The Record: 16-58-6 (23.8 points percentage)
The Good
They got their man. The Penguins were clearly tanking—trading away team captain Randy Carlyle and demoting goalie Roberto Romano to the AHL following a few strong performances late in the season—in order to get Mario Lemieux with the No. 1 pick. And it worked. He finished his career (and still resides) in eighth place on the NHL's career points leaderboard, and he got all of them with the Penguins.
The Bad
Pittsburgh went 3-17-1 in its final 21 games while trying to finish "ahead" of the New Jersey Devils for the worst record in the league, and there were quite a few goals allowed along the way.