NHL: Super Comeback

By Chris Dachille Associate Editor

In the movie “Major League II,” Cleveland’s owner Roger Dorn activates himself to play for the baseball club. This doesn’t go over well with the rest of the management.

In Pittsburgh on Monday, Mario Lemieux, the great hockey hall-of-famer did the same thing. The Penguins governor activated himself after a three and a half year layoff. Management loves it as does the city of Pittsburgh.

He won’t make $252 million over ten years. Hell, he’d play for free - it’d cut back on his expenses, being in the front office and all. "I'm not coming back to embarrass myself," Lemieux said Monday. "I wouldn't come back unless I thought I could play at a high level. And regain the title of the best player in the world. I have the desire and passion to do it”

This guy’s serious, huh?

Well, he has to be, he’s predicting that his comeback will be more successful than the comebacks he made from back surgery and cancer. That’s right, cancer. Mario’s already beaten death, he might as well beat the Flyers a couple of times.

One of Mario’s reasons to come back to play for the Pens is to let his 4-year-old son Austin see his father play.

"He's a young kid who's grown up with a hockey stick in his hands, and he'll get to see Daddy play before it's too late," Lemieux said

And now, making his third comeback within a decade, it’s time for Daddy to wear the “C” and show Austin how goals are scored in Pittsburgh.

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