Well, you just won the Stanley Cup. What do you do for an encore? Get one of the best wingers you played against in the Finals to play on your team. Word has it that Marian Hossa has signed with the Red Wings. It might just be an early rumor, but this is a pretty sweet signing for Detroit. It's only a one-year rental deal, but much wiser than the trade deadline deal the Penguins pulled. The Wings are not losing anything other than cap space and have a full year to get Hossa up to speed with the team. Hossa might just fit with the Wings style, and is a proven finisher. Damn. Best team in the NHL just got better.
Also, the Wings signed another piece of the Penguins yesterday in Ty Conklin. The Wings have a thing for goalies that are re-proving/reinventing themselves. Conky almost supplanted Fleury for the Penguins starter role, when Fleury's game went south at mid-season last year. He saved them from a mid-season collapse as the wheels were coming off for the team. I don't think there's a better backup free agent goalie, and the Wings got him for $750K.
Some nice moves by Detroit so far. But that's the luxury of having most of your team already intact and just adding chrome detailing to the engine.
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