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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I don't think you can count the Hossa contract seeing the rash shenanigans because he wasn't going to play for the reduced rate at the end and the Hawks badly needed the league to go along with the rash thing or they would have incurred big cap penalties.
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I'd probably agree if they'd only won 1 cup, but 3 cups and a full decade of being a top contender is worth that cost IMO.
Hossa is probably the most easily replaceable guy on my little list though (even though his contributions are often underrated). Looking at that UFA class, they could have gotten someone like Gaborik, Gionta, Samuelsson, or even Joel Ward and probably still raised the cup (maybe not 3 times though).