In the mid-1990s, the Penguins still were a most formidable team. Only a couple of seasons removed from back-to-back Stanley Cups, they featured no fewer than six future Hall-of-Famers, including Ron Francis, Joey Mullen, Larry Murphy, Luc Robitaille, Bryan Trottier and the incomparable Mario Lemieux, to say nothing of greats like Jaromir Jagr and freight-train-on-skates Kevin Stevens.
Despite the glittering array of talent, the 1993-94 squad underachieved during the regular season before being ousted in the first round of the playoffs by the vastly inferior Washington Capitals.