-maturely as the Slovakian sniper left after suffering a grade 1 strain of his MCL.
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Afternoon Line
by Paul on 02/28/08 at 01:28 PM ET
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via Bruins Blog at the Boston Globe,
(Marian) Hossa said he heard whispers about landing in Boston, where he would have been reunited with fellow Slovakian Zdeno Chara, former Atlanta teammates Marc Savard and Glen Metropolit, and ex-Senators Peter Schaefer and Shane Hnidy.
“I heard news about Boston too, but it never happened,” said Hossa. “I always enjoy playing with Big Z. Maybe one day again. We’ll see.”
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Thrashers Price High For Hossa
by Paul on 02/26/08 at 07:40 AM ET
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from Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun,
The whisper is Montreal GM Bob Gainey may have had a face-to-face meeting with Thrashers GM Don Waddell yesterday to see if they could close a deal.
While Ottawa GM Bryan Murray has also been hot on Waddell’s trail as well, it’s believed the Senators want rugged blueliner Garnet Exelby as part of any deal
That’s because the Thrashers are asking a lot.
Not only does Atlanta want winger Antoine Vermette or defenceman Andrej Meszaros as part of the deal, they want a prospect and the Senators’ No. 1 pick in the 2008 draft.
more Hossa talk…
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A Reported “Will Sign With”
by Paul on 02/26/08 at 06:46 AM ET
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Alanah posted this at Canucks and Beyond late last night and probably is not the last time we hear a “Will Sign With” today.
As always, you be the judge…
from RossMcKeon at Yahoo,
The Dallas Stars will acquire Tampa Bay Lightning center Brad Richards in a multi-player trade and Atlanta Thrashers right wing Marian Hossa is heading to the Montreal Canadiens before the NHL trade deadline, an executive within the league said Monday night.
added 7:22am, from the Star-Telegram,
The Stars continued discussions Monday about acquiring forward Brad Richards from the Tampa Bay Lightning, and NHL sources said Stars backup goaltender Mike Smith was one of the players Dallas was dangling.
“We’ve talked today, but nothing’s happening,” Stars co-general manager Les Jackson said on the eve of today’s 2 p.m. (CT) trade deadline.
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Habs Still Looking For That Impact Player
by Paul on 02/25/08 at 09:28 PM ET
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from Pat Hickey of the Montreal Gazette via the National Post,
The Canadiens are considered one of the favourites but they may not be able to meet Atlanta’s price. With Peter Forsberg, Mats Sundin and Alex Tanguay off the market, the law of supply and demand kicks in and the price for Hossa is reportedly an established young NHL player, a prospect and a high draft choice.
That may be more than Canadiens general manager Bob Gainey is willing to offer and it’s more than Carbonneau wants to lose.
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Cleary Would Welcome Hossa In Detroit
by Paul on 02/25/08 at 07:37 PM ET
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from CBC,
Cleary, currently sidelined with a broken jaw, was a teammate of Hossa during the NHL lockout in 2004-05, with Mora of the Swedish Elite League.
“Any team that gets this guy … he’s a real good person, a great team guy,” Cleary told CBCSports.ca reporter Doug Harrison on Monday. “He’s the most explosive player I’ve ever seen. Straight-away speed, no one touches him.”
While adding Hossa would allow Red Wings coach Mike Babcock to split up the dynamic duo of Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg, Cleary believes it’s wishful thinking.
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Hossa Could Be Moved Today
by Paul on 02/25/08 at 06:38 AM ET
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from Bob McKenzie of TSN,
In addition to Sundin not waiving his “no-trade” clause on Sunday morning Fletcher also sat down with Pavel Kubina, who said no. He sat down with Tomas Kaberle who also said no as did Darcy Tucker. The lone bright spot may be Bryan McCabe who said he would consider waiving his clause if it was with the right Eastern conference team….
Montreal and Ottawa appear to be the two front-runners for Marian Hossa’s services and there is every reason to believe that this is a trade that could go down as early as Monday as opposed to Tuesday.
more talk regarding Richards and Boyle…
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