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Originally Posted by Sonic dB
Hossa played 12 regular season games with Pitt, and then last years playoffs. He was a trade deadline acquisition from Atlanta, and it was well-known by everyone that he would be a free-agent, free to leave to go anywhere at the end of the year.
Pitt fans or anyone else who blame the guy for leaving, are stupid.....but apparently they needed a 'villain' to point to and show their disgust. However the fact is that you are pointing your finger at a guy who was a rent-a-cop...not some local legend that had played 10 years with the team, and then decided to leave.
The hiprocracy surrounding the venom thrown towards Hossa is amazing... Fans who prior to Crosby coming to town...nearly allowed their team to be folded up by the league with their lack of support for the team....., now point to a rent-a-cop as a villain for leaving after 2 months with the team.... that is crazy.
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The Hossa issue came about because he was offered the same money from PIT to stay after last season, however he chose to go to Detroit becasue-- per Hossa--he wanted a chance to hoist the Cup. basically impied that the Pens wouldn't do it and Detroit would. Then in a later interview when asked to clarify, he stated he was misunderstood and went to Detroit because "they had better players" so I thought it was great that he had to watch others hoist the Cup...again.
The handshake deal is a tempest in a teapot...Crosby DID join the handshake line, but Lidstrom was already off the ice -- no intentional slight by either guy--they are both class acts.