Chicago Blackhawks Sign Marian Hossa To 12 Year Deal
themanicranger.com 7/1/2009 — via 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 multi-year contract.
Hossa's story has been well ...
Hossa to Chicago
squidsink.wordpress.com 7/1/2009 — The newest Blackhawk
Reports from numerous sources have revealed that star winger, Marian Hossa, has signed with the Chicago Blackhawks. Hossa apparently got the long-term deal he was looking for as it is reported he signed for 12 years at $5.2 million a year! 12 years seems to be an insane ...
Chicago Blackhawks Sign Marian Hossa
secondcityhockey.com 7/1/2009 —
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Obviously this means Havlat will sign elsewhere - ...
Hossa signs with the Blackhawks; massive chuckling ensues
sports.yahoo.com 7/2/2009 — Marian Hossa's career judgment is probably on the level of Dana Carvey leaving SNL for the movies right now, but let's give him the benefit of the doubt on this blockbuster deal with the Chicago Blackhawks . Hossa signed today for $62.4 ...
Blackhawks Sign Kopecky.
community.foxsports.com 7/2/2009 — Chicago Blackhawks general manager Dale Tallon wasn’t done
signing former Detroit Red Wings forwards on the first day of the 2009 NHL UFA
free agent frenzy.
After inking former Wing Marian Hossa to an expensive multiyear
contract Tallon also ...
NHL Free Agents: The Big Tickets
proicehockey.about.com 7/1/2009 — Here are the most expensive contracts signed when the 2009 NHL free agent market opened on Wednesday:
Marian Hossa to Chicago: 12 years averaging $5.23 million per year.
The Blackhawks will have...
Will Wings worry about Hossa as a Blackhawk?
thedsq.com 7/2/2009 — The Chicago Blackhawks just got significantly better. Marian Hossa signed a 12-year $62.8 million contract today. The Red Wings should be concerned because the Blackhawks put up a pretty good fight during this year's playoffs, imagine next year. Look at it this way Wing fans, he's great during ...
Free Agent Day with the Red Wings
viewfrommyseats.com 7/2/2009 — As the resident Wings fan here at VFMS, I was asked my opinion on the (now) ex-Wings players that went running on Free Agent day. The two that went to the Blackhawks are who I would like to particularly talk about.
I am the first to admit that when the Wings picked up Marian Hossa last year ...
NHL: Hossa gets 12-year deal from Hawks
flyersfancentral.com 7/2/2009 — The Chicago Blackhawks stunned the NHL on the first day of free agency yesterday by signing star winger Marian Hossa away from the Detroit Red Wings with a 12-year contract.
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Hossa charmed by Windy City; signs 12 year deal
threio.com 7/2/2009 — Marian Hossa lives a charmed life, he has one of the hottest girlfriends on the planet in Jana Ferova and now has plenty of spending money for the next 12 years. The former Detroit Red Wings right-winger, skated off to the windy city and signed with the Chicago Blackhawks.
The Blackhawks ...
The Curse of Marian Hossa?
thedsq.com 7/2/2009 — The Blackhawks have it now. The "Curse of Marian Hossa" for all who don't know is a team making it all the way to the Cup finals, then losing. This curse was in Pittsburgh and Detroit, now it's in Chicago. Good luck Blackhawks, you can have Hossa. Can you say Billy Goat Part II? What do you ...
Chicago lands Hossa with 12yr deal
novafantasysports.com 7/2/2009 — The Chicago Blackhawks have signed Marian Hossa to a 12-year contract averaging $5.2 million a season. The contract is front-loaded with about $53 million paid out over the first seven years, and little less than $9 million total for the final five years. "To add Marian, an elite and ...
Hossa For 12 Years
linkedonsports.com 7/2/2009 — Marian Hossa signed with the Blackhawks yesterday for 12 years. The first thing that came to my mind was, “isn’t he like 30?” Well, he isn’t “like” 30, he is 30. This means that he is under contract until he is 42. That’s interesting that Chicago thinks ...
Marian Hossa makes his first comments as a Blackhawk —
Snapshots
Former Red Wings forward Marian Hossa took part in a conference call in which he discussed his decision to leave Detroit and become a member of the Chicago Blackhawks, and MLive.com's own Ansar Khan noted his comments: July 1, MLive.com:...
HOSSA ONLY GETS 12 YEAR DEAL —
Mondesi's House
30-year-old Benedict Hossa, professional winger-for-hire, just inked a 12-year, $62.8 million deal with the Chicago Blackhawks. If he would've actually scored a goal in the 2009 Finals, there's talk that the Hawks would have considered a 24-year deal. Yes, there's nothing like a back-to-back ...
Hossa Signs 12-year Deal With Chicago —
Hockey Beat
After defecting from the Pittsburgh Penguins to join the Detroit Red Wings because he thought he had a better chance of winning the Stanley Cup (it was so rough when Detroit ended up losing Pittsburgh), Marian Hossa has jumped ship again.
The Chicago Blackhawks have given Hossa a 12-year deal ...
Cold comfort for Red Wings fans and a legendary quip —
Snapshots
The Macomb Daily's Bruce MacLeod has posited some cap math suggesting that Marian Hossa lost out on about $30 million by signing with the Red Wings instead of the Edmonton Oilers last summer, $62.76 million deal with the Chicago Blackhawks...
Hossa Signs 12 Year Deal With Blackhawks —
DUELING COUCHES
"The Chicago Blackhawks dipped deep into the free-agent market by signing star forward Marian Hossa away from the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday with a 12-year contract ( Sportsline )." What the fuck?????? Why are hockey contracts so long? Although we don't know the numbers yet, a 12 year ...
Blackhawks land Hossa —
SmackCaster SmackBlog
The Chicago Blackhawks had a great year and their offseason is off to a splendid start as GM Dale Tallon went fishing and came back with a huge fish, free-agent Marian Hossa has signed a 12-year, $62 million contract.
Hawks nab Kopecky as well as Hossa —
Snapshots
Via Kukla's Korner: The Blackhawks raided the Red Wings' cupboard, big time: July 1, ChicagoBlackhawks.com: The Chicago Blackhawks have signed right wing Marian Hossa (MAIR-ee-uhn, HOH-sa) to a 12-year contract and center Tomas Kopecky (TAW-mahsh, koh-PEHTS-kee) a two-year contract. "To...
Hossa Is An Upgrade Over Havlat —
Foul Balls
Now that we know it's official and the Blackhawks have signed Marian Hossa to a 12-year deal for $62 million -- the deal is front-loaded with Hossa getting $59.3 million in the first eight years and $3.5 million over the final four -- we can all pretty much be sure that Martin Havlat's time as a ...
Hossa to the Blackhawks —
Kuklas Korner
Noted by Pierre Lebrun at ESPN:
LeBrun (2 p.m. ET): The Chicago Blackhawks have signed star winger Marian Hossa to a 12-year whopper deal. Sources tell ESPN.com the deal is worth an average of $5.2 million a year.
more here later
Have The Hawks Given Hossa A 12-Year Deal? —
Foul Balls
It seems that the Marian Hossa deal is complete, and that he's going to be a Blackhawk. The team still hasn't said anything, nor is it being reported, but apparently it's a 12-year deal (!?) worth $5.2 million a year according to Pierre LeBrun. (Darren Dreger is also saying it's done.)In order ...
Blackhawks Sign Center John Madden —
Bleacher Report - NFL
Various media outlets are now reporting that the Chicago Blackhawks have now agreed to terms with center John Madden on the heels of adding Marian Hossa earlier on Wednesday.
Madden reportedly signed a one-year, $2.75 million contract.
Formerly ...
Blackhawks sign Marian Hossa, Kopecky —
NHL.com News in English
Maybe Marian Hossa's Stanley Cup jinx will end in Chicago. Barring a trade, the Slovakian star right wing will try to help the Blackhawks win their first Stanley Cup since 1961 and he may have to go through his last two teams to get it don...
Blackhawks sign Marian Hossa —
NHL.com News in English
Maybe Marian Hossa's Stanley Cup jinx will end in Chicago. The star right wing will try to help the Blackhawks win their first Stanley Cup since 1961 and he may have to go through his last two teams to get it done.
Arguably the biggest ...