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Re: Pens new management
« Reply #20 on: Tuesday February 09, 2021, 09:08:55 PM Eastern »
Quote from: Surreylily on Tuesday February 09, 2021, 08:46:24 PM Eastern


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Re: Pens new management
« Reply #21 on: Tuesday February 09, 2021, 09:39:16 PM Eastern »
Read  "Mort".  It's not about hokcey, it/s about human beings.    ;)
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Re: Pens new management
« Reply #22 on: Tuesday February 09, 2021, 10:21:10 PM Eastern »
Quote from: canadiancapman on Tuesday February 09, 2021, 09:00:01 PM Eastern

If they didn't get crosby, they would have never got the millions of dollars to pay Mario back. If the team still owed him money do you think he would have put forth the effort to keep the team there? I feel like that was set up for them to get the first overall pick. Pittsburgh was gone otherwise in my opinion.


Mario wasn't the only one to put up money, that team wasn't leaving that city
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Re: Pens new management
« Reply #23 on: Wednesday February 10, 2021, 10:05:21 AM Eastern »
Problem was people weren't going to the games. They were losing. As soon as they won the draft lottery everyone and their brother wanted to play there. Mario even tried to make a return. It wasn't about putting up money, it was about putting a competitive team on the ice so that people's butts would be in the seats. Winning the draft lottery saved the franchise.
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