Back in the spring of 2013, the Penguins were firing on all cylinders on their way to an Eastern Conference crown. Determined to buttress his team in an attempt to ensure another Stanley Cup, then-GM Ray Shero went all-in at the trade deadline.
In rapid succession he acquired Brenden Morrow, Douglas Murray and the ultimate prize…Hall-of-Fame winger Jarome Iginla. For good measure, Shero added versatile forward Jussi Jokinen. Practically everyone in the ‘Burgh, including yours truly, thought we’d locked up the Cup. Nobody was the least bit concerned at the time about team chemistry or how the new pieces would fit.