Look, Ravin' Staal
In less than 12 hours Ray Shero will let us in on Pittsburgh's worst-kept-secret: He's voting for Jordon Staal to stay.
He'll worry about the 40-game window when it approaches.
It's not what Shero wants. He knows in his heart that he should be prudent in planning for restricted free agency in three years and unrestricted free agency in seven. He'll have to worry about that then, too.
He knows that keeping Staal is the popular thing to do...especially in the front office.
Face it, in sports you don't take points off the board; You don't mess with mojo, chemistry or a winning combination.
The Penguins have all of that, and the front office hopes to parlay that into success in the campaign for a new building.
Student rush tickets will dry up as students are starting to buy season tickets and split them amongst themselves to get a ticket in the building ... ANYWHERE in the building. (Goodbye $20 seats along the glass.)
We're about to dip our toe into sacrilegious waters here: The Steeler's season is now insignificant. When you see the highlights from Raiders / Steelers, watch Big Ben's reaction when he STOPPED AT THE 20-yard line while chasing Chris Carr on his 100-yard interception return.
Last year in the playoffs, Ben dove in Indy, but in Oakland he pulled-up and quit. That moment said Ben knows that it is over and his body language verified it. Not two commercials into a break into WTAE sports' McDonald's Action Sports Sunday the new Penguins' spot aired. Yes, the 30-second spot had been booked by the Thursday before the Steelers' "sure win" in Oakland, but the airing of the new Pens commercial seemed like pure brilliance in timing and good fortune.
The Penguins aren't waiting for the body to get cold. They know they have a captive audience. Two wins on the West Coast and November 8 and 10th games could be the first standing-room-only matches of the season. The team is hot and four highlights on ESPN's PLAYS OF THE NIGHT this past week is a good barometer for how much buzz is being created by a franchise in North America's fifth most popular sport.
Now that coaches and trainers have that new-fangled internet thing in Igloo offices, they are keenly aware of the buzz on bulletin boards and chat rooms like LetsGoPens.com (nice work, R.J.), the Pens can't afford to loose a campaign weapon like Staal.
The only bad timing the Pens might have here was not getting Staal registered to vote on October 7 so that he could vote against Ed Rendell. Suddenly, Stall will be returning to Pittsburgh from Anaheim on Tuesday, November 7 (Election Day).
The local elected, including Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, will notice the buzz too as Crosby, Malkin, Fleury and Staal will continue to campaign on the ice for a new multi-purpose facility that the Pens could call home. Let's just hope it's in Pittsburgh.
He'll worry about the 40-game window when it approaches.
It's not what Shero wants. He knows in his heart that he should be prudent in planning for restricted free agency in three years and unrestricted free agency in seven. He'll have to worry about that then, too.
He knows that keeping Staal is the popular thing to do...especially in the front office.
Face it, in sports you don't take points off the board; You don't mess with mojo, chemistry or a winning combination.
The Penguins have all of that, and the front office hopes to parlay that into success in the campaign for a new building.
Student rush tickets will dry up as students are starting to buy season tickets and split them amongst themselves to get a ticket in the building ... ANYWHERE in the building. (Goodbye $20 seats along the glass.)
We're about to dip our toe into sacrilegious waters here: The Steeler's season is now insignificant. When you see the highlights from Raiders / Steelers, watch Big Ben's reaction when he STOPPED AT THE 20-yard line while chasing Chris Carr on his 100-yard interception return.
Last year in the playoffs, Ben dove in Indy, but in Oakland he pulled-up and quit. That moment said Ben knows that it is over and his body language verified it. Not two commercials into a break into WTAE sports' McDonald's Action Sports Sunday the new Penguins' spot aired. Yes, the 30-second spot had been booked by the Thursday before the Steelers' "sure win" in Oakland, but the airing of the new Pens commercial seemed like pure brilliance in timing and good fortune.
The Penguins aren't waiting for the body to get cold. They know they have a captive audience. Two wins on the West Coast and November 8 and 10th games could be the first standing-room-only matches of the season. The team is hot and four highlights on ESPN's PLAYS OF THE NIGHT this past week is a good barometer for how much buzz is being created by a franchise in North America's fifth most popular sport.
Now that coaches and trainers have that new-fangled internet thing in Igloo offices, they are keenly aware of the buzz on bulletin boards and chat rooms like LetsGoPens.com (nice work, R.J.), the Pens can't afford to loose a campaign weapon like Staal.
The only bad timing the Pens might have here was not getting Staal registered to vote on October 7 so that he could vote against Ed Rendell. Suddenly, Stall will be returning to Pittsburgh from Anaheim on Tuesday, November 7 (Election Day).
The local elected, including Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, will notice the buzz too as Crosby, Malkin, Fleury and Staal will continue to campaign on the ice for a new multi-purpose facility that the Pens could call home. Let's just hope it's in Pittsburgh.
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