Having had the 'pleasure' of seeing the Pittsburgh Penguins play twice this past week against the Blueshirts, I come to a couple conclusions from those games.

1. They are the worst team I have ever seen in person.
2. Marc Andre Fleury is the true young star of that team.

OK, so I may be overstating here, as hey - it's just two games right!

But going on those two games, I can only state what I saw.

And first things first, this is a woeful hockey team. I could say they remind me in part, of how the Rangers used to be. Although thats unfair on the Rangers, that's how poor the Penguins look.

Veteran players like Mark Recchi, John LeClair and Sergei Gonchar where woeful in both effort and effect.

The team of course have suffered from the losses of Lemieux and Palffy, and what they have left is a team full of dissinterested veteras, yard dogs, and a smattering of young stars.

Of course Sidney, or should that be Sindy Crosby, gets the headlines, and his stats will show that he's a worthy young talent.

Alas in these two games v's the Rangers, he didn't bother to show up, one easy tap in power play goal aside. The only other times I noticed him on the ice was when he dived, when he whinged at the ref after getting a penalty, and when he gave the puck away for Steve Rucchin to score a short hander.

The real young star of these performances was goalie Marc Andre Fleury. I kinda felt sorry for him in Saturday's game. He faced a rampant Rangers who put 51 shots on goal, and without him, it'd been double figures. Yes he gave up a couple poor goals, but he also made some fantastic saves.

In the game on Wednesday, he wasn't quite as busy, the game was more low key, with the Rangers easing this time to a mere 3-1 victory. But he still showed some great talent. He really does have one of the quickest glove hands I've seen. A couple times he stoned Rangers players who where on the doorstep, just flashing the glove to deny the shooter.

The guy deserves so much more than to be playing on this pitiful excuse of a hockey team. But, I'm sure the future will be far brighter for him and the Penguins - wherever they may be. They surely can't get any worse than this, with all that talent they've snagged in the draft the last few years.