They both fed off of each other. Hossa probably benefited from Crosby but Sid also was better because of Hossa.

Hossa’s lack of production in Ottawa is greatly exaggerated. It took him until his 3rd year for him to score his first goal, but that’s not uncommon (and the first two years were 4 and 6 games respectively). In his fourth year, he had 10 points in 12 games and his fifth year he had 16 in 18, pretty much what his regular season pace was. In his last year in Ottawa, he had 4 points in 7 games, 3 of which were goals. His Atlanta performance of 1 point in the series sweep by the Rangers in 2007 was glaring, particularily since he was coming off a 100 point regular season.

Generally, his bad playoffs have been when his team lost in the first round. 15 points in 22 games isn’t horrible, but it’s certainly not good considering he had 71 points in 74 games this year.

Isn’t he playing the same system that got him 71 points in 74 regular season games?

the detroit fans dont need to do anything but watch his play as this series has gone on. he started off strong, played good defense, and had the puck a decent amount – but he wasn’t able to do much with it. As the series has gone on, he’s had the puck less and less, and in game 6, it might as well have been me out there in his jersey. I never understand why some players do the “skate around the outside of the zone move” when they have the puck behind the net. If he’s on his game, he’s taking the pucks to the net more.