A small forenote before I begin. The inspiration for this article came from fellow PPer Caleb Di’Natale, who I believe is planning to write his own article on the subject. Without trying to steal Caleb’s thunder, I thought I’d take a crack at addressing a potential Penguins turnaround from a historical perspective. Here goes:
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Having snapped a seemingly endless postseason drought that spanned six long years the previous spring, the bar was set high for the 1989-90 Penguins.
Fresh off a stunning 85-goal, 199-point season, the incomparable Mario Lemieux seemed destined to shatter Wayne Gretzky’s single-season scoring records.