A cikin shekarar da ta gabata na kwantiraginsa tare da Thrashers a 2007<unk>08, ƙungiyar da Hossa ba za su iya yarda da tsawaitawa ba, Pittsburgh Penguins sun sami Hossa a ranar ƙarshe na ciniki a ranar 26 ga Fabrairu, 2008, tare da Pascal Dupuis, a musayar Colby Armstrong, Erik Christensen, mai yiwuwa Angelo Esposito da kuma zagaye na farko na Penguins a
2008 (Daultan Leveille). A farkonsa na Penguins kwana biyu bayan haka, Hossa ya ji rauni a ligament na medial collateral (MCL) a cikin haɗuwa da gwiwa da Glen Murray na Boston Bruins. Hossa ya rasa wasanni shida masu zuwa kafin ya koma kungiyar don kammala kakar wasa ta yau da kullun, yana wasa a layi tare da Dupuis da Sidney Crosby. Hossa ya kammala kakar wasa tare da maki 66 a wasanni 72 da aka raba tsakanin Thrashers da Penguins. Ya kuma bayyana a karo na hudu All-Star Game yayin da har yanzu tare da Thrashers a matsayin mai masaukin baki-gari.