The Pens weren’t in trouble “after Lemieux”. They didn’t become successful again because they got superstars and started winning?. Lemieux still technically played for Pittsburgh when they went bankrupt. Jagr was on the team then as well, scoring 127 points. That’s why Lemieux is a part owner - they owed him money for deferred salaries and he made a deal to get them out of Ch 11. And they were winning - in the POs every year and got to round three a couple years before and a year afterwards.
And then traded Jagr to get out from under his salary, and they finished out of the POs, and a year later they were tanking.
Last edited by GioforPM; 12-04-2025 at 11:08 PM.
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