Ah, the "if you don't like it, get out".
Ah, the "if you don't like it, get out".
I've been watching a lot more non-Penguins hockey the past couple years and people are missing out by ignoring it as an "unga bunga, only Penguins" mentality tbh. Especially with this coach in charge, the flawed supporting cast, and the decline of the franchise pillars.
I mean, watching other teams gives you a pretty solid indication of how far away this team is from legitimately competing anymore. They're cooked.
people will stand in line to see a old rare car. not so much for a toyota.
I mean, watching other teams gives you a pretty solid indication of how far away this team is from legitimately competing anymore. They're cooked.
Been a Penguins fan my whole life. Family from outside of Pittsburgh, they sent me a Jagr jersey when I was in elementary school. Just kinda latched onto them and the sport since. I don't know, I don't *hate* the players or anything. Sid seems like a really good dude. Geno seems like a goofy teenager. I don't wish ill upon them or anything, but I'm not gonna like, hold onto this weird parasocial-esque sentimentailty where they just ~have~ to stick together as a bro-team until they retire. Let 'em walk, trade 'em, whatever. Doesn't matter. The team's mediocre and stale now, losing them isn't gonna change anything except where we draft, and hopefully the FO/scouting dept. are up to the task and can finally work toward building the next era of fun, exciting Penguins hockey.
I'm not from Pittsburgh, I'm not even from PA, so it wouldn't have mattered to me whether I watched the Kansas City Penguins or the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Yes, at this point if they moved the Pens to KC or Quebec or wherever, I wouldn't care. Geography means little anymore as far as ability to follow a team.I'm not from Pittsburgh, I'm not even from PA, so it wouldn't have mattered to me whether I watched the Kansas City Penguins or the Pittsburgh Penguins.
When an "old rare car" is still producing well above the NHL average I see no issue, the supporting cast is another question that is valid.
I'm not from Pittsburgh, I'm not even from PA, so it wouldn't have mattered to me whether I watched the Kansas City Penguins or the Pittsburgh Penguins.
They've been treated like kings, and have millions upon millions of dollars to show for it. They're entertainers who exercise and play a kids sport for a living, not some dudes to be held in deep reverence.
I mean, watching other teams gives you a pretty solid indication of how far away this team is from legitimately competing anymore. They're cooked.
Been a Penguins fan my whole life. Family from outside of Pittsburgh, they sent me a Jagr jersey when I was in elementary school. Just kinda latched onto them and the sport since. I don't know, I don't *hate* the players or anything. Sid seems like a really good dude. Geno seems like a goofy teenager. I don't wish ill upon them or anything, but I'm not gonna like, hold onto this weird parasocial-esque sentimentailty where they just ~have~ to stick together as a bro-team until they retire. Let 'em walk, trade 'em, whatever. Doesn't matter. The team's mediocre and stale now, losing them isn't gonna change anything except where we draft, and hopefully the FO/scouting dept. are up to the task and can finally work toward building the next era of fun, exciting Penguins hockey.
lol I’ve never seen someone spend so much energy on something they claim is so stupid
About what? The team accepting reality and turning the page? Because I think this team's been a chore to watch for a couple years, and I'd like to have some hope that they're gonna be contenders again instead of pretending some millionaire strangers are my boys, and they absolutely have to stick around because they ~deserve~ it or whatever. That comes from accepting that Evgeni Malkin is a glorified PP specialist at this stage of his career and not worth the probable $8 million x 3 it'll take to keep him around. Letang's a better player, and more durable (which is an important factor re: Geno) but I still don't think he's worth handing a $40 million, 5-year deal to with how badly he's been stumbling for months, which will only get worse as his game continues to slip since he's entirely athletically driven and not some cerebral guy who can adjust his game to suit a body that's losing its natural ability with age.
