Red Wings land Hossa

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Holland makes the NHL step back and say, "Whoa!"
Published 7/3/2008 by George James Malik at Red Wings Snapshots - MLive.com
... agreed on a deal that gives the bruising blueliner $22.5 million over six years. Now without Hossa, without a solid finisher for Crosby, Pittsburgh is back where it was last February. Not a terrible position, but certainly it could be better. There is a certain irony about Hossa's move; that is, if he had stayed in Pittsburgh, he very well could have become the scale-tipper for the Penguins and the Stanley Cup. The Globe and Mail's James Mirtle is thinking along the same lines: July 2, James Mirtle : Tyler Dellow and I were discussing the Hossa rumours last night, and he seemed ...

Some big names sign (elsewhere)
Published 7/3/2008 by Ebscer (noreply@blogger.com) at Blue & Gold (of Buffalo)
... The team has Crosby under contract for a number of years, just signed Malkin to a four year extension, and went to the finals last year, and look to be one of the best teams around for a few years to come. While I would have loved for him to come to Buffalo, I'm also not going to rip on him for wanting to stay with the Penguins. In fact choosing to stay with that group for that price is a real class move. One former Penguin who did jump ship is Marion Hossa who surprisingly signed a single year agreement for $7.4 million . It had widely been speculated that Hossa who was this ...