Now, my love for the return to glory aside, I kinda wish they went down a more blue route:
If ONLY because of WHY they wear gold:
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On Jan. 30, 1980, the Penguins wore black and gold for the first time. With the Steelers winning the Super Bowl and the Pirates capturing the World Series title in the same year, the struggling Penguins hoped to gain fan support by aligning their colors with the other teams in the “City of Champions.”
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IMO, it's kind of an embarrassing part of their team history. I like keeping a bit of yellow around as a nod to their past (the logo has always been yellow)