ChiHawks10
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Hossa was the only guy who, when stripped of the puck by Datsyuk, went out and got it back.
The difference IMHO is that if the D was tighter we wouldn't have to try to lean on the O as hard to win games. All players have bad games, but the way it's gone this year is that if the netminders have a bad game (of which there was like...3), we got no chance because the D and O cannot (or will not) step it up to cover. It used to be if the goalies had an off night, there was a good probability the team D could step it up to cover the O, or the O would go into overdrive. Now, either Crawford or Forsling have to be 100% dialed in for the team to have a shot--outside of the 1st two games when the whole team showed up.
Hossa was a huge part of that in previous seasons.
Still one of my favorite Hossa moments as a Hawk. Up there with him hoisting the Cup for the first time in 2010.
Still miss my favorite player being on the ice every game.