Favorite Penguin and why

[Vegeta]

Mario Lemieux: Greatest player to ever lace the skates. He battled and excelled through physical adversity. To put up the numbers he did while simultaneously being unable to bend over to tie his own skates; it is just unbelievable. He is the definition of a legend, and imo, is one of the biggest class acts in sport, both on and off the ice.

Tom Barrasso: Not such a class act to the public, but goaltender was my favourite position growing up, and he was the tender for my favourite team. As I've gotten older, I've formed a pretty positive opinion of him, though that may be due to the fact that I empathize with his need to be away from other people. HE could have had much better numbers on a more defensive team in the league, but he kept his trap shut about stats and did everything that he needed to do to get the W. If he was on the Canadians/Hawks/Rangers/Devils/Stars/Wings/etc, I believe that his stats would look much more impressive and he'd be in the hall. Can't explain the babysitter incident though

Rico Fata: No legitimate reason for this. Maybe it is because we're both Italian?

 

[stepdad gaary]

Letang because everyone is mean to him

 

[Crafton]

Carl Sneep or Malkin. it's a toss-up.

 

[sf expat71]

Not enough joe mullen love in here. But favorite current pen to watch is malkin.

Edit: I also liked mceachern (sp?) when he first came up.

 

[Bishop7979]

Of all time? Ron Francis, quiet possibly the most underrated player of my lifetime.

current penguins: Duper

 

[Killahpunk]

All-time: Lemieux
Current: Malkin

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Alek Stojanov

He wasn't the powerforward we deserved, he was the powerforward we needed.​

 

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

Obviously Sid & Geno, but Maatta is growing on me.

 

[Coach Travis]

Current & All-time: Sid

Because he's ****ing awesome and classy as ****.

 

[KIRK]

All-time: Lemieux, because how could it be different?
Current: Malkin, because I think he is the most fun to watch in the league, and he seems a great fella to boot.

Agreed, but I'd add one thing for Malkin. The whole 'shades of Mario' thing.

I appreciate every time he manages to do that and to remind me of what I've missed for almost a decade.

 

[Michael8771*]

Alek Stojanov

He wasn't the powerforward we deserved, he was the powerforward we needed.​

That may have been the worst trade we ever made, well maybe except Jagr.

 

[Le Magnifique 66]

That may have been the worst trade we ever made, well maybe except Jagr.

We never gave Stonajov a real chance

And nothing guarantees that Naslund would have been a good fit here with all our Euro's back then

Terrible trade

But I still think the Jagr one was worse, we should have recieved a lot more

 

[Jag68Sid87]

Easy, Jaromir Jagr.

Then and now (hopefully one day).

 

[Le Magnifique 66]

Easy, Jaromir Jagr.

Then and now (hopefully one day).

You never know Jag, maybe he wants to comeback and finish where it all started. That would be sweet

 

[M10]

Billy Tibbets