The Pens lose Marian Hossa
By now, everyone in Pittsburgh Penguins country knows that Marian Hossa signed a one year, $7.4 million deal with the Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings, the team that beat the Pens in the Stanley Cup Finals. The Pens, and General Manager Ray Shero, offered Hossa a reported seven year dear for 49 million, averaging seven million dollars annually. You can read what you will into this move. Some may believe that Hossa thumbed his nose at the Pens and signed with the enemy. On the other hand, he took a one year deal to try and win a Stanley Cup with the very team that now "owns" the sacred chalice. Some feel he was offered a generous deal by the Pens and a chance to play alongside Sidney Crosby for at least the next five seasons. Many are sure to begrudge Hossa and boo him the first time Detroit plays in Pittsburgh. The irony in all of this is the fact that everyone has their right to do, and feel, the way they wish about this chain of events. Hossa has the right to ...