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Chances are the 1992-93 Penguins always will be remembered for the most punishing postseason loss in franchise history. That team was supposed to win a third consecutive Stanley Cup and had Hall of Famers Mario Lemieux, Ron Francis, Larry Murphy and Joe Mullen, future Hall of Famer Jaromir Jagr and should-be Hall of Famer Tom Barrasso. It won 17 games in a row down the stretch, still an NHL record. It finished with 56 wins, 119 points and the Presidents' Trophy. It lost in Game 7 of the second round of the playoffs to the underwhelming New York Islanders.
The wound still oozes all of these years later.
But here's what's amazing:
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