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Still, the Penguins needed to cut costs. They dealt Jagr and Frantisek Kucera to the Washington Capitals for prospects Kris Beech, Michal Sivek, and Ross Lupaschuk, and $4.9 million in the summer of 2001. The absence of Jagr proved devastating to the Penguins, and in 2002 they missed the playoffs for the first time in 12 years. Further financial difficulties saw them trade fan favorite Kovalev to the New York Rangers the next season, quickly followed by the departure of Lang in free agency. Unfortunately for the franchise, none of the prospects acquired for the stars' salary dumps materialized into NHL stars. Thus, the Penguins spent the next several seasons in the NHL's basement.
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The Penguins continued their swing the Florida, facing the Tampa Bay Lightning two nights later. The Lightning are the defending Stanley Cup champions, but have been muddling through this season, bobbing around .500 and coming off an 8-2 loss at the hands of the New Jersey Devils, hardly an offensive juggernaut. The Penguins responded by handing Tampa Bay nine power play opportunities, three which led to goals, and were shut out until they scored a meaningless goal of their own with 73 seconds left in the game. It was one of the Penguins' most uninspired performances in a season that has been rife with them and is quickly slipping away.
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Shortly after the conclusion of the Penguins' season, the team voted that Sidney Crosby to be the team's captain. This honour made him the youngest full team captain in NHL history at only 19 years old (In January 1984, Brian Bellows of the Minnesota North Stars was made captain at 5 months younger then Crosby, but he only served the latter half of the 1983-84 season replacing injured captain Craig Hartsburg). He had been offered the position during the course of the season, but Crosby deferred stating that he did not want to mess with the chemistry of the team while they were in the playoff hunt.
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[I]t didn't take long for the plan to blow up in Patrick's face as the Penguins lost their first nine games under second-year coach Ed Olczyk. Two weeks later, Thibault was lost for the season with an injured hip that required surgery.
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In recent years the Penguins have changed net minders almost as often as Imelda Marcos changed her shoes. They have tried several different “shooting stars” between the pipes looking for “the one”. By signing Ty Conklin (G) the Penguins are letting Fleury know that he must continue to make strides this season.
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After leading the league in increased attendance last season, the Penguins fans are filling the Mellon Arena at a 95% capacity rate. The Pens have had 14 sell-outs in 23 home games and have had sell-outs in 11 of the last 13 games.
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