Don't know if I'd call this a "news article" but it was a decent small read and a good question of whether Holland missed the ball by not going out of his way to keep Hossa. Some interesting facts peppered in. I didn't remember Gretsky's favorite team was the Wings, that would have been something.
Clearly Detroit made the wrong choice in 2009. Hossa went on to score 473 points in twice as many games as Franzen. Wyshnyski's speculation that in 2010 we'd finish better in the division, face VAN instead of the Sharks, then wipe out the Hawks before the Flyers is believable. It struck me thinking what if we had Hoss instead of Chicago...damn.
I think TZE has shared the opinion it was a letdown Babcock didn't get us more than 1 cup. 2010, 11, and 12 the door still felt open. We'll never know but for as great as Hossa was those years he could have pushed us over the top.