The Penguins Tank for Mario
Pittsburgh Sports Memories
English - July 25, 2022 09:00 - 59 minutes - 40.8 MBSports History steelers penguins pirates pitt panthers pittsburgh sports Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In 1984, the Penguins were a floundering and largely unpopular franchise with an uncertain future. That’s when they were presented with a golden opportunity to turn things around. If they could somehow procure the top overall pick in the draft, they could select a teen phenom by the name of Mario Lemieux. However, getting there would require something totally unorthodox: doing everything possible to NOT WIN games.
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