The Penguins had a great time visiting the White House in October, celebrating their Stanley Cup championship with Barack Obama.
Obama speechwriter Stephen Krupin hated it. Turns out, Krupin is a Capitals fan and had taken the assignment assuming the Capitals would win the Stanley Cup.
Krupin described the experience — writing a cheery, positive speech about a team he hated — in a Washington Post story Thursday, headlined “The one speech I wrote for Obama that I didn’t believe in.”
“Last October, I helped President Obama honor the Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins.