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Red Wings Sign Hossa
Avs Talk - A Colorado Avalanche Blog — (Marian Hossa in his former job as a bus boy)The Detroit Red Wings have won the Marian Hossa sweepstakes signing the winger to a one-year contract worth $7.4M. So much for not paying anyone more than Nik Lidstrom, eh? I think that line of reasoning is a bit specious anyways. I actually had a brief email back and forth ...

HOSSA A RED WING
Mondesi's House — TSN and the PG are both reporting that Marian Hossa has signed a one-year, $7.4 million deal with the Stanley Cup Champion Detroit Red Wings. Considering the wild contracts allegedly tossed around the past few days, this deal is somewhat surprising, especially considering it's relatively close to the annual numbers ...

Marian Hossa now a Red Wing
On the Wings — Via TSN: one year, $7.4 million. I’m at work, so I can’t say much now, but wow. This is obviously a huge signing. I just hope Hossa can fit in the system without disrupting chemistry. He’s not exactly a stalwart two-way guy like just about all the Wings’ forwards. On paper, though, this makes puts the Wings yet another step above the rest. The best defense in hockey with some of the most dangerous forwards in the game. Wow. More to come.

Hossa comes to Detroit
Snapshots — Breaking news via TSN: July 2, TSN : he rich just got a whole lot richer. Sources tell TSN that free agent Marian Hossa has signed a one-year, $7.4 million deal with the defending Stanley Cup champions the Detroit Red Wings. The $7.4 million that Hossa will earn next season, is the most Detroit would pay anyone - even an unrestricted free agent. The Red Wings were insistent that no one earn more money than six-time Norris Trophy winner Nicklas Lidstrom. The 6-foot-1 winger scored 29 goals and 66 points in 72 games split between the Atlanta Thrahsers and the Pittsburgh Penguins. ...

Well, there goes that.
Covered in Oil — [image] Surprise! Marian Hossa has signed a one-year, $7.4-million deal with the Detroit Red Wings, TSN reports . This, despite the Olympic-sized swimming pool packed to the brim with $100 bills that Edmonton was said to be offering. Oiler fans, welcome back to Earth; you may recognize it as the planet where elite players take less money to skate with teams that win.

Marian Hossa Stuns The World
Chris Yarbrough's Taking One For The Team — I am in complete shock right now. Marian Hossa just signed a one-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings for $7.4 million, and for the life of me I can't figure out why. Why take a one-year with Detroit when the Pittsburgh Penguins were offering similar dollars over five years? Where is the logic in this? The only line of thinking I can come up with on Hossa's part is that he hopes to win a Cup this coming season, and then just get the biggest contract he possibly can next off-season. That is totally ludicrous thinking, and that is about all I could come up with. For Detroit the move is pure genius. They add another uber-talented forward to ...

Marian Hossa Signs In Detroit
The Copper & Blue — ... Ken Holland is a super-genius, and the rest of the Hockey World knows it and caters to him accordingly. There is no other explanation for Marian Hossa's decision to leave money and term on the table (beyond Rich Winter's dislike for big commisions that in anyway connect him to Kevin Lowe) and sign a 1-year, 7.4-million dollar contract with the Red Wings. ...

Wings Grab Hossa, Rest of NHL Cries Itself to Sleep
Can't Stop The Bleeding — Several sources in the NHL have informed TSN that former Penguins sniper Marian Hossa has signed a one-year, 7.4 million dollar deal with the Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings. Mark Spizziri of Hockey Buzz recognizes that Hossa left money on the table to head to Motown: Another outstanding move by Ken Holland & Company. As great a move as it is, it took the co-operation of Marian Hossa to forego a huge sum of money from many teams offering multi-year contracts. Hossa gets to play for a Cup once again this season and then can hit the jackpot next July 1st for a long-term deal. For his sake, I hope he gets insured against ...

Hossa, Now With More Traitor In Him!
Scarlett Ice — ... The Marian Hossa sweepstakes have ended with the Detroit Red Wings signing Hossa to a one-year, $7.4 million contract. This is of course less than a month after the Red Wings dumped the Pittsburgh Penguins from the Stanley Cup Finals. What's interesting to me is the fact that this is only a one-year contract. I would have expected that it would be in Hossa's interest to sign a longer-term deal but I suppose it works in the Red Wings' favour that they won't be hooked onto Hossa's salary should it not work out. ...

Hossamania!
Snapshots — ... , are understatements, but Holland's a bit dumbfounded, too, as he told TSN's Michael Landsberg: July 2, TSN : "We're just very lucky," Holland told TSN's Michael Landsberg on Off the Record. "Heading in to July 1, there was two people really high on our list, Mats Sundin and Marian Hossa. We were dreaming thinking we could add either one of those to our team because we were looking at one year deals. "I went to bed last night thinking we were going to be by the way side." Hossa's agent, Rich Winter, called Holland in the morning and said his client was on the line and willing ...

Where Do We Go From Here?
Sean Leahy's Going Five Hole — Well, that was an eventful two days. So, as I count it, the Penguins lost the following guys: Ryan Malone Adam Hall Ty Conklin Marian Hossa Jarkko Ruutu Gary Roberts and signed: Eric Godard Evgeni Malkin Pascal Dupuis Brooks Orpik Mark Eaton Not to mention Georges Laraque, Jeff Taffe and Kris Beech were all told to pursue contracts with other teams and the Penguins need to re-sign Marc-Andre Fleury to a new deal. The big one, obviously, was Marian Hossa leaving for Detroit. That was a shocker, as everyone was talking about Boston, the Rangers, and ...

Pittsburgh: Even More Insecure Than Detroit
The Sporting Blog — ... If there was an anti-Pittsburgh anti-team that would completely annihilate itself if it ever came in contact with the Penguins, that team would have more right to be pissed off about Hossa's decision than the Penguins do. And when Hossa signed with Detroit he loosed this damning indictment: ...