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It's just that it's illogical to call hossa worthless and be so angry when there are other players besides Hossa that are thoroughly underachieving. I mean, it's illogical to call Hossa worthless even if everyone else was having career-best playoffs. He has made his contributions and is anything but worthless. Maybe not as much as he or anyone else would like, but he has made them.

If you polled all 30 teams, and said: "Which position would you rather be in, 10 wins away from winning the stanley cup, or 1 win away from the stanley cup", you'd get a lot of people saying 1 win away. Obviously to a team like the red wings it's all or nothing, but there are a s***load of teams who wish of being able to say they were 1 win away from the stanley cup.

Is that really the JLA?

I definitely do not like her. I never did and last year she cemented this after she said that pittsburgh had better fans than detroit.

I happen to not be so stupid that I can think back more than 48 hours. hossa hasn't contributed that much so far agaisnt the penguins. But over the course over the ENTIRE SEASON? He has been one of our most important players OVER THE ENTIIIIIIIIIIIIRE SEASON. Dating back to OCTOBER. Do you understand the concept? PS: Here is a list of players TYLER ******* KENNEDY had a better game than: Datsyuk Zetterberg Cleary Franzen Filppula Hossa Holmstrom Helm Samuelson Hudler Draper Maltby Lidstrom Rafalski Stuart Kronwal Ericcson Lebda OMG! That's the entire team!

You're such a ******* IDIOT. I need to stop watching this thread. This is the single most retarded collection of douchebags I've ever seen in my life. Remember when Hossa scored 2 goals in the 6-5 game 4 win over the blue jackets? Take two goals out and we lose that game. Obviously it isn't a big deal as we would ahve won eventually, but is that not contributing? Remember when hossa scored 2 goals in the 6-3 game 4 against the ducks? Take away Hossa's goals and that game could have gone either way (the 6th goal was an EN goal), and in such a close series, a game 4 loss would have been really bad for the wings. I'm not saying Osgood hasn't played way better than Hossa. Hossa has not played great, but he was made his contributions. I love how you're turning this into an osgood discussion while we're at it by the way. There is something seriously wrong with you.

Are you for real? He leads the wings in goals in the regular season, and is #7 in the league and he is a scumbag scrum? Obviusly Hossa isn't playing as well as he or anyone wants him to, but the extents you freaks are going to is un ******* believable. Absolute retardation.

You're so unbelievably thick headed. I'm not saying he is THE REASON, there is no ONE reason. He is A reason. He has CONTRIBUTED to the team, just like your obsession osgood.

LOL what does osgood have to do with this?

Without hossa we don't go into the playoffs as the best in the division, let alone the #2 seed. Without Hossa we might have not even made it to the WCF. Hossa isn't a con smythe contender no doubt, but he has amde is comtributions. If you think otherwise you are an idiot.

You're a tool.

Hossa is hurting/injured. There is no doubt about it, it's impossible for him not to be. I was watching some of his goal highlights on nhl.com, he just isn't skating like he was. I'd bet my life we hear of an injury after the finals are over.

Hey how many goals does Datsyuk have in the playoffs so far?

What salary?

Pulling this s*** before gameday is bad juju

This is true.

Oh please.

Well...

If the pull Osgood and dymp the puck in, I'm going to go on a murderous rampage.

There is still plenty of time to score a goal.

Because it's ottowa?

For someone fromt he losing team to get it he'd have to be head over heels better than anyone else.

When were they singing Sweet Caroline?

Every team in the history of the NHL has a group hug thing after they score a goal. But the wings don't really do anything outrageous outside of Hossa. Even he is pretty subdued though.

And next season we'll probably see a bunch on commercials on versus of the Penguins dramatic victory in game 4, with nothing of the wings winning the cup.