Trap Jesus
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I populated the bracket by Hockey References' Point Shares from the 1984/85 season (Lemieux debut) to the current season. Kind of a rough estimate of impact on the team in these years.
It’s Lemieux. Sid has been a better on the ice player in terms of what the team has done here, but Lemieux literally took a financial loss to save the team. He’s a thread in the quilt of Pittsburgh versus a sports legend.
It’s Lemieux. Sid has been a better on the ice player in terms of what the team has done here, but Lemieux literally took a financial loss to save the team. He’s a thread in the quilt of Pittsburgh versus a sports legend.
No he did not. He got back all he was owed, and it was a big bugga boo Burkle made sure happened. It's also partially why he did do what he did. He was only going to lose if he walked away do to the team going belly up. He was owed something in the 32.0/35.0 range which he has gotten back and paid in full.
That was not the situation he was walking into.
Burkle wouldn't be part of the picture for years. There was no guarantee at all that Mario's gambit would pay off and he definitely was out millions for years until the team got back on track. That team was hardly raking it in. Pretty much the opposite until they opened the new barn.
Ron Burkle, one of the preeminent investors in retail, hospitality, technology and distribution industries, is also a three-time Stanley Cup champion as co-owner of the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Burkle teamed with Mario Lemieux to buy the team out of bankruptcy in September 1999, and together they have become one of the most outstanding ownership duos in professional sports, winning three Cups from 2009-2017
Huh... I stand corrected. I forgot Burkle was part of the original ownership group that Mario was involved in.
Look... Mario Lemieux doesn't need ME to pump his image up. I think he's good. But I don't completely agree with the way you are painting the picture here regardless of Burkle... the team was far from a sure bet at the time and the new arena deal was nowhere close to sealed. Mario was never in danger of completely losing his ass but he absolutely stuck his neck out to help. As I understand it, Lemieux was owed 10s of millions and instead of collect took a ownership stake in the team. Was he paid that money back all up front right away when he assumed a stake in ownership?
“Ron is one of the main reasons we still have hockey in Pittsburgh,” Lemieux said. “If I was not able to buy the Penguins and have Ron as our top investor, I don’t think the Penguins would be here today.
Damn, thought he'd win but not by that much. Thanks for voting everyone.
Yeah I could look at doing that. Like a lockout-current. I'll give it a bit though I'm sure it's still going to be a while in this climate.Thanks again for doing this. Maybe in a few days or a week, would you consider doing a Crosby/Malkin era tournament?