freep.com - 6/14/2009
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There will be talks soon between the sides, that much is certain. But in the aftermath of the ultimately disappointing finish to the 2009 playoffs, the Red Wings and Marian Hossa have to look at what's best for them. Since mid-season Hossa has said he would take less money to stay in Detroit, ...
sports.yahoo.com - 6/15/2009
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(Ed. Note: You've been waiting for this one.
As the Stanley Cup Playoffs continue, we're bound to...
lose some friends along the journey. Gone but not forgotten, we've asked for these losers to be eulogized by the people who knew the teams best: The ...
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Eulogy: Remembering the 2008-09 Detroit Red Wings
sports.yahoo.com - 6/15/2009
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Here are your Puck Headlines: A glorious collection
of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere...
in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. The Carolina Hurricanes announce that Coach Paul Maurice has inked a ...
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Puck Headlines: NHL Cup ratings blockbuster; Cuban on ...
sports.yahoo.com - 6/15/2009
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Hello, this is a feature that will
run through the entire season and aims to recap...
the weekend's events and boils those events down to one admittedly superficial fact or stupid opinion about each team. Feel free to complain about it. Far ...
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What We Learned: A free tip for Red Wings fans
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Empty Netter Assists - 6-14-09
Empty Netters —
... the 1979 Pirates.
-NBC's numbers for Game 7 were huge by hockey standards.
-CBC's pregame montage for Game 7:
-Don Cherry waddling through the Detroit River with a dead octopus?
-TSN had it's own playoff montage:
Red Wings
-Detroit would like to keep forward Marian Hossa. At the right price.
-The Red Wings must learn from this defeat.
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Penguins press round-up for Monday, June 15th: Red Wings-related tailings remain
Snapshots —
... and was excellent defensively. His gentle, humble personality fit immediately into the Wings' locker room, and he is immensely popular with teammates. Goalie Chris Osgood sought him out after Friday's loss to shake his hand and tell him it was an honor playing with him. "I don't know what's going to happen, but we hope he's here," Osgood said. "He's a great player, even better guy. He fits on our team very well. And he was snakebit, that's all there is too it." Those words belong to the Detroit Free Press's Helene St. James . And Guy Junker shared a few favourite Cup run ...
Talking points: Stanley Cup Finals on NBC may have had high ratings, but Mike Milbury and Pierre McGuire still ruin it
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... being caught after the game on the Joe Louis Arena ice hugging Penguins co-owner Mario Lemieux. There's an unspoken rule in sports if you're a member of the media -- NO CHEERING IN THE PRESS BOX. Granted McGuire wasn't in the press box at the time and he did coach Lemieux when he assisted Scotty Bowman for the Penguins back in the early 90's, but still -- how can you be a credible, unbiased source when national television cameras clearly catch you embracing someone? I don't think Helene St. James was handing tissues to Marian Hossa and telling him that everything was going ...
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thetwolinepass.com 6/12/2009 —
“It was a really tough decision for me to make. When I compared the two teams, I felt like I would have a little better of a chance to win the Cup in Detroit.” - Marian Hossa, July 2, 2008.
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thetripledeke.blogspot.com 6/29/2009 — Khan says ... "Red Wings GM Ken Holland not optimistic on chances for deal with free agent Marian Hossa" The Red Wings have 19 players signed for approximately $53.5 million. The salary cap for next season is $56.8 million. The club needs to sign three more forwards. Sources ...
Marian Hossa: One win away from Cup, validation
sports.yahoo.com 6/8/2009 — It started last night on NBC, which did puff piece on Marian Hossa's decision to spurn the Pittsburgh Penguins ' long-term, big-money deal in order to sign a one-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings . It continues today in the Associated ...
Marian Hossa bet on himself | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press
freep.com 5/29/2009 — "This is one of the toughest teams I've ever faced. It seems like they are everywhere." -- Pittsburgh Penguins forward Marian Hossa, after losing Game 4 of the 2008 Stanley Cup finals to the Red Wings Ah, if only Marian Hossa had left for the money. ...
The Legend of Marian Hossa —
Bleacher Report - NHL 6/14/2009
One of the biggest stories of the 2009 Stanley Cup Finals is Marian Hossa's departure from the Penguins in 2008 to play for the Detroit Red Wings.
In 1997, Hossa was drafted 12th overall by the Ottawa Senators. He played a few games before ...
Pittsburgh Wins, Hossa Chooses Wrong Again! —
Bleacher Report - NHL 6/14/2009
Well yesterday, Pittsburgh got their revenge on the Detroit Red Wings by beating them in Game Seven of the Stanley Cup Final 2-1. They also showed a certain player that he should've stayed with them because he found himself once again upset over the ...
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SFGate: Top Sports Stories 6/14/2009
Sidney Crosby The Pittsburgh Penguins' center isn't apologizing for unintentionally failing to shake hands with some Detroit players after Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals, saying he didn't realize the Red Wings were leaving the ice before he joined ...
