Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ ikpeazụ nke nkwekọrịta ya na Thrashers na 2007<unk>08, ndị otu na Hossa enweghị ike ikwenye na mgbatị, ndị Pittsburgh Penguins nwetara Hossa na njedebe nke ahia na 26 February 2008, ya na Pascal Dupuis, na mgbanwe maka Colby Armstrong, Erik Christensen, atụmanya Angelo Esposito na nhọrọ mbụ nke Penguins na
2008 (Daultan Leveille). Na mbido ya na Penguins ụbọchị abụọ ka e mesịrị, Hossa merụrụ medial collateral ligament (MCL) ya na nkwonkwo ikpere na ikpere na Glen Murray nke Boston Bruins. Hossa atụfuru asọmpi isii sochirinụ tupu ọ banyeghachi na ndị otu maka mmechi nke oge oge, na-egwu n'ahịrị na Dupuis na Sidney Crosby. Hossa mezue oge oge na 66 isi ihe na egwuregwu 72 kewara n'etiti Thrashers na Penguins. Ọ pụtakwara na All-Star Game nke anọ ya mgbe ọ ka nọ na Thrashers dị ka obodo nnabata.