How about those PENGUINS!

[Realgeorge]

How about those PENGUINS!


The resurgent franchise taking advantage of the new CBA atmosphere in the NHL. All Good Things coming to those who wait -- the great white blue-collar suburban Pittsburgh hockey fan. Mario is back again. Super Mario is a majority owner again, brushing back "Boots" the California cash shark back to Kibitzer status. Now they've hired Gonchar, Sidney Crosby, Andre Roy and Zigmund Palffy. This is the stuff Playoff Runs are made of. Penguin fans deserve as much. They have supported the team from the start, even the Pathetic Pens of the 1969 season. The Beak is Back! I'm excited, and so should all Caucasoid hockey fans. Black and Gold! Oh, I forgot. They will kick the Krappe out of MY team all six times this year.


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Edited by: Realgeorge

 

[Don Wassall]

George, there definitely is a lot of excitement about hockey in Pittsburgh. The morning paper reported today that the team has sold 150,000 tickets already since winning the rights to Sidney Crosby, or close to 4,000 seats per game. I hope Mario, who turns 40 the day of the season opener, can stay healthy and play at a relatively high level.


I think those who posted that hockey will bounce right back will prove to be right. It wouldn't surprise me now if the NHL has a banner season with all the player movement, rules changes and it just being so long since there were games being played.


What I really hope happens with the new CBA is that ticket prices become more reasonable. So many blue collar and middle class fans became unable to attend games because of the high ticket prices. If the powers that be in the sport really want it to catch on, families have to be able to afford to come to games.

 

[jaxvid]

I'm a little skeptical about Crosby. He is just not big enough. He can turn out to be a great player but he will never be the type of guy you got with Lemieux. As an example is my favorite: Steve Yzerman. Tremendous player as we all know BUT he could be neutralized in the playoffs by putting big guys on him and shadowing him. Not so with Mario. That guy was unstoppable. He could carry five guys on his back and still score. Crosby will not do that. And note the Red Wings were shut down in the last few playoffs because their strength was in small talented players, Federov, Yzerman, Datsyuk, etc. who got continually knocked off the puck and jammed at the line. You need some big guys to go far in the playoffs.

 

[Don Wassall]

That's a good point. When Crosby posed for pictures with Mario after being drafted, he only went up to about Lemieux's neck! Hopefully he'll be a great finesse player in the Gretzky mold. The Penguins will need to protect him a lot better than they did Lemieux.Mario was naturally strong as a bull but the constant punishment he received didn't help his sore back any.

 

[Realgeorge]

Dinky Dudes CAN Do Well in NHL


Ah, ye of little faith! Crosby will be fine as long as rules allow him to skate. REMEMBER some guy named Gretzky not too many years ago ... skinny as a lamppost and mean as a Poptart. Yet he became the greatest of all time. Granted -- Ol' Wayne had a most uncanny ability to escape big crunching hits. Undoubtedly he had two more eyes in back of his head, was never blindsided his whole career.


One more example: Theo Fleury, the feisty one. The drunk, the disorderly, the ornery. Of course Theo really WAS mean, and dished out his share of cheap shots a la Bobby Clarke. Not too many folks messed with Theo


In either the Fleury or Gretzky mold, Mr. Crosby will have to find a way to ply his trade without getting drilled night after night


Great Post, Guys! Can U feel the excitement? It might not be an avalanche of viewership, but the NHL just might come back strong


Yuri [Buy CasteFootball Business Cards !!]Edited by: Realgeorge

 

[Don Wassall]

The Penguins keep signing big-name players, the latest being John LeClair. LeClair is past his prime, but what a premiere power forward he was in his heyday,which includedthree straight 50 goal seasons. He was a bull on skates, pretty much impossible to move from in front of the net. Reminiscent of Kevin Stevens but better. He was a Penguin killer too.

 

[Don Wassall]

"Penguins Tickets Sales Hit the Roof" is the story in this morning's Post-Gazette. The excitement over hockey in Pittsburgh has been fueled by the Sidney Crosby draft pick and the prospect of having a good team again after three seasons of bottom feeding, but it is also a good sign that NHL fans will welcome the league back in a big way with minimal hard feelings.


http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05231/556523.stm

 

[Realgeorge]

Great Posts Don! Go Penguins!!


The NHL is the only white game in town. There's no where else to go. And pro hockey is a serious, emotional religion. I can't wait for it to return, and fans will flock back into the stands. I have plenty of hard feelings! but my addiction is so great, and the game is so white and European that I'll do the right thing -- make it prosper despite the efforts of the Zionista industry to destroy it


Vive l'LNH !!


Edited by: Realgeorge

 

[Don Wassall]

How bout those Pens!

They're pretty disgraceful. Craig Patrick has been living off a few excellent trades made back in the early '90s for way too long. His judgment in the signing and trading of playerssince then hasusually been weak. Most of the big name vets signed this summer are washed up or disinterested.


What really gets me is the disinterested part. When the Penguins were flying high in the '90s they were often disinterested, but only needed to concentrate for a short period of time to win most games. Now they have neither talent nor a work ethic. They have Sidney Crosby, Marc-Andre Fleury, a couple of other promising young players, and that's about it. How a team can have no interest in playing hard for a legend like Mario Lemieux is beyond me.


I watched the first two periods of the Detroit-Pittsburgh game on OLN tonight. The Red Wings outshot the Penguins 32-8. 5-on-5 it looks like Detroit is on a power play; when Detroit is short-handed it looks like it's 5-on-5. Thank God MNF is about to start!

 

[Realgeorge]

The Penguins should be Better, but they're Not!
I feel your pain! The Penguins bought the names and have been hyped as contenders. It's almost amazing how much they have underachieved. Now Mario is getting ill again, and was floating the "Move the Penguins" mantra in the news.
The Black and Gold deserve better. Perhaps the GM ought to hang. Let's root for the Pens to get better, for all the white hockey fans in Steeltown!

 

[Realgeorge]

Much Better with Therrien on the Bench
The Pens are playing much better hockey under Michel Therrien, the Montreal disciplinarian. They backcheck, fight, skate, and scrap. Better than the unorganized rabble that occurred with Eddie O in charge [Eddie O is OK, just wasn't his year].
Perhaps they can salvage the season and finish near five-hundred. Just my opinion, but I think that Pittsburgh has world-class talent waiting to jell into a powerhouse. Even without Mario the Pens should be a terror.
Lemieux's heart problems are an unneeded distraction. Hope he heals up soon. Sidney Crosby didn't make the Canadian Olympic squad. Bizarre! What's a rookie got to do these days?
So, Penguin fans, Don't Give Up the Beak just yet.

 

[Don Wassall]

Several bidders to buy the Penguins have been eliminated, and the final three come down to (drum roll please):


- Samuel Fingold


- Lawrence Gottesdiener


- Andrew Murstein


All three are members of The Tribe. Who'd a thunk it? What an amazing coincidence! What are the odds?


Well, let's calculate the odds. At approximately 2% of the population, the odds are 1:50 that any individual bidder would be Jewish. The odds of all three being Jews:


1/50 x 1/50 x 1/50 = 1 in 125,000


Praise Yahweh

 

[Realgeorge]

Oy Vey! Hope new owners don't move the team to Kiryat Shemona

Pens are bringing back Mark Recchi again, with another fresh Stanley Cup Ring on his finger

Sad looks like Mario totally out of the picture

New uniform with Black and Gold Yarmulke instead of helmet? Sweater with Circle-U printed on the front? Only kosher kielbose at concessions?

Pens were jelling at end of season, not devoid of young talent. If they can cover up for Gonchar's mistakes (or perhaps cut him and eat salary) Pens might have a good year.

Don't give up the Beak just yet. Oy vey!

 

[Realgeorge]

Mr. Fingold has bought the team, it's in all the internet news. Hope Pens somehow can be kept in Pittsburgh. With all these NWO types buying up hockey franchises, they might have a vested interest in their prosperity

 

[Don Wassall]

Fingoldhas only said he'd "try" to keep the Penguins in Pittsburgh, which of course means nothing. A few months ago he had a strong interest in moving them to Kansas City, which is building a state of the art arena and trying to attract either an NHL team and/or an NBA franchise to move there.


Some months back the Penguins signed an agreement with Isle of Capri, a casino builder/operator, whereby Isle of Capri would build the city of Pittsburgh the new arena it's needed for so long. It would cost $290 million, all of it coming from Isle of Capri, none from the taxpayers or the city, an ideal and painless way for the city to get its long-needed arena. But the deal hinges on Isle of Capri being awarded the slots license for Pittsburgh thereby being able to build a huge casino right next to the arena. Harrah's and a black casino operator from Detroit are also vying for the license.


Here's where it gets interesting. Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell (yet another member of The Tribe) is apparently in tight with the deep pockets behind Harrahs. The state gaming commission is to award the Pittsburgh slots license by December, but the commission has been stacked by the governor with his cronies.


Harrahs and the other competitor will only kick in $7 million a year for 30 years towards a new arena meaning the taxpayers would have to come up with the rest whereas Isle of Capri willfinance the entire thing itself. Which sounds like the better deal for the city, taxpayers,and the hockey team?It's a no-brainer. If Isle of Capri doesn't get the license, then there is a nebulous "Plan B" being arranged by Rendell with the financial resources for it being very iffy and mostly still unidentified.


Bottom line: if Isle of Capri gets the slots license, the new owner of the team is contractually obligated to honor the team's agreement with Isle of Capri and the team is assured of a new arena and of staying in Pittsburgh. If Harrahs gets the slots license because of political and financial shenanigans, then there's a pretty good chance thePenguins willmove to another city after the upcoming season.Edited by: Don Wassall

 

[Realgeorge]

How gruesome it is to be at the mercy of Khazar Nation. I hope it works out for you and the Pittsburgh fans. Penguin Hockey 1992 style was a thing of beauty.

Kansas City already failed as a hockey town (The Scouts), and I'm fed up with the "Columbus" and "Nashville" franchises. 30 teams is way too many and established hockey hotbeds like Pittsburgh and Winnipeg get screwed at the altar of Chutzpah

 

[Realgeorge]

Hooray for Jim Balsillie !! A Silly Canadian who Rescues the Penguins from the Hands of the Tribe !! </font></font></font>

Don W: Can it be true? Is Balsillie really just a magnate Canadian businessman who funded the "Blackberry" hand-held computer? Any ties to the Bronfman Bunch? or the maggots who own Canada's radio stations? He seems to really want the Penguins to prosper and stay in Steeltown. </font></font></font>

Penguins looked GOOD last night in grounding the Flyers. How sweet to whack the Orange Phillies on opening night. Like the new Chicago Blackhawks (and a little like the 1991 Pens) the new Penguins throw caution to the winds and concentrate on generating repeated offensive "quality chances." They got a bunch of them last night, and despite 40 saves by Fleury, the outcome was never in doubt.

We will take any good news we can get !! </font></font></font> Edited by: Realgeorge

 

[Don Wassall]

I've never heard of a name like "Balsillie" before. Maybe he's French since he's from Ontario which has a sizeable French population.


The ball is completely in the hands of the local and state politicians now, which is why it's hard to be overly optimistic that the Penguins will stay in Pittsburgh. Isle of Capri is willing to donate the $290 million neededto build a new arena as long as they get the city's sole casino license, which will be announced in December. This obviously would cost the taxpayers nothing -- but the problem is the politicos are getting their palms greased big-time behind the scenes and the best guess is that Harrah's will get the casino license instead of Isle of Capri, whichwill bringinto action a still obscure "Plan B" to build the long-overdue arena -- financed by the Penguins and Pennsylvania taxpayers.


The Lemieux ownership contracted the franchise to the Isle of Capri proposal last year,so if that ideal tax-free solution to building a new arena is thrown away, Balsillie has no obligation to accept "Plan B" and may try to move the team. He dropped out of the bidding to buy the Penguins earlier when he realized the NHL would most likely block his attempt to move the team to Hamilton (too close to the Toronto market). If he moves the team the most likely destination would be Kansas City, which has a new state of the art arena but no hockey or basketball team to use it.


If thePenguins doend up moving it will be entirely the fault of the politicians. Mario Lemieux was promised a new arena when he bought the team out of bankruptcyin 1999and nothing has been done in the intervening seven years. Lemieux had a great quote about what he has learned since becoming an owner: "I've been disappointed a little bit, but I understand politics now. Everybody lies, and then you go along with it."

 

[lumsdenpower]

No he in not a frensh canadian.

 

[Bear-Arms]

So what's the news in Pittsburgh? they moving?

I really like the Penguins and it would be a shame to see them go. But all the crazy fans in Pittsburgh care about is their very "dark" football team. I wish Canada would take a team like the Dallas Stars. Hockey does not belong in Texas.

Realgeorge, Columbus is also one of the more successful expansion teams. I hate expansion but if you want more fans you need to do it. But first you need the talent to expand.



One of the reasons I disliked Columbus was because of their horrible logo. I think they corrected that problem somewhat. Atleast they're in the north where snow falls and ice freezes.

Also I wouldn't consider Kansas City a poor hockey town. Kansas City was just a poor choice for an expansion team at the time. The Scouts ended up being the Colorado Rockies and the Rockies relocated to New Jersey and became the Devils.

 

[Don Wassall]

Following an injury to Ryan Malone, Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby were put together on the same line tonight for the first time against the Devils. Malkin scored again and he now has four goals in his first four NHL games, quite a start to his career.


The one tonight came on a feed from Crosby and was a thing of beauty, the type of goal only a world-class talent can score. If you get a chance try and see it on Sports Center or another highlight show.

 

[Bear-Arms]

Through the miracle of the internet you can now see every teams highlights on their website
[url]http://www.pittsburghpenguins.com/multimedia/player.php?mmid =1739[/url]

 

[Don Wassall]

Nice! I saw itlive on a 60 inch screen, but it looks good in replay even on a postage stamp sized screen. Four seasons of being the league's bottom feederwith all the top draft picks it brought isfinally paying off for the Penguins.

 

[Realgeorge]

The Flyers may be awful this season, but I just saw the Penguins smoke Philadelphia with aplomb. 8-2. All the heavy hitters -- Malkin, Crosby, Recchi -- piled onto the hapless Flyers. The Penguins have real offense. Hope that the stadium front works out and the Pens can stay in Steeltown

The NHL is cooking with gas this year. I'm looking forward to writing a "Told you So" torment of the various nay-saying White Haters in the media who declared "Dead" the NHL two years ago

 

[Don Wassall]

I agree that the NHL is looking very strong. Too bad the corporate media actively works to make it a minor league in the eyes of sports fans. If the NHL received one-tenth the promotion the NBA and its players getfrom the corporate media, and one-tenth the corporate endorsements, it would be more popular than the system's gangsta-dominated league.