OT: Blackhawks sign Marian Hossa to 12-year deal.

[PDXChris]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=4300131

These long deals in the NHL are crazy, but he is better and more durable than Havlet. The Hawks also signed Detroit's tough guy center Tomas Kopecky. This may put them over the top to over take Detroit.

 

[Kel Varnsen]

I liked the Deadspin headline for this:

Chicago Blackhawks To Lose The Next 12 Stanley Cup Finals

 

[PDXChris]

Hossa is out the first two months of the seaon after having surgury.