Upon reading the NHL Four-cast on the Penguins over on the Bleacher Report it has become apparent that they are not too fond of the superstars on the Penguins roster. In the report they go onto try and poke fun at  some of the players mainly crosby, but it is also written that the pens won't do well this year without Hossa. If my memory serves me correctly I believe we would have most likely made the playoffs without the 12 games he played at the end of the season, now you can go and say that he stepped it up in the playoffs but he was alos on the recieving end of passes from guys like crobsy, malkin, gonchar, and others. I don't maybe these guys are watching a different team than the rest of us, maybe the pens won't win the east but I will bet they make the playoffs.

Mario Lemieux and Sidney Crosby were in attendance for the Men's final at the US Open on Sunday evening. They weren't the only NHL star New York Ranger Marcus Naslund was also in attendance.

Penguins coach Michel Therrien enojyed his weekend by taking in three different football games. He started his weekend with a high school game on Friday followed by the Penn State game on Saturday and capped it all off by being a special guest for the Steelers opener on Sunday.

The pens rookies reported today to prepare for the rookie tournament in Kitchner, Ontario. Here is a list of scheduled practices via LetsGoPens.com .

Wednesday, September 10, 2008
1:30pm Practice @ Southpointe

Thursday, September 11, 2008
11:00am Practice @ Southpointe

Friday, September 12, 2008
11:00am Practice @ Southpointe

The Bleacher Report recently did and article on the top 10 individual seasons of all time and they ranked Mario Lemieux's 199-point effort in 1988-89 as the second best individual season ever. Even Jaromir Jagr's 1995-1996 149 point season got an honorable mention.