from Matt Sober of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,

Yet as the faithful and newly converted alike celebrate the Penguins’ miraculous berth in the Stanley Cup Final, a few of us still don’t feel the presence of Sid in our lives.

And he has been declared the savior, has he not?

It’s not so much that I don’t like the Penguins as I have never had much interest in hockey, which continues to feel a lot like watching pinball for two-and-a-half hours. Or at least pinball with the occasional bloody nose.

But the Penguins? Well, with the possible exception of Jarkko Ruutu, they all seem likable enough.

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