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Saturday, February 23, 2008
Hossa offers heating up
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Toronto - It’s wild up here in Toronto. Huge crowds around Don Waddell and Marian Hossa this morning after the morning skate. Waddell officially admitted that signing Hossa before the trade deadline wasn’t an option. “No, I don’t believe so at this point,” he said. But we already knew that, right?
For me, the most compelling thing was that Waddell said the trade offers are starting to get interesting. He’s been saying that the offers for Hossa weren’t doing it for him, but now that’s changed.
“They’re getting interesting,” Waddell said. “We expect it to heat up even more.”
I asked if the recent losses have changed his stance on trading guys like Bobby Holik and Mark Recchi before the deadline and he said no. Other than Hossa, the Thrashers have no plans on being sellers at the deadline. You have to wonder if that will change if the team turns in another performance tonight like they did in Carolina and New York.
I’ll give you more updates as they come.
