Pens fans aren't bad, at least from me experience. I've been to the last 2 home games when Pittsburgh played Columbus. 1st was like 3 years ago when the Pens got embarrassed thanks to Danny Saborin. My G/F and I couldn't get tickets together so we had to sit at the opposite end of the aisle 1 row apart. Anyway, she was there to cheer on the Pens and 3 guys in BJ's shirts kept yelling at her, "Sit the fuck down Crosby Sucks!". I kind of let it go, then 1 Yelled out, "Hey bitch sit your dumbass down, they're loosing". I then step over a few rows and had some words with them...It stopped after that. This last game we went to despite having the Crowd be 50/50 Pens and BJ fans, people were still giving me shit on the way to the Car.
But hey, you know what as a fan, what else can you do but cheer on your team and razz the others. So to me shit talking is just part of the experience. If you watch every team play I’m sure you’ll find a few of their Fans set bad examples for the team they’re cheering for too.
And fair weather fans!? Every team has them. How is it that Columbus had a bunch of empty seats last year and could fill them up this year? It's called winning! No one wants to go cheer on a team that looses. If it took Sidney Crosby to get people excited about the Penguins again, then so be it! He’s not only good for Pittsburgh; he’s good for other teams as well.