The Hossa Curse

rjhike asks:

"The Hossa curse, will he take the Hawks down by November or December?"

Very good question to ask, as I'm sure many other uneducated hockey fans want to know as well. The answer is simply that there is no curse, and rather than "taking the Haw

ks down", he will take them all the way to the Stanley Cup Finals on his bionic, now repaired shoulders.

What people don't realize is that Hossa is a true superstar and in Pittsburgh, the like of Crosby & Malkin did not allow his greatness to shine. They didn't pass him the puck, they didn't talk to him on the bench, heck they didn't even let him eat with the team at dinner. After much inner soul searching, he made the tough choice to move on to Detroit where he felt that he would be appreciated more. Wrong again.

In Detroit, it was worse. Mr. Zetterberg may look like a nice guy on the outside, but we was the ring leader or the Anti-Hossa movement. Once again, Hossa was banished to a separate locker room to get dressed and not allowed to practice with the team. Even after begging the Wings management that he needed to take care of his injured shoulder, they just told him that he wouldn't be with the team the next year, so they didn't want it fixed.

Being the leader and athlete that he was, he still led Detroit in goals and took them all the way to the Stanley Cup Finals. Even after all that, the Wings still gave Hossa no respect and could not lend a supporting hand during the Penguins series.

Now that he found a team that allows him to get healthy, be the leader that they know he is, the others will regret it. It will be Hossa who gets the last laugh as he curses Detroit when the Blackhawks beat them this year to move on and beat the Pens in the Finals. I hope Crosby & Malkin like eating that pre-game steak dinner less Hossa, because it will be Marian drinking the champagne in the end.