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Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce
That's more than a bit of a cap dump. Hossa's will be a hard contract to get rid of, the way it is structured. Buyout is almost full value.
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If he was traded, played a couple of seasons and then retired would the Blackhawks be punished for cap circumvention or would it be the team that acquired him? The contract runs until he's 42...
Hossa still has a few years of hockey left in him. Plays RW. Scored 30 goals last season. He would be a very good veteran presence to have around the kids. He's a big name, still playing well, so he wouldn't purely be a cap dump. A sort of pre-emptive dump, so to speak
The other players the Hawks have been reportedly shopping are Sharp & Oduya. I doubt the Sharp rumours are true, but Oduya makes sense (although I would have little interest in him). Leddy is a pipe dream because his cap hit is very reasonable.
Hossa makes the most sense to me. If we could get the rights to Hayes thrown in and then pick up Jeremy Morin off of waivers then we'd be laughing...