Jim Kelley: Hossa has no guarantee of a Cup

 
SI.com's Jim Kelley says this year's free agent binge teaches that money can't buy a Stanley Cup and the cap is failing miserably at containing salaries. [link]

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Red Wings sign Hossa to one-year contract

The rich just got a whole lot richer. Sources tell TSN that free agent Marian Hossa has signed a one-year, $7.4 million deal with the defending Stanley Cup champions the Detroit Red Wings. The $7.4 million that Hossa will earn next season, is the most Detroit would pay anyone - even an unrestricted free agent. The Red Wings were insistent that no one earn more money than six-time Norris ...
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Hossa departure shocks Penguins and their fans

Marian Hossa wants to hoist the Stanley Cup, just like every other hockey player. He had said that since his arrival in Pittsburgh after his trade from Atlanta and he repeated that as he informed Penguins’ management that he would explore free agency.
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Hossa Joins the Red Wings.

After months of speculation over where Marian Hossa could end up, he finally made his choice today and it was a surprising one. The fact Hossa signed with the Detroit Red Wings wasn’t surprising, it’s the deal he signed with them, spurning ...
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Red Wings land Hossa

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Rounding up the local takes on Hossa's signing

The Detroit Red Wings' signing of Marian Hossa to a one-year, $7.45 million deal stunned the NHL, and it raised some eyebrows in Detroit, too. Once the shock wore off, Hossa's decision to spurn guaranteed money was warmly received, even...
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Red Wings captain Nicklas Lidstrom spoke to Expressen's Gunnar Nordstrom about Detroit's signing of Marian Hossa to a one-year, $7.45 million deal on Wednesday. Here's a rough translation of the interview: July 3, Expressen (roughly translated): ...
Red Wings Snapshots - MLive.comHolland makes the NHL step back and say, "Whoa!"
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IllegalCurve.comHossa puts winning first
From Drew Sharp of the Detroit Free Press: Marian Hossa is a Red Wing because he wants to win a Stanley Cup . That's as pure as it gets in sports. He took less money and fewer years -- shunning guaranteed financial security -- for the best ...
Red Wings Snapshots - MLive.comHossa's signing provokes varied emotions
Red Wings forward Marian Hossa's status as the sixth Pittsburgh Penguin to find a new employer over the past week has drawn its share of emotional responses from all points on the NHL map, including rage, shock, and a certain...
Gorilla CrouchFortune Favors the Bold
That’s an email signature [by way of Virgil] my cousin has used for a little while now and I think it fits the Marian Hossa signing. While fortune favors the bold it don’t guarantee jack. That’s the only thing I find off-putting ...
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