Marian Hossa News

The Hockey News's Ryan Dixon delivered a simply puzzling take on Red Wings forward Jiri Hudler's decision to sign a 2-year contract with Dynamo Moscow of the KHL, suggesting that the Red Wings can survive a total loss of 88 goals, 118 assists, and 206 points in Hudler, Mikael Samuelsson, Marian Hossa, and Tomas Kopecky because, well, they're the ...

The Red Wings weren't surprised when Marian Hossa and Mikael Samuelsson signed elsewhere.

The Chicago Blackhawks dipped deep into the NHL free-agent market by signing star forward Marian Hossa away from the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday with a 12-year, $62.8 million contract.

In addition to this morning's scuttlebutt , the Hockey News's Edward Fraser doled out second-day-of-July free agency "Winners and losers," suggesting that the Chicago Blackhawks made a big mistake by signing former Red Wing Marian Hossa: July 2, The Hockey News : Chicago Blackhawks : Hey Hawks fans, who do you like better: Patrick Kane or Jonathan ...

The Globe and Mail's Eric Duhatschek wonders whether the Edmonton Oilers will "get their man" this time around: July 1, Globe and Mail : A couple of early thoughts as the free-agent frenzy is under way: If indeed the Detroit Red Wings' last-ditch efforts to sign Marian Hossa to a long-term contract did fail, you'd have to think that the Edmonton ...

Blackhawks goalie Cristobal Huet makes a save on Detroit's Marian Hossa . If I had given you three scenarios a week ago and asked you to choose the most unlikely, which would you have picked? Ben Gordon agreeing to leave the Bulls and join the Pistons? The Blackhawks signing Marian Hossa ? Or Cubs manager Lou Piniella getting thrown out of a game? ...

On a day in which the Globe and Mail's James Mirtle reports that NHL teams doled out $406 million to 46 players, Marian Hossa earned the lion's share thereof, garnering a 12-year, $62.8 million deal, the $53 million paid out over the first nine years of the contract.

Twenty-one months. That's how long Rocky Wirtz has been the chairman of the Blackhawks.

How about Heatley for Phaneuf? : So, herea s the rumour: The Calgary Flames add Jay Bouwmeester, then flip Dion Phaneuf to Ottawa for Dany Heatley.

Just when the slowing global economy figured to put a crimp in spending for NHL free agents, Marian Hossa hit the open market again.

Chicago Blackhawks GM Dale Tallon made a curious comment about signing Marian Hossa to a massive 12-year deal at an average cap hit of $5.2 million per season, as The Sporting News's Craig Custance noted: July 1, Craig Custance's Twitter account : "This deal did not affect our core moving forward, that was appealing to us." If not affecting the ...

Free agent forward Mikael Samuelsson signed a three-year contract with the Vancouver Canucks on Friday.

Despite the suggestion by none other than Red Wings GM Jim Nill that the Chicago Blackhawks' signing of Marian Hossa means that the team will indeed have to subtract from their roster when Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews, and Duncan Keith qualify for free agency next summer, Yahoo Sports' Greg "Puck Daddy" Wyshynski dismisses such talk as ...

Marian Hossa breezed into the Windy City yesterday, and inked a 12-year, $62.8 million contract with the up-and-coming Chicago Blackhawks that may change the balance of power in the Western Conference.

Red Wings forward Dan Cleary spent Wednesday afternoon on the golf course, so of course his cell phone was turned off.

The Chicago Blackhawks dipped deep into the NHL free-agent market by signing star forward Marian Hossa away from the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday with a 12-year, $62.8 million contract.

NHL.com's Larry Wigge spoke to Red Wings assistant GM Jim Nill about the fact that the Wings expect to snag a superb prospect with their 29th overall pick... June 26, NHL.com : Detroit Red Wings Assistant GM Jim Nill has made a living out of finding the right players no matter how deep a draft is to help the Wings win four Stanley Cups since 1997 ...

The previous time Marian Hossa travelled the free-agency highway as a fast track to a Stanley Cup ring, it was a wreck.

The Detroit Free Press's Helene St. James suggests that Marian Hossa's decision to sign with the Chicago Blackhawks hasn't dimmed the Red Wings' status as Stanley Cup contenders: July 1, Detroit Free Press : Not many squads could lose a 40-goal scorer and still be considered a contender, but the Wings still field world-class centers Pavel Datsyuk ...

The Chicago Blackhawks have one more day to sign either forward Martin Havlat or Nikolai Khabibulin.