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Holland offered both players contracts in April. Franzen signed his, Hossa did not.
This implies Holland intended to sign both and figure out how to fit them under the cap later (unless I am missing a key detail). With that in mind what changed with Holland to where he was no longer willing to keep a key goal scorer and make moves for it to happen?
After doing a little digging, it was pretty much a low-ball offer.
He offered the same cap-hit as Hudler got essentially, but it was for 10 years, would have been another one of the cap-circumventing deals.
Sportsnet has learned Marion Hossa has turned down a contract offer from the Red Wings that would have kept the all-star with the Red Wings for the next 10 years.
A source compared the length of the deal to the deals Johan Franzen and Henrik Zetterberg signed. It's believed the deal-breaker was the average salary which fell between $3.75 million and $4 million.
http://blog.mlive.com/snapshots/2009/07/all_signs_point_to_marian_hoss.html