Chicago Blackhawks: Marian Hossa chased that Cup around for a while
The Chicago Blackhawks finally won the Stanley Cup after adding Marian Hossa but he had a time chasing that Cup around for a while.
The Chicago Blackhawks saw Marian Hossa go into the Hockey Hall of Fame yesterday. He is one of the franchise’s all-time greatest players. He signed with them as a free agent in 2009 and they would become the team that he spent the most time with throughout the course of his career. His time in Chicago was really amazing and both sides clearly made the right decision when he came to The Windy City.
Marian Hossa did spend some time with some other teams before his arrival in Chicago. He spent seven years with the Ottawa Senators before three with the Atlanta Thrashers. In 2008, the Penguins made him a trade deadline acquisition before he signed a one year deal with the Detroit Red Wings later that summer. After that, he signed with Chicago and spent eight seasons there.
When people think of Hossa, they probably think of his time in Chicago being so glorious because it was. He was a part of a dynasty that won the Stanley Cup three times in six years. 2010, 2013, and 2015 are going to go down as the best years of Hossa’s hockey-playing career. His 500+ goals and 1000+ points would have meant much less to him if he never won the ultimate prize.
Some people don’t realize that Marian Hossa chased that Cup around for a while. He came up just short in Pittsburgh followed by coming up just short in Detroit. He was a member of the 2008 Penguins that lost the Stanley Cup Final to the Red Wings and then was a part of the 2009 Red Wings team that lost to the Penguins. He seemed like wherever he went, he came oh so close but couldn’t grab it.
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That all changed when he made his way over to Chicago. After chasing that holy grail around, he finally got it in 2010, his first year with Chicago. Six years later, he would be carrying his third Cup on home ice after a defeat of the Tampa Bay Lightning. It was an incredible career for an incredibly nice man and it is nice to see him as a first-ballot Hall of Fame player.