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Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very oft...

2012-01-26T10:05:33.523-05:00

Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often

Have loved Neal since Dallas and, though he strugg...

2012-01-24T16:12:29.091-05:00

Have loved Neal since Dallas and, though he struggled last season, his abilities were always apparent. I'm so glad he's shining again!

You're welcome to post it elsewhere. Please be...

2012-01-24T15:58:41.448-05:00

You're welcome to post it elsewhere. Please be kind enough to give our site credit.

This is great idea - to post it like a sound board...

2012-01-24T15:55:15.266-05:00

This is great idea - to post it like a sound board! (Can I steal it?). I work for Hark, here we have 100+ Mike Lange audio quotes - if this can help you add any to your collection.

I gotta say, I was a little skeptical about Neal c...

2012-01-23T18:47:57.183-05:00

I gotta say, I was a little skeptical about Neal coming into the season. His lack of production to end the season last year officially made me doubt his contribution. I'm glad he proved me wrong. What a player.

And kudos to Niskanen too. Turns out he's a solid addition.

interesting information. there is something to thi...

2012-01-15T11:22:12.384-05:00

interesting information. there is something to think about

Sorry if I offended you. I didn't mean to offe...

2012-01-13T17:11:20.602-05:00

Sorry if I offended you. I didn't mean to offend anyone and I wasn't attacking the person who wrote the blog. I was just posting another perspective. I sincerely didn't mean to come off as a jerk if that's how you took it. P.S. I have bought a ticket. Multiple in fact. Haha. Sorry if you read me the wrong way.

With much respect,

Aj

this is good

2012-01-13T08:39:44.088-05:00

this is good

Billy...it's Dom. I hear this all of the time ...

2012-01-13T00:41:36.216-05:00

Billy...it's Dom. I hear this all of the time at the CEC. Last game I was at I had Flower haters behind me. When will this stop? For me, since Max left, The Flower is my favorite player. He clearly was the team's MVP last year and I do not know why the people in Pittsburgh are so quick to want to run him out of town. God forbid if he leaves, because I do not know if those bandwagoners remember but I know all of you do...you know the days' of Caron and Aubin!!! And another thing...shit talking on Pascal....well do these idoits remember the days of Chris Beech and Rico Fata? Look if you have no clue about the game, come to the game, have fun awesome for you. However, if you are clueless DON'T YELL!!! Lastly, while at the CEC on a past trip, I heard some jackass behind me saying," Where are Sid and Letang? Big Ben gets a concusion and is back 2 weeks after! Why can't they play? Why don't we put skirts on the guys or stop like they do in Pee Wee?" Clueless...simply clueless.

consol center is the epicenter of unknowledgable, ...

2012-01-12T21:11:27.920-05:00

consol center is the epicenter of unknowledgable, early leaving fans. #consolcentercurse BRING THE IGLOO BACK

I have been to several Pens games in the last few ...

2012-01-12T15:22:21.066-05:00

I have been to several Pens games in the last few years and went to TONS in the 2 years before and Sid's rookie season because they were basically giving tickets away. I have heard fans say negative things about the team and certain players but never anything like you're saying. I guess that's what happens when people who get into the game because of a team start to see things real fans have seen time and time again. Being a Pens fan is about overcoming the bad WITH the team, not losing faith when they need us most.

Wow this is what it was like going to a thrashers...

2012-01-12T13:17:05.054-05:00

Wow this is what it was like going to a thrashers/pens game here in atlanta.. WOW ! in pittsburgh comeon !

The problem is that the Penguins, just like every ...

2012-01-12T13:01:27.220-05:00

The problem is that the Penguins, just like every other major sports team in this country, have begun to price out the real hockey fans, the ones who used to populate the old Mellon Arena. Now you're stuck with truly ignorant, albeit more well off, fans who started following hockey about the same time the Penguins were going to back to back Stanley Cup Finals. As far as those fans know, we should be winning every game by scores of 5 - 0. They boo Fleury not even realizing that he has more wins at his age than Martin Brodeur did, but then again they don't know who Martin Brodeur is. In fact, other than Ovechkin and any other former Penguin who is still playing, they probably couldn't name another player in the league. Many of the real fans of hockey that I know that had tickets in the lower part of Mellon have now been kicked upstairs to the Upper Bowl and those that I knew that sat in D,E and F in Mellon now have to watch from home, and now the Consol Shopping Mall is filled with a lot of know nothing band wagon jumpers who think the game is just an excuse to drink $9 beers and shout profanities.

I remember when I went to a game last year. We wer...

2012-01-12T12:24:57.745-05:00

I remember when I went to a game last year. We were sitting all the way up and there was this one guy who would not shut up. He was yelling profanities, and there were children around. I said something to him, but of course he didn't shut his mouth. It kind of ruined my first NHL game

This is a good string going here and I can't d...

2012-01-12T12:05:21.651-05:00

This is a good string going here and I can't disagree with much. I will say that a lot of the people able to afford tickets are corporate or handing off their tickets to different people every night. I wonder if that plays into all of this or is it that the Pens have been embraced, but only for status and not genuine knowledge of the game?

More than anything, when I watch Penguins home gam...

2012-01-12T12:01:18.951-05:00

More than anything, when I watch Penguins home games on tv, I'm shocked (and a little embarrassed) by how quiet it is. I really thought Pittsburgh had fully embraced the Pens, but it doesn't look or sound like it from a distance.

Still, as a Pittsburgh ex-pat living in a non-hockey town, (with an AHL team) let me say at least people are going to the games in the Burgh and have SOME knowledge. The people here barely know we have a team and are totally clueless at games. We sat in front of a couple of guys who could say nothing but, "Don't they look like a bunch of ants!?" every time the teams scrambled over the wall for a change. They had zero hockey knowledge and we had to fill them in a number of times. That's not surprising as people here haven't embraced hockey at all, but in Pittsburgh I expect better.

Billy, my wife and I had this exact same experienc...

2012-01-12T11:26:26.061-05:00

Billy, my wife and I had this exact same experience. And AJ, we NEVER had this experience at games at Mellon so SHUT UP AND BUY A TICKET. It sounds like you've never even BEEN to a game before.

The Pens this year have played pretty poorly and with good reason. It's good of them to not make excuses but they do have reason. That SHOULDN'T excuse fans to turn on the team midway through a bad season. Shouldn't the young talent, new arena, committed management (unlike the pirates) and great hockey for the past few years be enough to hold the fans through the rough times? I would certainly HOPE so but as each day of #CrosbyWatch goes by it becomes more and more apparent who the real fans are and who is here because the Pens are IN?

Anyway, thanks for this post. I've been meaning to put this on MY blog but you said it perfectly.

Let's Go Pens!

It's the same fans that went to the Igloo to w...

2012-01-11T21:51:53.030-05:00

It's the same fans that went to the Igloo to watch games too so what you're saying about Consol Energy Center is pretty far fetched. The fact is the Pens are playing poor hockey at the moment and the belligerent men that drink more than they need to are going to make comments like you listed. I think it's a disgrace to all who support the Pens out there just as much as you do but the fact is that it's going to happen. It's better to be the one saying positive things about the Pens and their fans that support them through eerything rather than complaining about the ones that don't have a clue what's going on because they are drunk or they haven't watched a game since 2009. To sum it up, you're gonna have those comments if you're watching from Mellon or Consol. The change in arenas has nothing to do with it.

With much respect to another avid Pens fan,

Aj

The lady beside me complained about Pittsburgh spo...

2012-01-11T21:51:29.165-05:00

The lady beside me complained about Pittsburgh sports for the majority of the game (Pens, Steelers, Pitt). Why come to the game if all you're going to do is complain the whole time and dont have faith in your team at all?

The people in front of us asked where Goligoski wa...

2012-01-11T21:28:40.391-05:00

The people in front of us asked where Goligoski was. The people next to us had no clue who Tangradi was and why he was there. They were pretty much there to drink because they honestly got up every 10 minutes to get a beer and to use the restroom.

Caught me off guard, I knew he was on waivers afte...

2012-01-11T17:11:15.961-05:00

Caught me off guard, I knew he was on waivers after lunch, saw this headline and thought he was picked up. Which would have surprised the hell out of me.

THIS IS BULLSHIT COMEONE MAN

2012-01-08T17:04:44.297-05:00

THIS IS BULLSHIT COMEONE MAN

Howard

2012-01-07T18:21:50.066-05:00

Howard

LOVE IT!

2012-01-05T16:32:26.785-05:00

LOVE IT!

Seems like a 50/50 chance to me. I just want him ...

2012-01-03T13:09:30.805-05:00

Seems like a 50/50 chance to me. I just want him to come back healthy at some point. If it has to be next season, it'll be sad, but so be it. As much as I love Sid in the game, his future well-being shouldn't be put at risk.