Tag: Did Mario Lemieux save the Penguins?
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Why did Mario Lemieux buy the Penguins?
[mks_pullquote align=”left” width=”300″ size=”20″ bg_color=”#00BCD4″ txt_color=”#ffffff”]Lemieux believed it was time to give something back to the fans. Converting his salary into a lead ownership in the team would prove to critics that he was committed to keeping hockey in the city and was willing to…
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What did Mario Lemieux pay for the Penguins?
[mks_pullquote align=”left” width=”300″ size=”20″ bg_color=”#00BCD4″ txt_color=”#ffffff”]$42 million[/mks_pullquote] Did Mario Lemieux save the Penguins? Oh, and Lemieux saved hockey in Pittsburgh not once, but twice – first when he came here as a player, and again when he put together an ownership group to buy the…