Petr Nedved arrived in Pittsburgh with a lot of baggage.  The former second overall pick was drafted by the Vancouver Canucks, whose fans appreciated his skill, but not his soft play.  A contract dispute would see him dealt to St. Louis, where he played for part of a season, and then he went to the New York Rangers, where he failed to live up to expectations.  Still, there was so much talent in the Czech Center, that the Penguins traded for him before the 1995-96 season.

As a player, Rick Tocchet is most closely associated with the other Pennsylvania hockey team, the Philadelphia Flyers, and he should be considering he spent four times longer there than he did with the Penguins.

John Cullen would play college hockey at Boston University, and while he was one of their best players, he went undrafted in the NHL.  Cullen left Boson University as the then all-time leading scorer, and he would try out for the Buffalo Sabres, who chose him in a Supplemental Draft.  He didn't make the Sabres, so Cullen would instead join Flint of the International Hockey League, wherein the 1987-88 season, he scored 157 Points.  As you can imagine, that turned many heads.

A native of Massachusetts, Ryan Whitney, played for Boston University and would be drafted in 2002 by the Penguins 5^th Overall in 2002.  The Defenseman would turn pro two years later, and after playing in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (Pittsburgh’s AHL farm team), he debuted in 2005-06.