Get Over It

I’ve actually said a few times I really don’t care about Hossa at all. Let him do whatever he wants. You’re just making broad generalizations based on a few scattered comments and doing so in genuine troll fashion. The readers on Second City Hockey despise the Pittsburgh fanbase and Crosby and often shrug off any comparisons to the Pens in an effort to define themselves. But rather than jump over there and say something in any defense I know my place and don’t troll.

Not signing Hossa that following year gave us the cap space to sign more valuable pieces which ultimately ended up in us winning the cup. As for rooting for Chicago i would say I’m pro Chicago way before im a Sharks fan.

Seriously why cheer for a team that has a ghost like Joe Thornton on it, the guy could seriously hang up the blades and play a round of golf or two and not many would notice he left

Take it from an impartial source. I wouldn’t have that man on my team if he came with a league-minimum cap hit.

Get over bashing Sid, and we’ll consider it.

But posts like these remind me of why I root against Chicago at every opportunity.

Hossa didn’t just come as a rental player and leave.

He came and had great chemistry with a top player in the league, and then made everyone around him believe that he had every intention of staying. Sid, Shero, the media, the fans, etcetera. While I’d like to believe that he had every intention of staying in Pittsburgh until the Detroit opportunity arose, it didn’t really play out like that. He handled it poorly, and he left in a real “thumb my nose at you” kind of fashion. In a city where you start to feel like your athletes are family, he became the abusive jackass who left us for another woman with no warning whatsoever.

On the other hand, most of us are pretty much over it, and we just dislike the guy. We don’t wish him well. And it would be extremely entertaining to watch him lose in a third final in a third consecutive year.

If that happens I might start to feel bad for him. Except then he’ll open his mouth and say something ridiculous and arrogant, and the feeling will go away.

oh.

so can we have patrick sharp?

The reason that we Pens fans is not based on his performance, it’s based on his stupid comments ,when he left. In case you never heard them or read them before. His reason for signing withe Wings was"I want to go to a team that has a CHANCE at winning the Stanley Cup". This was certainly the worst insult to ANY team, let alone the Pens, who not only had a CHANCE, but won it. He showed no class by making those unwarranted comments. I bet Wings fans don’t like him either. Who did Hossa ever beat, where are his Gold medals, or Cup rings. Sorry but as a Pen fan , I cannot forget those words.

Hossa will never define the Pittsburgh fanbase.

The reason is , one of my kids lives in Chicago and is a Hawks fan There’s no hate on my part Hooks, that’s a very strong word. Is dislike for a no good guy Hossa. He never for one second try t amend his stupid comment.

First off, this guys a douche.

Second, I don’t like Hossa because, not just because he left a team because he thought they would have a better chance, but he did it twice. He ditched Pittsburgh when we lost, then he ditched Detroit when they lost. He’s just an asshole who cares only about himself.

So do I not like Hossa, yes. But I like Toews and Kane and I’m really starting to like Byfuglien and wish we had him. But that still means I’m impartial about who wins the West.

As I stated in my post, about half of you have proven me right. It seems that everyone here is right, riding around on the ol’ high horse, and anyone who disagrees is a douche. Lovely. Well, at least some of you guys want to look at things rationally, which is nice and appreciated.

I said I hate the Pens and I do, but that doesn’t mean I don’t respect the organization which has cultivated a culture of winning. Just the same, I was only trying to present some evidence for people to not hate Hossa, but of course some people don’t want to see it as that. Just call me a troll, it’s easier that way than to have a sensible conversation, no?

How am I being rude? By making a suggestion?

To quote Anthrax: “Talking to you, is like clapping with one hand”

I think we all understand that anything can happen in free agency, so we don’t hold leaving against Hoss. The thing that pissed us all off was the fact that he said that “Detroit gives me the best chance to win the Stanley Cup” less than a month after being two wins away with Pitt. That was upsetting. Yeah, it’s ok to feel that way, but, out of respect to the fans and your former teammates, you don’t vocalize it to the media.
I’m actually cheering for your team, btw. The Hawks remind me of the Pens with their young talent. Kane and Toews aren’t Crosby and Malkin, but any of the other 28 teams would probably be happy to have either pair.

Im rooting Hawks
but then again Im not a Pens fan

I think the one that has to get over it , is you who writes this stupid post, sort of “in your face” on the Pens website. As I wrote before, I don’t care for Hossa because of his comments. What happens to him if he wins or losses, won’t erase the fact that he is not a good professional for his insulting comments. By the way the Hawks are winning in spite of him, with other players that make much less than him playing bigger roles.

I step away for a day or two of actually looking at the site and Boom this happens. To be honest Hossa got what was coming to him. I don’t care what happens to him now win or lose. Karma (not Matt Cooke) got him good, IMO.

Anyone else get kind of immaturely excited when there are new comments on this thread? Like, maybe someone will add something completely ridiculous to make a completely ridiculous post even more completely ridiculous … and get us all going again?

What? It’s just me?

All y’all should just trade Fleury for Hossa and get over it!