Here’s a quick glance at how former Penguins fared during the 2013-14 regular season.
| Player | Team | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | +/- |
| Jaromir Jagr | NJ | RW | 82 | 24 | 43 | 67 | 46 | 16 |
| Jarome Iginla | BOS | RW | 78 | 30 | 31 | 61 | 47 | 34 |
| Marian Hossa | CHI | RW | 72 | 30 | 30 | 60 | 20 | 28 |
| * Matt Moulson | NYI-BUF-MIN | LW | 75 | 23 | 28 | 51 | 34 | 2 |
| Alex Goligoski | DAL | D | 81 | 6 | 36 | 42 | 28 | 9 |
| Jordan Staal | CAR | C | 82 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 34 | 2 |
| Mark Letestu | CBJ | C | 82 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 20 | 1 |
| Matt Cooke | MIN | LW | 82 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 54 | 8 |
| Max Talbot | PHI-COL | C | 81 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 45 | 5 |
| Brenden Morrow | STL | LW | 71 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 76 | 1 |
| * Jake Muzzin | LA | D | 76 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 58 | 8 |
| Sergei Gonchar | DAL | D | 76 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 20 | -12 |
| Colin McDonald | NYI | RW | 70 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 34 | -22 |
| Dominic Moore | NYR | C | 73 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| Ben Lovejoy | ANA | D | 78 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 39 | 21 |
| Andrew Ference | EDM | D | 71 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 63 | -18 |
| Tyler Kennedy | SJ | RW | 67 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 34 | -10 |
| Ryan Malone | TB | LW | 57 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 67 | -7 |
| Matt D’Agostini | PIT-BUF | RW | 57 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 26 | -15 |
| Chris Thorburn | WIN | RW | 55 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 65 | 0 |
| Zbynek Michalek | PHO | D | 59 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 6 |
| Adam Hall | PHI | RW | 80 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 23 | -15 |
| Trevor Smith | TOR | C | 28 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | -3 |
| Brian Strait | NYI | D | 47 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -14 |
| Nate Guenin | COL | D | 68 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 46 | 3 |
| Paul Bissonnette | PHO | LW | 39 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 53 | 6 |
| Michal Rozsival | CHI | D | 42 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 7 |
| Eric Tangradi | WIN | LW | 55 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 21 | -6 |
| Jordan Leopold | STL | D | 27 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| * Daniel Carcillo | LA-NYR | LW | 57 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 100 | -1 |
| Corey Potter | EDM-BOS | D | 19 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 21 | -1 |
| Dustin Jeffrey | PIT-DAL | C | 34 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | -4 |
| Zach Boychuk | CAR | LW | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Mikael Samuelsson | DET | RW | 26 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 |
| * Alex Grant | ANA-OTT | D | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| * Kenny Agostino | CAL | LW | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2 |
| * Ben Hanowski | CAL | LW | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -2 |
| Douglas Murray | MTL | D | 53 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 42 | -12 |
| Mike Rupp | MIN | LW | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 1 |
| Arron Asham | NYR | RW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | -5 |
| Ryan Craig | CBJ | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 |
| Hal Gill | PHI | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Nick Johnson | BOS | RW | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 |
| Ryan Whitney | FLA | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -7 |
| * Draft pick who didn’t play for the Penguins | ||||||||
A lot of players show improvement when they come to the Pens–like Jokinen and Kunitz and Dupuis.
Hi Sandi,
You make a really good point … one I hadn’t considered. You’re absolutely right … a lot of players do seem to play really well when they come to the Pens. You mentioned Pascal Dupuis, Chris Kunitz, and Jussi Jokinen—each an excellent example.
We could add Craig Adams, James Neal and Matt Niskanen to your list, along with former Pens like Matt Cooke and Mike Rupp, who had their best seasons in the ‘Burgh.
Maybe the fact that we have a core of elite players helps guys play better. Then, too, Dan Bylsma and his staff deserve some credit for getting the most out of players.
Anyway, a very good observation on your part … 🙂