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The Summer of Woooooo continues.

 

 

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From The Hockey News:

 

“We were allowed to spend the money, we always tried to win,” Clarke said. “We didn’t do what Pittsburgh did; lose seven years in a row so they could get good. They did it twice, in fact. They went through six or seven different owners. We’ve had one owner.”

Clarke finds the strategies of some current teams appalling when considering the way other organizations have built competitive teams.

“It’s somewhat embarrassing that three of the last teams (in the 2009 playoffs) missed the playoffs six or seven years in a row; Washington, Chicago, and Pittsburgh,” he said. “Now they’re good and the teams that try to win all the time get penalized. Our philosophy has never changed since 1967.”

 

First of all, thanks to Japer's Rink for bringing this to our attention.

 

Second of all, let's get a couple facts out of the way right away.

 

The final four teams in the 2009 playoffs were Pittsburgh, Carolina, Chicago and Detroit.  Washington lost in the second round.

Clarke probably didn't watch the Conference Finals because of how poorly his team performed in them in 2008.

 

Also, the Penguins did not miss the playoffs "six or seven years in a row."  Neither did the Capitals.  For that matter, neither did the Blackhawks.  They iced some terrible teams over the past decade, but their longest recent playoff drought has been five seasons in a row.  The Caps missed three playoffs in a row.  The Pens missed four.

 

Now that we've gotten the technicalities out of the way, the fun can begin.

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It's the Summer of Woooooo

 

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We've never been a big fan of lists, but whatev it is summer. We want every Wednesday to be a top five list, but with a slight twist. We're asking for reader submissions. It can be a top five list about anything you want. Just email us your list, with youtube links and pics. We'll pick the best one for the week and post it. If no one does it, really we couldn't care less.

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Flyers should give these out at playoff games next year.

 

One of the weirdest commericals of all-time.

 

Dude at the 1:02 mark.

 

Good times.

 

go Pens

 

It's summer.

 

Summer is great for many reasons.

 

It's warm.

That usually means vacations and parties and BBQs.

It means sitting outside with a cold beer, getting a tan and ogling strangers in their bathing suits.

It also means there isn't any hockey.

 

Now, the Penguins offseason has been the shortest in the league over the past two summers.

That means we've had to endure less time without hockey than fans of most teams.

We can't imagine what we'd be doing right now if we were Lightning, Islanders or Leafs fans.

 

Actually, we can.

 

If the Pens missed the playoffs last season we would have probably spent this summer the same way we did during the dark ages:

Googling "Tomas Surovy" and waiting for Konstantin Koltsov's breakout season.

 

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What happens when Mike Vick is a receiver on a certain play in a Wildcat formation...

and he comes across the middle...

and a linebacker with 4 dogs is waiting to get a free shot at him?

 

Everyone will rejoice.

 

go pens