Mario Lemieux-led ownership group is ‘very interested’ in buying back the Penguins, per report

Mario Lemieux can help resurrect hockey in Pittsburgh once again. The legend of Penguins and Hockey Hall of Famer are part of a group that is “very interested” to buy the penguins, According to athletics.

Athletic had recently reported that Lemuxeux, his former Propietary Ron Burkle, and former Chief Executive Officer Dave Morehouse (who is currently Pittsburgh Stelers adviser) studied the possibility of buying the Penguins of Fenway Sports Group (FSG), who acquired the team of them in 2021.

Although FSG has announced that it is exploring a minority investor, the LEMIEIUX group raises its financial options to see if it regains control of the penguins at some point. Nhl According to the commissioner, Gary Bettman has been aware of the group’s interest in joining the penguins in a property capacity.

Penguins are currently valued somewhere $ 1.47 million and $ 1.75 million. The group led by LEMIEIUX expects FSG to be willing to consider a “reasonable” price considering the recent Pittsburgh ice struggles and the decrease in the support of the fans. The penguins sold only 91.4 percent of their available tickets last season, the lowest total of the Sidney Crosby era.

Lemieux, 59, is the most prominent figure in the history of the franchise. He directed the penguins from relative dark to the titles of the Stanley Cup back in 1991-92. Despite having lost a year in place for cancer and retiring for the first time at the age of 31, he was considered one of the greatest players of all time at the time of his first retirement.

Less than two years after retirement, Lemieux gained interest by controlling the penguins after the team had declared bankruptcy and probably headed for Pittsburgh or folding. In 2000, Lemieux returned his ice and helped lead the penguins to an amazing career at the Eastern Conference Final.

Prior to his comeback, Lemieux was introduced to the Hockey Fame in 1997.

The last season of the NHL of Lemieux as a player was the first season of Crosby with the penguins. In 2009, Crosby helped drive the penguins to his first of three Stanley Cup wins with Lemieux he owned.

Penguins have been affected by mediocrity since the LEMIEIUXi -owned team sold the franchise to FSG four years ago. Pittsburgh has not done the playoffs since 2022 after qualifying for the post-season each year of 2007-22. The 80 points of the team last season were the few for the franchise for a season of 82 games since 2005-06.