The Penguins are a team of big money players; even with the departure of 10-year phenom Jaromir Jagr.  The owner of the team, Mario Lemieux, also plays center!  For those of you who were living under a rock in Tibet last season, Mario Lemieux came out of retirement to play forward.  Lemieux is surrounded by some great talent; Kevin Stevens, Martin Straka, and Rene Corbet.  However, the Pens could use some defense; they have solid Janne Laukkanen and Darius Kasparaitis, but not much else.  Their goaltending woes ended when they acquired Johan Hedberg from San Jose in the Jeff Norton trade.  Hmm, I wonder who got the better end of that deal?

Player Name Position Item Signed Birthplace
Jean-Sebastien Aubin G 99-00 MVP Montreal, QC
Marc Bergevin D Sheet (St. Louis 99-00) Montreal, QC
Rene Corbet LW 99-00 UD Victory Victoriaville, QC
Bobby Dollas D 94-95 Leaf Montreal, QC
Dan LaCouture LW 95-96 Classic Prospects Hyannis, MA
Robert Lang C 98-99 Pacific Omega Teplice, Czech Republic
Janne Laukkanen D 98-99 Topps Lahti, Finland
Alexei Morozov RW 97-98 Score Moscow, Russia
Martin Straka LW 95-96 Upper Deck Plzen, Czech Republic
Rob Tallas G 99-00 Pacific Edmonton, AB