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Amid what seems to some like a mass emigration from Chicago this summer, the Chicago Blackhawks have managed to make some acquisitions, the latest being 33 year-old right winger Fernando Pisani to a one-year deal worth a reported $500,000.
Pisani, originally an eighth round draft pick by the Edmonton Oilers in the 1996 entry draft, has spent all of his NHL career with the Oilers, as well as short stints in the Swiss and Italian hockey leagues. While primarily a fixture on the checking line and penalty killing unit, he flashed some impressive and clutch scoring ability in the 2005-2006 playoffs, leading all scorers with 14 goals as the Oilers progressed to the Stanley Cup Finals only to fall at the hands of the Carolina Hurricanes. In fact, in Game 5, he became the first player in NHL history to score a shorthanded overtime goal in the Finals.
As impressive as that record is, it’s not even what he’s best known for. His rec...
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