In 2008, Marian Hossa was a member of a team that made the Stanley Cup Finals. His team put up a strong fight against a talented team, but lost the Finals on their home ice as a last-ditch shot went just wide as the buzzer sounded.
Hossa's team was the Pittsburgh Penguins. That offseason, Pittsburgh offered Hossa a long-term contract that would allow him to be on the receiving end of Sidney Crosby's passes for years to come. Hossa turned that contract down to sign a one-year deal with the team that beat Pittsburgh in the finals, the Detroit Red Wings.
In 2009, the Detroit Red Wings made the Finals again, seemingly validating Hossa's decision. From there, the story went a little haywire.
Their opponents: the Pittsburgh Penguins. Detroit jumped out to 2-0 and 3-2 series leads, but lost all 3 games in Pittsburgh, setting up Friday night's game 7.
Hossa has now joined the entire city of Detroit in its living nightmare, as Pittsburgh scored 2 goals in the second period, then saw goalie Marc-Andre Fleury make a sprawling save on Niklas Lidstrom as time expired to give Pittsburgh the Cup on Detroit's home ice.
In case that wasn't enough, Hossa, who led the Red Wings with 40 goals during the regular season, scored the same amount of goals in the 7-game Finals as I did.
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