OT: Hossa to Wings

I don't disagree with that. If anyone can figure it out, it's Holland. I just can't see any possible way that Holland can get the cap number low enough to make it work, at least not on the speculated 7 year term. Remember, the numbers I stated in my previous post were assuming that he lets both Samuelsson and Leino walk (which he can't on his own because Leino is a RFA). Also, I forgot in my earlier post that Hudler is a RFA, and they would have to let him walk too. I can't see them letting any of those players walk, let alone all three. If he went 10 or 11 years it's possible, that's a mighty big risk considering the grumbling that's already occurred because of the other long deals like that in the league (i.e. they are contrary to the intent of the CBA provisions regarding age 35 and retirement that they work around). I think Holland is smart enough to realize that if he were to try to do that with Hossa it's something that would be dealt with severely in the next CBA, which could hit the Wings (in particular) very hard, because let's be honest, there isn't a lot of chance that Franzen will still be playing at the end of his contract and neither would Hossa if he signs a similar deal. As the rule states, if either of them retire before the end of their contracts the cap hit evaporates from cap consideration upon retirement (because they are under 35), but one of the responses being floated to these new type of deals is to change it so that they are treated like players over 35 where they count toward the cap until the end of the contract.