ESPN is showing this year's hockey hall of fame class on the front of their website (as of 2pm), and Ron Francis is in a Penguins jersey. I'm pretty sure he was there when they won 2 Stanley Cups, but that was amazing to me because he is/was the face of the Hurricanes/Whalers. Is it Bristol, Connecticut jealousy that he isn't in a Canes jersey?

11/12/2007 1:58:48 PM

*carl face*

11/12/2007 2:00:08 PM

cue the brass bonanza

11/12/2007 2:01:36 PM

I hate to say it, but let's face it, the hockey world is going to remember Ron Francis for his days with Lemiuex, Jagr, Stevens, Samuelson, Barrasso, and co. That is where he had his best years, his most visibility, and won a Cup. I'll remember him for the overtime goal against the Wings and all the things he did to build this team here in Raleigh, but I can't really fault ESPN.

11/12/2007 2:18:16 PM

*carl face*

11/12/2007 2:35:18 PM

ESPN sure as hell wont put him in a Canes sweater.

11/12/2007 3:08:58 PM

he won back to back cups with the penguins, why wouldn't ESPN put him as a penguin?

11/12/2007 3:20:10 PM

Darius Kasparaitis

11/12/2007 4:08:01 PM

Quote :

"he won back to back cups with the penguins, why wouldn't ESPN put him as a penguin?"

That's totally true, and I'll admit that I wasn't a hockey fan back then, but I truly doubt that he was the face of the Penguins to the degree that he was the face of the Whalers/Canes. I thought that Penguins team was Lemieux + Cast whereas Francis was a huge part of making hockey viable around here (a.k.a A huge part of the 2002 Stanley Cup run)

11/12/2007 4:23:29 PM

I've always thought of him more as a Penguin than a Whaler/Cane.

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"I thought that Penguins team was Lemieux + Cast "

Uh... no. Their were a number of good players on those Penguins teams.

[Edited on November 12, 2007 at 6:19 PM. Reason : .]

11/12/2007 6:19:00 PM

in addition to Vulcan91's list up towards the top:

larry murphy, mark recchi, joe mullen, brian trottier...

i considered that team to be fucking stacked back when i gave a shit about hockey


and "Ron Francis as a Penguin?" ... wtf?

11/12/2007 6:40:17 PM

got nothing on the lindros/renberg/leclair squad

11/12/2007 7:23:54 PM

Legion of Doom

11/12/2007 7:28:08 PM

yeah i think the team on the ice for a crucial goal in the finals against the north stars was:

lemieux, jagr, stevens, francis, and murphy

not even fair

11/12/2007 7:49:01 PM

11/12/2007 7:52:05 PM

Tommy B played for the Canes, too, but he'll always be a Penguin.

This thread is silly.

11/12/2007 7:59:00 PM

barasso was good for the pens but he was no ken wregget

11/12/2007 8:00:02 PM

ken wregget was good but he was no andy moog

11/12/2007 8:14:35 PM