Important story edit on Hossa

[jstewismybastardson]

discreet little edit that came after a few questions started being asked yesterday afternoon

original story that ran is still on the vancouver sun website (without edit/update) ... written by Craig Custance from the Sporting News

from the Vancouver Sun:

Chicago's courting of Marian Hossa began in Dale Tallon's Montreal hotel room at last June's draft.

It was there that the Blackhawks general manager met seriously with agent Rich Winter for the first time. It was there he let Winter know just how interested he was in signing Hossa.

Read more: Hossa won't be content as runner-up


on Sporting News website right now:

Courting of Marian Hossa began in Dale Tallon's Montreal hotel room at last June's draft. It was there that the Tallon, then general manager of the Chicago Blackhawks, met seriously with agent Ritch Winter for the first time. It was there he let Winter know just how interested he was in signing Hossa.

It was an unusual arrangement. Hossa wouldn't become a free agent until July 1, but his one-year deal with Detroit had come with a gentlemen's agreement: He could negotiate with other teams if a longer-term deal with the Red Wings fell through.

 

[BOSSMANPC]

How could he have a "gentlemen's agreement"? Isn't that part of the CBA and not an issue that can be bypassed by individual players and team's?

Look's like a Woooooopsss. Moment

 

[jstewismybastardson]

How could he have a "gentlemen's agreement"? Isn't that part of the CBA and not an issue that can be bypassed by individual players and team's?

Look's like a Woooooopsss. Moment

I heard Canucks GM Mike Gillis on the radio say the agreement Hossa had with the Wings was valid

its a huge point to miss from the original story though ... apparently alot of writers started putting calls in to NHL offices about the original story

 

[Comeds]

Gentlemen's agreement aside, if up to me, I would think this stuff is a big deal. The league doesn't seem to care though. I remember many big free agent signings that happened minutes after the starting time and we are supposed to believe a team contacted a player and worked out a deal in 15 minutes?

I think there were some complaints about Roenick signing with the Flyers so soon after the start, but that was the only time I ever heard anyone in the league complain.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

I remember many big free agent signings that happened minutes after the starting time and we are supposed to believe a team contacted a player and worked out a deal in 15 minutes?

Mattias Ohlund ... signs 7 minutes after free agency opens and his contract is one of those long term cap hit reducing jobs that has a tiered salary structure to it ... it only took 7 minutes to review that??? lol

 

[puckhead]

Mattias Ohlund ... signs 7 minutes after free agency opens and his contract is one of those long term cap hit reducing jobs that has a tiered salary structure to it ... it only took 7 minutes to review that??? lol

that one was hilarious.

I guess Ohlund could always claim plausible deniability. " I am a 31 year old defenseman with bad knees, on the downside of my career. Tampa offered me $25+ million to coast into the sunset. Am I going to say no?"

 

[dash]

Mattias Ohlund ... signs 7 minutes after free agency opens and his contract is one of those long term cap hit reducing jobs that has a tiered salary structure to it ... it only took 7 minutes to review that??? lol

In fairness, Brian Lawton was the GM of Tampa at that time...and as puck mentioned above, Mattias probably took a split second before he said, "Where do I sign?"

 

[TOX1]

Didn't Clarke try this kind of a stunt in an attempt to land Kesler?

 

[Eddie_Shack]

Didn't Clarke try this kind of a stunt in an attempt to land Kesler?

Clarke sent Kesler an offer sheet when Kesler was an RFA... it's a little different, it's legal but somewhat frowned upon by GM's. At the time, it looked like Clarke was doing nothing more than trying to drive up the signing price on a marginal player... now it looks like he may have been on to something.

 

[TOX1]

Clarke sent Kesler an offer sheet when Kesler was an RFA... it's a little different, it's legal but somewhat frowned upon by GM's. At the time, it looked like Clarke was doing nothing more than trying to drive up the signing price on a marginal player... now it looks like he may have been on to something.

Oh...right...right. I couldn't remember the details of that mess.

Thx Ed.

 

[puckhead]

Clarke sent Kesler an offer sheet when Kesler was an RFA... it's a little different, it's legal but somewhat frowned upon by GM's. At the time, it looked like Clarke was doing nothing more than trying to drive up the signing price on a marginal player... now it looks like he may have been on to something.

yup. that was fair game. Gillis tried the same thing to get David Backes from St Lou, and their GM responded by making us pay a bit too much for Bernier.

may be a dick move, but it's legal.