If I Were King of the (Penguins) Forest

One of my favorite movies when I was a kid was The Wizard of Oz. One of my favorite songs from the classic? “If I Were King of the Forest,” sung to perfection by Bert Lahr in his role as the Cowardly Lion.

There’s an even more personal tie-in. Some years later when I was an undergrad at IUP, I gave my long hair an odd-looking clip job that made me resemble the Cowardly Lion. In fact, my friends would greet me with a teasing, “Put ‘em up, put ‘em up.”

Excuse the silly lead-in.

However, if you’re like me, you’ve fantasized from time-to-time about being the king of the Penguins’ forest, able to mold the team the way you’d like. In fact, Other Rick and I were discussing that very topic at Wright’s Gym the other day.

What would we do if we were the Pens’ GM? On a more personal note, which players would I have acquired in recent years, and how would those acquisitions have fared?

For those who are long-time readers of PenguinPoop, it comes as no secret I would’ve concentrated heavily on adding some…well…heaviness to our lightweight lineup.

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