From: mattb@ctron.com (Matt Brown)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: DYANSTY-Pens
Date: 2 Sep 92 13:54:07 GMT
Reply-To: mattb@olympus.ctron.com (Matt Brown)
Organization: Cabletron Systems INc.

gp2f+@andrew.cmu.edu (Gary James Patalsky) writes:
             ^^^
             need I say more? (of course)
>
>If you question the greatness of the Pens, look at their depth chart
>(top 2 lines - write me if you want the full depth char)

No thanks. I don't like fish, even full depth ones.
>
>Left WIng                          Center                     Right WIng
>K. STevens(all time single         Mario Lemiuex              Jaromir Jagr
>   season point record for         (greatest player ever)     (2nd best today?)
>   LeftWings)

    Not much argument here          great, but a silly claim   Get real! Hull.
                                    I'll listen if they win    Oates, Bure,
                                    #3 and he is MVP           Roenick all >=

>Bob Errey(20 goals/season)         Ron Francis(all time       RIck Tocchet
>                                    Whaler scoring leader)    (could put up
>                                                              Stevens type 
>                                                              numbers if
>                                                              healthy)
         
 20 goals! That's the ticket!       A true mark of             with these
 cancel the regular season,         distinction. A true        linemates?
 folks. Why bother? Lets just       scoring machine
 fit all the Pens for All-Star
 jerseys. Clearly no other LW
 will score 20 goals on a 2nd
 line. 
>        
>Defense:  ULF(how is your knee, Cam?)

                How will your face be, Ulf? Or will he get the Bru-flu again?

>          Murphy - Mike Keenan called him a "superstar"

                That's like having a rabid dog hump your leg.
 
>          Stanton - Paek - both solid

                Like brick walls, and just as mobile.
> 
>Goalie:  Tom Barasso ( Best playoff goalie)
               
                Spoken like a true 2-year hockey fan.  What? Not the best
                playoff goalie ever? Why, it's almost a condemnation!

>         Ken Wregget         

                Made the Flyers a contender. Another playoff star.

Seriously, the Pens are a strong team, but if this post wasn't minor-league
whoofing posing as analysis, I've taken too many pucks to the head.

Gary (hey folks, just think of the blanket coverage you can get this year
by posting an insult to a "Gary" without mentioning a last name), keep
reading and posting, but recognize two thiings:

1) Most of the audience here goes at least one step deeper than "totally
   awesome" in their analysis.

2) r.s.h often seems evenly divided between Pittsburgh fans and everybody
   else.  Even "objective" Pens reportage gets blasted at. Pens Raves
   draw major flames.  So don't be surprised at the response, and recognize
   it for what it is: the sour grapes from the rest of us who don't have
   the honor of living in the Steel City or environs.  All that smoke, and
   the Stanley Cup, too. I know I couldn't stand that much happiness.

Matt
How's the newspaper strike these days. Who did they pick as town crier?
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