PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- Grandparents, girlfriends, wives, uncles and aunts, brothers and sisters, childhood friends, anyone with connections to the Pittsburgh Penguins are arriving en masse with the anticipation -- nay, fervent hope -- that the Stanley Cup will be awarded at the Consol Energy Center Thursday night and that they will join that celebration.
Outside those in the inner circle of players and staff, the city is in a state of delayed delirium in anticipation of what would be the first-ever Stanley Cup won on home ice here in Pittsburgh.
None of this is being presumptive.