I’ll apologize in advance for this partisan post, but it’s really good to be a Pittsburgh fan these days. I was thinking about this the other day. My son, despite having been born in Florida, is a rabid Steeler and Penguin fan. I guess that’s my fault. I grew up about 30 miles from the Steel City and along with my father before me, have always bled black and gold. But I don’t think my son realizes how lucky he is. Certainly the fans in cities that have been waiting decades to even come close to a championship know just what I’m talking about. It just doesn’t happen all the time. And here is my 17-year-old son, with a couple Super Bowls and now 2 Stanley Cup finals under his belt. I just hope there’s not a draught of any kind on his horizon. I’m afraid he just might not be able to handle it.

So, for all you Penguin fans out there, I found this really cool poster of this year’s Penguin studs. It features Sergei Gonchar, Evgeni Malkin, Marc-Andre Fleury, Jordan Staal and Sidney Crosby. The 16×20 poster is available at AllPosters.com for $34.99. I’ve seen it for a lot more at other places. If you’ve seen it for less, please post a link in the comments.

And here’s a shameless plug for two of my Pittsburgh t-shirts: got ‘burgh? and The Joy of Six