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Is Hossa Jinxed?
by Paul on 11/27/09 at 11:22 AM ET
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from Jason Kay of The Hockey News,
He has answered the call every time Slovakia has called, but has never scaled the podium. When Slovakia experienced its greatest achievements on the world stage – silver, gold and bronze medals at World Championships in 2000, 2002 and 2003 respectively – Hossa was engaged in the NHL playoffs for the chronically underachieving Ottawa Senators.
And, of course, we all know what happened the past couple years in the NHL with Pittsburgh and Detroit.
So, if you’re a Hawks fan, should this worry you? Is every team on which Hossa plays doomed?
It’s not rational, but who knows how the hockey gods work? For the superstitious Chicago supporter, here’s something to cling to: the last time Hossa did win anything of consequence, at the Memorial Cup, he was wearing the Hawks’ logo. Until he got hurt.
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He’s not jinxed any more than a spare part who just happens to be on good teams is blessed. Chance is a funny thing, and some people are just not going to get the wins and the awards others will despite phenomenal talent and even being on some very very good teams.
Hossa is a fantastically talented, very hard-working player who has been unlucky thus far in his career. Not cursed or jinxed, and he has several years yet before he retires to win. Maybe he won’t, but if he does no one will be talking jinx anymore.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 11/27/09 at 01:59 PM ET
Chance is a funny thing, and some people are just not going to get the wins and the awards others will despite phenomenal talent and even being on some very very good teams.
Yeah, but…...
LOL 
Posted by Lindas1st from New England on 11/27/09 at 02:54 PM ET
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For all the ribbing that I, as a Wings fan, have given Hossa about being jinxed, I don’t think he is. The dude’s a hoss, and plays his butt off every game whether it’s regular season or playoffs.
I do wonder if his style of play doesn’t make it a lot harder for him to be effective in the postseason though. I do think maybe teams become accustomed to his play earlier in the season and then late and in the postseason when he simply physically cannot continue playing that way into game #95 and so on for the season the teams tend to struggle a bit more to find ways to replace his production, because he’s not really replaceable.
Posted by Primis on 11/27/09 at 12:13 PM ET