blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune.com - 7/1/2009
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In a surprising move, the Blackhawks made a huge splash on the free agent market for the second year in a row as they have signed veteran winger Marian Hossa to a reported 12-year, $62.4 million contract. Hossa, 30, is...
tsn.ca - 7/1/2009
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tsn.ca —
After signing big-money free agents like Nikolai Khabibulin
, Brian Campbell and Cristobal Huet over the last...
few summers, the Chicago Blackhawks have kept the momentum going by signing star winger Marian Hossa to a 12-year contract averaging $5.2 ...
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Blackhawks sign Hossa to multi-year contract
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Blackhawks, Blues' press weigh in on Marian Hossa and Tomas Kopecky signing with Chicago, Ty Conklin signing with St. Louis
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... goals, 13 assists and 19 points in 79 regular season games. The Ilava, Slovakia native also dished out one assist in eight Stanley Cup games with Detroit last season. He has appeared in 183 regular season games with the Red Wings over the last four seasons notching 32 points (12G, 20A) and 113 penalty minutes. Kopecky was originally drafted by Detroit with their second choice (38th overall) in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. The Chicago Tribune's Chris Kuc had this to say about the deals: July 1, Chicago Tribune : TSN reported the deal was believed to be worth $62.4 million over 12 ...
Chicago Blackhawks Sign Marian Hossa To 12-Year Deal
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... Apparently the Hawks think that to get past the Conference Finals, they needed to commit more than $5 million a year of their salary cap for the next 12 years to the most ridiculed star player in the league. Amazing. No wonder they ...
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