MARIAN HOSSA
- Sidney Crosby did not let the Penguins go down in the chase for right wing Marian Hossa without a fight. Crosby did what any captain would -- at least, any captain that hoped to continue centering a line with Hossa; he spent this morning phoning Hossa several times, urging him to sign with the Penguins.
- Speaking of the Penguins: They should not take heat for this loss. They twice upped their original five-year offer -- to six and seven years, respectively -- and were willing to hit $7.5 million annually. Hossa could have spent the next seven years -- five guaranteed with Crosby, six with Evgeni Malkin -- and earned $52.5 million.
- The Penguins have indeed moved on, but several players tell us they still believe Hossa wanted to return. This is consistent with what we were told by players three weeks ago -- that Hossa was expressing optimism to them he would come back.
- To quote one player: "Everybody on our team knows what screwed this up -- it wasn't Marian and it wasn't (general manager Ray Shero)." [YOU MEAN HE DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO SIGN WITH DETROIT and Rich Winter put a gun to his head? THAT'S AWFUL! Now I feel badly about all my terrible posts!]
- [NOTE] However, Seth Rorabaugh of "Empty Netters" blog urges us to "DIRECT YOUR ANGER AT TOMAS KOPECKY"
- To quote a fellow scribe familiar with the Jaromir Jagr-New York Rangers teeter-totter: "What he wants right now is for somebody to call him up and tell him they love him."
- We are fairly confident Crosby will not be making that call anytime soon. [I THOUGHT MARIO WAS PLANNING TO DO THAT - ISN'T THAT WHAT TIOPS POSTED EARLIER TODAY?!]
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