At least the Blackhawks won all 3 of there cups controversy free. Cup number 3 a lot of real hockey fans would say for Pittsburgh involved a screw job by the NHL to help solidify sid's legacy.
Originally Posted by obnoxiousram
Let me guess: the fans of another team, right?
As a practical matter, the shit that teams get away with to the Pens is far worse than anything the Pens dish out: the Wilson hit last year in the playoffs should've had him gone for the playoffs. By letting him skate, the NHL just allowed that behavior to continue and
now he gets 20 games? C'mon. (to be fair, this is because it's idiot Canadians who still hold sway at the league office)
(a "real" hockey fan would've called out sid going all lumberjack on methot's finger as your strongest point, BTW. Since you didn't, I'm assuming you can't even rip a team right).
But guess what? His name is on the Cup x3 as the Captain of the winning squad. Mario has his name on the Cup 5 times. The only redeeming part of the Flyers (Snider) is dead, and it's been 15k days since the Flyers won the cup.
What really has to get the haters? In today's day and age, what the Pens did (back to back) will be regarded as more impressive than the Blackhawks run. What Mario did (sink the owed equity into the bankrupt franchise and watch his investment quadruple+ in value) is more shrewd than anything Ed Snider ever dreamed of and is thought of as such by people who know.