hockeybuzz.com - 1/7/2008
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One Rumour that is Not Staaling
I put many rumours out there, and while we truly never know what will ACTUALLY occur, this one has grown a bit bigger...And it has as much to do with Carolina as it does Edmonton. The Oilers are in a cap spot right now. No two ways about it.
Stoll is an RFA, Pitkanen is an RFA, and there are some key role guys that are RFAs and UFAs as well. The player I see
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Hossa to Pittsburgh?
The Hockey Herald —
via HockeyBuzz:
Yeh, indeed. The pending UFA would pretty much be the ideal fit in Pitt. What I am hearing is that IF the Pens could get Hossa to agree to some sort of extension, Jordan Staal + could be the pricetag. Big IF. However, Hossa could become Crosby’s Kurri pretty damn quick.
Hossa and Crosby would be unreal together. Thoughts? ...
Herpes, The NHL, and You
The Pensblog - A Pittsburgh Penguins Blog From Behind The Veil Of Cryptic Online Identities —
... to Clint G. for the picture] MAF played a trick on Colby Armstrong. [ PG] "Fleury came up with an early candidate for prank of the year by stuffing himself into right winger Colby Armstrong's equipment bag as practice was winding down, then startling Armstrong when he tried to open it after returning to the locker room." The Penguins + Flordia = bad times. [ Trib] Eklund is up to his old tricks.[ Hockey Buzz] Says the Penguins are interested in Marian Hossa. But is is [E2] We refuse to listen a man who ...
When rumors go wrong
Be Like Tike —
... one of the rumors was that Ray Shero had called Atlanta about Hossa. Upon reading that rumor, I wrote: Hossa is an unrestricted free agent at the end of this season, meaning that the Penguins would likely need to resign him before any large-scale trade would occur and that the return would have to be someone who the Penguins expect to cost a pretty high sum (Jordan Staal, maybe?). Perhaps I am giving myself too much credit, as a rumor involving the same two players originated at Hockey Buzz over the weekend, but if Penguin officials are laughing at us (and even if they are ...
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