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"Robitaille continued his goal-scoring ways in 1994-95, finishing second on the Pens."

I know I haven't posted one of these in awhile. Why? Because they are reserved for maildays and since I haven't had a mailday, well you get where I'm going. But this was still laying on my desk as a "mix up" in a COMC order from a few weeks ago so I thought I would share it now.  This comes from the 1995-96 Collector's Choice set. 

After spending his first eight seasons with the Los Angeles Kings, Luc was traded to the Penguins in July 1994, in exchange for Rick Tocchet and a 2nd Round pick in the 1995 draft. If you're keeping score, that pick turned out to be Pavel Rosa, a solid Czech winger that never really panned out in the NHL. 

In his only season with the Penguins, Robitaille did, in fact, finish second in goals in 94-95 (23), right behind Jaromir Jagr (32). He finished the season with 42 points as well. But isn't that low for the future HOFer? Absolutely. Remember, the 1994-95 season was a short one because the players were locked out by the owners until the first of the year. The NHL only played a 48 game season (plus playoffs) from January 20th - June 24th that year. Robitaille played in 46 of those, hitting his 400th goal milestone that year after returning from a 2-gamer for a high sticking incident in New Jersey.

 

 

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