Hossa the Honorable to become unrestricted free agent

I'm not a big fan of the douchebag either and lately I have been hearing rumors about my Bruins's going after him. Just what I need on my team is a bonehead like this - it's bad enough that we already have Chara - this could make me insane!!!

I guess the Bruins will have to replace Murray, huh? Well, you will get Bergeron back. I'd say Hossa doesn't end up in Boston.

GZ Expat emailed me and said:

The last offer I saw from the Pens was 7 years for $25m. That is about $3.5M per. Hossa is making about $5m per right now...and entering the prime of his career. Now the difference in taking a little less money and being stupid is basically where the Pens are with that offer. C'mon man...you'd turn that down too.

Hossa was one of the best things on the ice for the Pens in the final two rounds of the playoffs...and where was Malkin?? If you take Hossa and put the right people around him, he will be good. He proved that in Ottawa (yeah, he had bad playoffs, but didn't ALL of the Sens back then??). He is not a guy that can put a team on his back...there are very few of those around.

Besides, he's an ex-Portland Winterhawk that helped the 'Hawks win the Memorial Cup in 98...I gotta stand up for my boyz! Heh...

Oh yeah, Hossa was about the best thing on the ice for the Pens in the playoffs, and he doesn't deserve THAT much of a cut. But I read somewhere he was offered 7 years at $50 million. I guess we'll find out at some point what the actual dollars were.

"If you put the right guys around him."

Yeah, it's like that with anyone though...or most. Then they become like Anson Carter and don't pull their weight when they have lower calibre players around them, making them a waste of cap space.

JimBuff- Uh-oh, the Hossa to Boston talks are heating up. Maybe you were right.. Chiarelli refused to comment to the media about it.