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Blackhawks sign Marian Hossa, Tomas Kopecky from Wings
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...
Blackhawks sign Hossa to multi-year contract
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 ... (more) Blackhawks sign Hossa to multi-year contract
Pistons Agree to Terms With Gordon and Villanueva.  Gordon for Hossa and Kopecky?  Every Day of the Week, Chicago
Pistons Agree to Terms With Gordon and Villanueva. Gordon for Hossa and Kopecky? Every Day of ...
detroit4lyfe.com — Joe Dumars has done it again. He positioned the Detroit Pistons to be big-time players in the... free-agent market this off-season, as they are one of only 5 teams in the NBA and the only playoff team to have ... (more) Pistons Agree to Terms With Gordon and Villanueva.  ...
Sources: Marian Hossa signs 12-year deal with Chicago Blackhawks
sports.espn.go.com — The Chicago Blackhawks have signed star winger Marian Hossa to a 12-year deal.... (more) Sources: Marian Hossa signs 12-year deal with Chicago ...
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Blackhawks, Blues' press weigh in on Marian Hossa and Tomas Kopecky signing with Chicago, Ty Conklin signing with St. Louis
Snapshots — ... 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
St. Louis Game Time — ... 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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