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Insider Intel: The invaluable Gonchar

By Mike Hume
ESPN Insider

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Wallowing. That's probably the best word to describe the Pittsburgh Penguins on Feb. 14. With a 27-24-2 record, they looked nothing like the team that had surged to the Stanley Cup finals the previous season, largely because, until that day, they lacked one of the biggest pieces in their championship puzzle: Sergei Gonchar. As much as the young team missed his leadership and poise on the ice, it might have missed his point production even more. Let's turn back the clock. In his third ga ...

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