Poor Bastards Of The Moment: Marian Hossa and Ty Conklin

The RW Hossa and the backup G Conklin were on the Pittsburgh Penguins last year -- they lost in the Stanley Cup Finals to the Detroit Red Wings. They both sign with Detroit this year -- they lost in the Stanley Cup Finals to Pittsburgh. What fucking horrible timing. Get 28 seconds into the above clip; you can just feel the self-damnation oozing into Hossa.

Conklin may have it worse. He was in the Stanely Cup Finals four years ago with the Edmonton Oilers ... who lost to the Carolina Hurricanes. Losing three SCF's in four years? That's a losing streak I have whenever I go to Vegas. If you get your heart broken like that that often, it's better to be on a sucky team. I have no doubt in my mind over that.

Poor bastards.