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by Paul on 07/03/08 at 08:27 AM ET
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from Gene Collier of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
Pittsburgh thinks often of Cleveland as its rival metropolis, and sometimes of Philadelphia, but with this week’s free-agent fiasco, is there a place somewhere generating more frowns ‘round town than Motown?
The research that begot the ad campaign extolling Detroit’s “hot cars, cutting edge music, Vegas-style gaming, diverse culture, and championship sports” reportedly concluded that among 11 regional cities, including Chicago, Toronto, Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Indianapolis, Detroit was the only one perceived to offer a travel experience appealing primarily to young adults 21 to 34.
Mr. Hossa is 29.
Yeah, they’re geniuses out there.
added 8:45am, from Tony Gallagher of the Vancouver Province,
One presumes Hossa’s plan is to go for one year to Detroit, put up ridiculously-high numbers while playing with Zetterberg, Pavel Datsyuk or Valtteri Filppula, and call himself a Cup champion. Then he takes the big money the following year from the team willing to risk that he won’t retire on their dime.
Never even mind the fact that some insiders felt he was wired into Detroit by some previous, devious agreement anyway, and that the first day’s bidding may have been nothing more than a sham.
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