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What would you guys think of picking up Bryan Berard from the Isles? He's a UFA who puts up pretty solid numbers considering he's half blind. He's been around the league for a while and as evident by his reluctance to quit, probably has a real heart for playing.

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Hossa to Detroit.

:blink:

 

edit: tsn doesn't have it posted yet, and the post gazette's web site is apparently about to crash, so i infer they're the only one carrying the news at the moment.

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Tell me how you defend against this:

 

LW - Henrik Zetterberg C - Pavel Datsyuk RW - Marian Hossa

 

D - Nicklas Lidstrom D - Brian Rafalski

 

 

That's as good of a starting 5 as anyone has iced in the last 10 years, if not more.

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One year day for 7.4 million why only one year?

Hossa is probably smart doing this. As long as he keeps playing well he can re-up every year (until people realize that he's not someone you want on your team).

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One year day for 7.4 million why only one year?

 

Zetterberg is currently making about 2 million. He's a UFA next offseason. The Wings are smart in doing this.

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Tell me how you defend against this:

 

LW - Henrik Zetterberg C - Pavel Datsyuk RW - Marian Hossa

 

D - Nicklas Lidstrom D - Brian Rafalski

That's as good of a starting 5 as anyone has iced in the last 10 years, if not more.

I can *almost* guarantee that something will come up (injury) and one of these 5 will be scratched for any given game.

 

Wait...this is Detroit we're talking about. Might as well keep the cup there.

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I wouldn't ignore the possibility that Hossa might want to return to Europe at some point... after winning a cup, of course.

I think his agent got confused at lunch when Hossa said "I could go for wings"

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This is a cup repeat move. Hossa gets a fair amount of money to join a team with underpriced players for next year that already has a great chance of winning the cup. After that, the team will change and he will be free to try the market again. He's playing hired mercenary for a year to get his best chance of an instant cup. Risky, should something bad (injury, drop in performance, etc.) happen next year, but if he wants the cup ASAP, that's the move to make.

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This is a cup repeat move. Hossa gets a fair amount of money to join a team with underpriced players for next year that already has a great chance of winning the cup. After that, the team will change and he will be free to try the market again. He's playing hired mercenary for a year to get his best chance of an instant cup. Risky, should something bad (injury, drop in performance, etc.) happen next year, but if he wants the cup ASAP, that's the move to make.

Nice use. :chris: arg

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