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No fewer than three fresh items of delicious print media to acknowledge for Schadenfreude-minded Caps’ fans as it relates to Mullet Insolvency and Homelessness. The first, which runs in this morning’s Pittsburgh Tribune Review, is headlined “Lemieux ‘very disappointed’ over arena talks.” Some salient excerpts:

“Penguins co-owner Ronald Burkle met for almost two hours [last] Thursday night with [Gov. Ed] Rendell, Allegheny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato, Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and Detroit businessman Don Barden . . . Lemieux said the meeting “wasn’t very good” . . . “Our people were offended and very disappointed,” Lemieux said.”

And:

“Team officials have been concerned about how much money they might lose by staying at Mellon Arena the next two seasons rather than moving to Kansas City. . .”

There is a bit of a six-slinger-showdown-at-sunset quality to the Pittsburgh Post Gazette’s file, also appearing today, headlined “Politician: Best deal is on the table”:

” . . . given what happened last week, the team likely will step up talks with Kansas City and might explore options in other cities as well . . . Asked about the chances of Kansas City coming strongly into the picture or the Penguins making another visit there, Lemieux said, “No comment.” Three times.”

And last but by far not least, the Houston Chronicle’s web site late last night ran word of Lemieux and his beleaguered band of impoverished ownership teammates traveling to that fair southern port to talk moving.

We are no Johnny-Blogger-come-latelys when it comes to reveling in the agony of the mulleted. Weeks back we published an internal roundtable discussion of the Pens’ dire straits. Today we renew our pledge not only to keep you informed of developments as they rev up out West but also that OFB will volunteer some of its own moving van muscles should that blessed day arrive.