Good morning!
As beloved as the Penguins have become in our region, they're still the latest of the three teams to arrive and always will be. As such, it really wasn't until the Mario Lemieux generation that hockey here became ... well, generational. Passed down from parents to children, participation and all.
As one of that generation, I still marvel at the game's growth here. And that goes double when it's considered that Pittsburgh's still so, so far ahead of almost all U.S. markets in this regard. We're one of the very few outliers where, for example, the NHL franchise is more popular than the Major League Baseball one. And for as much as I respect the Pirates' legacy, I've always found that to be amazingly cool, to be that outlier.
Anyway, it's Stanley Cup playoff week, the team's back at practice today, and Game 1 is Sunday afternoon. Dave Molinari, Taylor Haase and I will go full-bore, 100% hockey, from now until it's all done. We're looking forward to having you with us the whole way ... and given the local passion for pucks, we've no doubt you will be.
Brewing question: What got you so emotionally invested in the Penguins?
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