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Bad boy club: the Penguins who have become rivals elsewhere

The Pittsburgh Penguins are the white knights of the modern NHL. They’re the good guys, the triumphant victors. We all know this. Since 1990, no team has had more players win scoring titles. No team has won more than the Pens’ five Stanley Cups championships. They play, they win, they’re the heroes at the end of the movie standing tall.

Yet, surprisingly enough, the Pens aren’t always beloved everywhere. Weird, right? In fact, some players are despised — for reasons valid and imagined. Let’s take a look into these bad boys who have left an indelible mark among other teams, for the wrong reasons.