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CRACK THE CODE - March 16, 2007 Penguins Are Staying A lot of Pittsburgh hockey fans were thrilled to find out their franchise is safe and the Penguins will be staying for a long, long time. The new arena is officially on the way. Hockey Spy.com helps translate the true meaning of the post announcement comments: "Well, I have an announcement to make," Mr. Lemieux said over the public address system, then was greeted by more applause. "Tonight, I'm proud to announce that your Pittsburgh Penguins will remain right here in Pittsburgh, where they belong. "Thank you, Pittsburgh. Have a great night." Hockey Spy.com translation: “Thank you Pittsburgh. Have a great night. I’d like to stay longer but I’m going out to dinner with my banker. We’re back on speaking terms all of a sudden.” "Throughout this whole thing, a lot of guys realized -- or I hope they have -- that as players we want to be here," Sidney Crosby said. "Other teams, that might not have been the case. ... We owe a lot of thanks for the support we've gotten here." Hockey Spy.com translation: “I live with Mario and he told me to say all that. His wife was making cheesecake tonight so I didn’t want to take a chance on being evicted.” Mr. Carroll has been a Penguins season ticket holder off and on since 1970, he said. That put him in an elite membership among "those of us who have been here when it wasn't sold out, when you used to have Paranoid Night -- everybody had their own section." "Well, I remember back in the mid-'70s that was scary, with the bankruptcy and padlocking the doors," Mr. Carroll continued. "The bankruptcy [in 1997]. And this." Hockey Spy.com translation: “I wonder how much they’re going to soak me for tickets when the new arena is open.” This year, it picked up anew -- last night was the 17th sellout in the past 19 games -- and this fervor didn't go unnoticed by the politicians engaging current Penguins management in what former owner Howard Baldwin once termed "the mating dance of negotiations." They credited fans for the arena accord. "They have no one to thank but themselves," Gov. Ed Rendell said at the late-afternoon news conference announcing the deal. Hockey Spy.com translation: “This ought to get me some votes in the next election.”

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