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They were, at that point in mid-January, 12th in the Eastern Conference – behind Montreal, Ottawa and other ne’er-do-wells who would miss the playoffs by a mile.
But the Penguins are the NHL’s best team ever since, making one of the NHL’s most remarkable in-season U-turns to win it all.
Crosby is the biggest reason why. The now 28-year-old “kid” from Cole Harbour, N.S., charged back into the scoring race with a torrid 50-goal, 110-point pace over the final 40 games of the regular season. Then, deep in the playoffs with his team on the brink, he added three huge goals – all game winners – in the conference finals, as the Penguins rallied to win in seven games against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
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Had they left him in the press box the Pens would probably have knocked the Sharks out in four.
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