The Pittsburgh Penguins are one of the most unique teams in the NHL. There is no team from the league's original expansion in 1967-68 that can match the five Stanley Cups they have won. In addition to their championship haul, they also have had some of the greatest players in the history of the sport.

Their top three trio of Mario Lemieux, Sidney Crosby and Jaromir Jagr may be as strong as any team's top three, including the Montreal Canadiens.

Interestingly, when the Penguins began competing, they were among the dullest and least productive of the six new teams. They failed to make the playoffs in five of their first seven seasons, and while they won their first playoff series in the 1970, they didn't win another best of seven series until 1989 when they swept the Rangers in four

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