KnightXC1 wrote: ^^ Get over it already! He didn't backstab the Penguins at all or play them in any way. They offered him more money, he turned it down. That's not backstabbing. He left a good team and thought he had a better chance in Detroit and was 1 game away from being right. No Detroit fan holds anything against him for going to the Hawks after a year yet Pens fans continue to be upset over a guy who played there for a season and then decided to leave. That's sports, get over it. Obviously the money doesn't mean that much to him since he took less to play in Detroit last year so your argument is mute. And he was hurt last year in the finals which is why he had surgery about 5 days after the series ended.

bulldog8 wrote: I also think the backstabbing comments are a little old. Professional sports are large businesses and the employees must do what they can to put themselves in what they believe to be the best situation. Hossa did what he thought was best to give him the chance to win a Stanley Cup and also in a position to make more money. Granted he didn't win the Cup but he got a more lucrative deal. What's done is done and obviously the Pens aren't missing his services too much considering they won the Cup without him and are doing quite well this year too - some people just need to get over it.

rock_knutne wrote:
All Hossa had to do was say so. He told Shero they would get the final chance to sign him, Hossa and his agent never got back to them. These are facts from Shero's mouth, that's why Pens fans hate the guy. Again, all the guy had to do was say no thanks and move on, he never did that.

BTW, get over that Finals loss and quit with the excuses! So what if Hossa was hurt, Talbot played most of the playoffs with a bad shoulder and Crosby missed almost two thirds of game seven. What if's don't mean shit!

KnightXC1 wrote: Find where he made this promise of the Pens getting the final chance and I may believe you. Until then, it's all speculation and word of mouth.

rock_knutne wrote:

bulldog8 wrote: I also think the backstabbing comments are a little old. Professional sports are large businesses and the employees must do what they can to put themselves in what they believe to be the best situation. Hossa did what he thought was best to give him the chance to win a Stanley Cup and also in a position to make more money. Granted he didn't win the Cup but he got a more lucrative deal. What's done is done and obviously the Pens aren't missing his services too much considering they won the Cup without him and are doing quite well this year too - some people just need to get over it.

I'm just giving the perspective of Pens fans in Pittsburgh. Trust me, we are way over Hossa but the fact remains, the way he went about leaving Pittsburgh was underhanded, he promised Shero a final chance and he never delivered on that chance. I don't have a problem with a player leaving for what they deem to be greener pastures, just follow through on your word, Hossa didn't do that. I'd be curious to hear the reaction from fans of other teams if he did it to them, I'd bet they would have been pissed too.

bulldog8 wrote: I'm a Pens fan and I could give 2 shits what Hossa did. I don't blame him one bit for doing what he did. It's a free country and he exercised that right.

bulldog8 wrote:

rock_knutne wrote:

bulldog8 wrote: I also think the backstabbing comments are a little old. Professional sports are large businesses and the employees must do what they can to put themselves in what they believe to be the best situation. Hossa did what he thought was best to give him the chance to win a Stanley Cup and also in a position to make more money. Granted he didn't win the Cup but he got a more lucrative deal. What's done is done and obviously the Pens aren't missing his services too much considering they won the Cup without him and are doing quite well this year too - some people just need to get over it.

I'm just giving the perspective of Pens fans in Pittsburgh. Trust me, we are way over Hossa but the fact remains, the way he went about leaving Pittsburgh was underhanded, he promised Shero a final chance and he never delivered on that chance. I don't have a problem with a player leaving for what they deem to be greener pastures, just follow through on your word, Hossa didn't do that. I'd be curious to hear the reaction from fans of other teams if he did it to them, I'd bet they would have been pissed too.

I'm a Pens fan and I could give 2 shits what Hossa did. I don't blame him one bit for doing what he did. It's a free country and he exercised that right.

KnightXC1 wrote: In your first post in this thread you called him a backstabber and ripped him for supposedly leading your GM on. That would be called bashing. And that article has nothing in it saying Marian Hossa said the Pens were his number one choice. He saw their offer, turned it down and went to Detroit. Your GM made a mistake by assuming he would sign him and had to change his plans (which in turn worked out fine for you) when Hossa decided to take less money to go to Detroit, something a lot of players have done over the years to try and win a title.

It's not worth arguing with you about anything because you twist things in your own way. I would gladly walk right through the middle of downtown Pittsburgh with a Wings jersey on and not worry one bit because no one will do a thing about it. I will gladly ask that question and won't be surprised one bit by the result.