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Chicago Blackhawks Sign Marian Hossa
Chicago Blackhawks Sign Marian Hossa
More photos » by Nam Y Huh - AP Browse more photos » I guess I do have to stop calling him a sad panda - but I refuse to stop posting this picture. Obviously this means Havlat will sign elsewhere - ...
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
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 ...
Hossa signs with Blackhawks
Hossa signs with Blackhawks
fromtherink.com — More photos » by Carlos Osorio - AP Browse more photos » As per TSN. I've got... no clue how Chicago forecasts making their cap situation work long-term if this deal with Marian Hossa is longer than one ... (more) Hossa signs with Blackhawks
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Silver Seven — ... . Hossa's almost unprecedented 12-year , $62.4M deal has an annual cap hit of $5.2M but is structured so that it will pay him $7.9M for the first seven years, going down in the final five to $4M, $1M, $1M, $750k, and $750k--meaning that almost 89 per cent of the money will be paid to Hossa with the contract less than two-thirds of its way through, and Hossa will be 42 by the time that final year rolls around. Is there an expectation for him to fulfill the final years of that contract? No, but the frontloaded structure allows the Hawks to buy out ...

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