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Hossa Now The Other Guy
by Paul on 07/03/09 at 08:30 AM ET
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from Michael Rosenberg of the Detroit Free Press,
In sports, people want lightning rods. Winning is more fun if you really want the other guy to lose. To Wings fans, Marian Hossa just became the Other Guy.
Professional sports rivalries ebb and flow more than college or high school rivalries. A Michigan State-Michigan football game always will feel special, no matter how good the teams are, but Lions-Packers is only truly huge if one of the teams is trying to go 0-16.
Red Wings-Blackhawks is now the biggest pro sports rivalry for any Detroit team. You have two Original Six teams who just faced each other in the conference finals and should battle for division and conference supremacy for the next five years. They are ancient and modern rivals.
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Nice to see the “rivalry” returning…
Posted by Hippy Dave from Portland by way of Detroit on 07/03/09 at 02:15 PM ET
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Competitive? Hell yes. But I wouldn’t call it a real rivalry quite yet. Despite the Hossa situation, and even the Sharp groin spear(which he was man enough to apologize for), there’s really no bad blood between the teams.
It could certainly develop. Both teams are going to be very good this season.. That nasty element is missing from the rivalry equation for the moment. But the games are gonna be a whole lotta fun to watch.
Posted by Nate A from Detroit-ish on 07/03/09 at 11:02 AM ET