July 02, 2008
Hossa Skips Out on Pittsburgh, Runs Off with Detroit
Like a high school guy dumping his latest girlfriend for the prom queen, Marian Hossa has fled Pittsburgh and run right into the waiting arms of the Detroit Red Wings.
Over at FanHouse Pat Lackey is reporting that Hossa turned down a 7-year, $50 million dollar deal with the Pens. He instead chose a 1-year, $7.4 million dollar offer with the Wings, which is a pretty good fit. As Lackey points out;
He's a great two-way player and this one year deal lets them shoot for a repeat in 2009, then leave plenty of cap room to deal with Henrik Zetterberg and Johan Franzen, who will be UFAs after next year. In purely hockey terms, it's a great move for Hossa and Detroit.
Hossa is setting himself up nicely with this deal. He did take a pay cut to play with a contender, and he'll be surrounded by great players. With Detroit's offense and overall team play, Hossa is in a great position to put up big numbers. He'll have a chance to win the Cup. And with his deal being only one year, he'll enter free agency again with an even higher stock.
Now that is the ideal outcome for Hossa. If all goes well he could sign a huge contract next year for even more money. But there's always the chance he gets hurt or his production and play slips. Then he'll be left hanging with no one to blame, except maybe his agent.
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