in tact throughout last season, signing Zetterberg to a 12-year, $73 million contract and workhorse Johan Franzen to a 11-year, $43.5 million deal. Both deals face a relatively large cap hit with Zetterberg's hit being around $6 million and Franzen being about $3.95 million. When adding in the large contracts of Datsyuk, Lidstrom and Rafalski, the team could simply not hold on to their unrestricted free-agents.
Johan Franzen
4 August 2009
13 June 2009
free-agent. With the Red Wings spending a good amount of money to keep Henrik Zetterberg and Johan Franzen aboard with unusually long contracts, things look dim on Hossa staying in Detroit. Another reason for this theory is the collapse of General Motors, a company that is based in the Detroit area. Speculation is that season ticket sales will decline next season, along with group tickets and single-game sales. Keeping all of this in mind, GM Ken Holland may hold off on bringing back Hossa for another season. He made $7.5 million in 2008-09.
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