Who was the best player in Penguins' history to wear #10?

The Pittsburgh Penguins' organizational history has a plethora of great players, and we've decided to go through the best Penguins' players to wear each jersey number. Today, we continue the list by naming the best #10 in Penguins' history.

Even though this one was fairly easy, there have been some great #10s in Penguins' history - Pierre Larouche, Dan Quinn, and Bob Errey, just to name a few. 

But one stands above the rest. And that would be Penguins' legend, Hall-of-Famer, and NHL all-time great, Ron Francis.

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Francis, who sits fifth all-time in NHL scoring, was essentially the Penguins' "glue guy" when Mario Lemieux missed significant lengths of time. He was already a superstar when he was traded to the Penguins in 1991 as part of one of the biggest trades in NHL history - and, arguably, the best trade in franchise history - when forwards John Cullen and Jeff Parker, along with defenseman Zarley Zalapski, were shipped to the Hartford Whalers in exchange for Francis and defensemen Ulf Samuelsson and Grant Jennings. 

He helped lead Pittsburgh to two Stanley Cup Championships in 1991 and 1992. He had a knack for flying under the radar but scoring big goals in big games, including a hat trick capped off by this beautiful deflection goal in overtime to beat the New York Rangers in Game 4 of the 1992 Patrick Division Finals - tying the series, giving Pittsburgh the momentum to close out the series in six games, and guiding them to their second consecutive Cup:

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He filled the captaincy vacancy twice with the Penguins, once when Lemieux missed the entirety of the 1994-95 season, and the other when named captain in 1997-98 following Lemieux's first retirement. Although that was his final season as a Penguin, Francis, or "Captain Class", was highly revered in the locker room for the eight seasons he was in Pittsburgh - and he had the production, skill, and playoff performances to back it up, registering 32 goals and 100 points in 97 playoff games with Pittsburgh:

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Francis went on to play six more NHL seasons after leaving Pittsburgh in 1998. He played five full seasons with the Carolina Hurricanes, and he was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs during his final season in 2003-04. Francis - named one of the NHL's 100 Greatest Players of all time - was inducted in the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2007, finishing his 23-year career with 549 goals and 1,798 points in 1,731 games.

Known for his strong two-way play, he also took home the Selke Trophy in 1994-95.

Honorable Mentions: Pierre Larouche, Dan Quinn, Bob Errey, John LeClair