Comments on: Game 7

By: John

John — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:02:20 +0000

I feel really bad for Marian Hossa. But I do have mixed feelings about his jump from Pittsburgh to Detroit. On the one hand, it's refreshing to see an athlete take a pay cut to play for a team that had a better chance of winning a championship (and, possibly in this case, was a better organization to play for, though I think the Pens have a great organization too). On the other hand, he was disloyal to his former team and cared more about winning a championship now than staying with his team and building a championship club–which they obviously had anyway.

I have basically jumped on the Red Wings bandwagon here at the beginning of my fifth year in Michigan. But I think, kind of how one of the items on the web page Stuff White People like is "the idea of soccer," I like the idea of being a hockey fan more than I actually like hockey. I always enjoy it when I watch it, and I root for the Red Wings, and I want to learn the ins and outs of the game, but I just don't want to badly enough to be a real fan. Ah, well…

By: freeman

freeman — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:54:29 +0000

I remember PASS. Never watched it, but I remember it.

Go Wings!

By: Brad

Brad — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:40:33 +0000

I loved PASS Sports. The announcers were so biased for the Tigers and Wings.

What is weird is that the Wings are playing the Pens here tonight and the Tigers are playing the Pirates in Pittsburgh tonight.

Hossa better do something rad tonight like score a goal, block a shot, assist on a goal, etc., because he has not done that much so far.

My favorite Game 7 moment of all time. Hopefully we will not need double OT to ice this MFer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJTAnyLn_RI

By: Zach S.

Zach S. — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:58:07 +0000

It's not like he's the first player ever to do that. You also have to consider that the Pens made it last year so he had to consider that they would make it again this year. Very rarely are the Stanley Cup finalist not consider a strong contendor the next year.

An interesting fact I heard on Mike & Mike in the morning. The last 18 game 7's for all sports, the home team has won. The last visiting team to win game 7 was the Pitts. Pirates in 1979.

By: nothirdsolution

nothirdsolution — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:21:51 +0000

Because of that little dynamic, Hossa probably has more motivation to win a championship than any athlete, in any sport, in all of history. It's should be a great game.

By: 1955 Design

1955 Design — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:15:16 +0000

I am worried about the "Hossa Factor". You know, turning down millions in Pittsburgh to come to the team most likely to win the Stanley Cup. And now, in this first year since switching teams, he plays in finals against the very same team he left.

It will be a great news story no matter the result. Did he guess right or did he guess wrong? Either way, he left millions of dollars on the table. But will he hoist the Stanley Cup tonight?

I hope he does. But only time will tell.