Penguins Update: No Joy in Mudville

Oh, somewhere in this favored land (Seattle) the sun is shining bright; the band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light, and somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout; but there is no joy in Mudville — mighty Casey has struck out.

On Sunday, I voiced my displeasure over the fact that the Penguins chose to leave buzz-saw forward Brandon Tanev exposed in the expansion draft.

However, I confess my mood lightened over the past couple of days as I read a series of articles on other sites. Articles that suggested it made more sense for Seattle to take defensive wiz Zach Aston-Reese. If not ZAR, then Marcus Pettersson and his flashy 72 percent WAR. Why, there was even a convincing pitch touting pricey Jason Zucker as captain material for the fledgling team.

As I eagerly read the posts and drank in the Kool-Aid, I almost had the sense they were part of a carefully conceived plot by the local media to steer Kraken GM Ron Francis away from Tanev.

Unfortunately, the shell game didn’t work.

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