Marian Hossa Has A Skin Allergy That May Prematurely End His Career And The Hawks Are Under The Cap
***UPDATE***
Receiving information that Hossa really did struggle with skin allergies all season. Days off from morning skates or practices for “maintenance” were usually related to this issue. So the skin allergy is definitely real. The timing of it will lead to speculation of circumvention, but for what its worth this was a real condition that Hossa dealt with for the first time this past season.
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Elliotte Friedman with a casual 1030pm “bomb shell” that Marian Hossa has a skin condition that may(will) end his career.
Always tough when a rare equipment related allergy pops up after 30 years of wearing hockey equipment. Good thing he will be completely symptom free since he will never have to wear hockey equipment again.
Tough break for the Blackhawks. Let’s see where this leaves them after Hossa either gets traded to Arizona or rides off into the Long-Term IR sunset with the Blackhawks. OH MY GOODNESS WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT
Stan still has some wheeling and dealing to do, and Hossa did score 22 goals last year, but now they’ve got some wiggle room at least to reshape the roster.