My mother always told me to be careful
what I wished for….
And while I’m quoting my favorite
people, some cool Springsteen lyrics also read: “Don't you know before you choose your wish son you'd
better think first
'Cause with every wish there comes a curse"
-Bruce Springsteen, “With Every Wish”
'Cause with every wish there comes a curse"
-Bruce Springsteen, “With Every Wish”
So just remember Pittsburgh sports fans as this Penguin
season unfolds…
You…….asked……..for …. it.
“Who are these guys?”
“I can’t name 5 players.”
“We’re rebuilding.”
“This is going to be a down year.”
These are all things I’ve heard lately as the season approaches.
This from the same people who were up in arms last year (and rightfully
so..) after the Penguins were eliminated after another lackluster playoff
performance.
“No more country club hockey!!!”
“We’re soft!”
“Bylsma sucks. He can’t adjust.”
“Get rid of some of these prima donna high priced bums.”
As you wish……….
Last night the Los Angeles Kings raised their Stanley Cup banner…..for the
SECOND time in three years……No flash….no president’s trophies for best record….no
high profile players bigger than the game…..and EACH time they came into the
playoffs at the bottom half of the playoff standings and fought their way to championships
or close…..
I bring this up because I am POSITIVE that as soon as the Pens are hanging
around in 2nd or 3rd place in January and February and
losing some games to the Islanders and Hurricanes at home that people around
here will be livid and asking for the heads of the coach and the GM.
When in all reality they got exactly what they wished for…..
Let the team gel and find it’s comfort level around Sid and Geno. Shut your mouth and watch them grow together
so that in April they are ready to go and fight for a championship.
Many of you are too young to remember the Lemieux Cup years. Well let me
do the research for you. The two years we WON the Cup back to back in 1991 and
92 we were 3rd and 4th in the division……and in 1993 when
we had probably the best Penguin team EVER….we lost to the hard working over
achieving New York Islanders……..
I think the moral of the story is obvious.
It’s what I hate about hockey and I made that all too clear on social
media last spring (sorry…..). Talent and skill is not the top priority in the NHL playoffs....but that is the reality of the situation, and the Pens have dealt with it……and
if history is an indication it is the way to go…ask the Pens of the 90’s…and
the Kings of today…..
So please…..when it’s 10 below and the Pens are playing on a Wednesday
night in February and they come out flat and lose to the Florida Panthers in
front of a sellout crowd….get your hand OFF of the keyboard…and just shut your
virtual pie holes and wait for April, May…..AND June…..
Sid is going to take this TEAM to the top. Write it down. When it counts WE
will be the team overachieving……you asked for it…..and you will get it.
I’ll see you next Fall at the Consol when the Pens raise their 4th
banner on Opening Night…. Let someone else have the President’s trophy. Fans in some other city are wishing for that…..they
can have it….and the curse that goes with it.
We are taking the Silver.
Don’t get to comfortable Elvis………..Let’s Go Pens!!!!
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