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Originally Posted by transplant99
Simple logic will tell you that's not the case though.
If they were going to decide who got Crosby they would have had him go to either the Rangers, Blackhawks or the Kings. The marketing tool he would have been for the league in those markets would have paid 20, 30, 50 times more than placing him in a small market.
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Fair.
But it always seemed fishy with all the ownership, relocation, and rink issues that were going on in Pittsburgh at the time.
Winning that lottery pretty much singlehandedly saved the Penguins in Pittsburgh.