Penguins
-The Penguins celebrated yesterday with 375,000 of their closest friends.
-"Let's take this thing down to the river and party all summer long." - Phil Bouque.
-Check out Steve Mellon's Revolution picture of yesterday's parade.
-Pittsburghers are spoiled.
-Pascal Dupuis didn't exactly waste anytime getting a permanent reminder of this championship:
-Which parade did you enjoy more: Penguins or Steelers?
-The parade gave a boost to businesses in downtown.
-Check out this great fan video:
-Traffic was a mess in and out of town yesterday.
-The ratings for Game 7 were the NHL's highest in 37 years.
-We've all got our traditions.
-The Penguins are the second-best favorites to repeat as Stanley Cup champions. Guess who is the favorite.
-The Stanley Cup would be worth approximately $7,500 if it were melted down.
-Matt Cooke became the 10th Syracuse Crunch alumnus to get his name on the Cup.
-Should the Penguins hang on to Petr Sykora?
-The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins signed defenseman Lane Caffaro to a free agent tryout.
-Official Bill McCreary defended his crew's effort in the Stanley Cup final.
Atlantic Division
-Flyers defenseman Derian Hatcher officially retired and took a position as a player development coach.
-Devils forward Brian Rolston (right) didn't exactly have glowing comments for former coach Brent Sutter.
Northeast Division
-The Bruins signed general manager Peter Chiarelli to a multi-year extension.
Southeast DIvision
-The Hurricanes signed head coach Paul Maurice was given a three-year contract extension. Assistant coach and former Penguins captain Ron Francis was given the additional role of director of player development while goaltending coach and former Penguins goaltender Tom Barrasso was named assistant coach.
-Does the success of the Penguins give the Capitals hope?
Central Division
-While Red Wings forward Henrik Zetterberg jumped on the "Sidney Crosby is evil" bandwagon, Detroit captain Nicklas Lidstrom played off the handshake snafu as Crosby simply being excited after winning the Stanley Cup.
-Former Penguins forward Marian Hossa wants a long-term deal from the Red Wings. The Red Wings want someone who can score goals in the Stanley Cup final.
-Red Wings forward Tomas Holmstrom (right, with Brooks Orpik), who failed to score in 19 playoff games, was dealing with a bad ankle this postseason.
-The Predators named former forward Martin Gelinas director of player development.
Northwest Division
-The Wild fired assistant general manager Tom Lynn.
Pacific Division
-A judge rejected the sale of the Coyotes to Jim Balsillie. The ruling did not eliminate the chance he could still purchase the team and move them.
-Former Penguins forward Stu Barnes will remain a part of Dallas' new coaching staff.
(Photos: Maxime Talbot-Robin Rombach/Post-Gazette; Dupuis-Peter Diana/Post-Gazette; Rolston-Bruce Bennett/Getty Images; Holmstrom-Frank Gunn/Canadian Press)
Posted
Jun 16 2009, 02:20 PM
by
Seth Rorabaugh