The Hossa effect

As the trade deadline approaches everybody who bleeds black and gold has to be wondering if Ray Shero can spin the same magic he did last year. Can Ray Ray bring somebody in that has the same effect that Marian Hossa did? That being said, first of all I would like to say that from what I know, there are no Marian Hossa-esque wingers that are going to be dealt come trade deadline (but i personally feel that he is one of the top 3 wingers in the league)... Anyways, what i think the bigger deal is, rather than getting somebody who can perform like Lady Marian, is somebody who can help raise the confidence of the rest of the Pens. Going into the trade deadline the pens were a really good team, after the trade deadline they were an excelent team (for an eastern conference team). Part of that was that Hossa was playing excelent (atleast come playoff time), but I think that a major part of it was the swagger that the rest of the team gained after gaining an excelent winger like Hossa...

Right now, the biggest winger on the Pens radar is St. Louis... Which when you compare to the wingers that we've had the last 8 years is probably not a bad pick up... Janne might be sacrificed, but I actually would not expect that... The players that I would watch come trade deadline are, for the big pens, Whitney, Staal, Talbot... And for the baby pens, I would keep you eyes mainly on Dustin Jefferys, I honestly do think that the pens will keep Janne and Minard around due to their tremendous upside for the baby pens Calder Cup hopes... Anyways we are going to start kicking this into high gear here, the playoffs are looming and the Trade Deadline is only a stones throw away...

Anyways, atleast can Yeo before the playoffs...PLEASE