Kelsey and Hannah discuss what the Pittsburgh Penguins should be asking Santa for this holiday season. The Pittsburgh Penguins [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/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 [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/pittsburgh-penguins/latest-news/best-penguins-by-jersey-number-77]. Today, we continue the list by naming the best #82 in Penguins' history. Only one player in franchise history has worn #82, and he scored some big-time goals for the Penguins during the late-1990s and early-2000s. The best and only #82 in Penguins history is Martin Straka. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AYj4WCna0M[/embed] Straka, a center, was drafted 19th overall by Pittsburgh in the 1992 NHL Draft. He played his first three NHL seasons with the Penguins - including a sophomore season with 30 goals and 64 points in 1993-94 - before being traded to the Ottawa Senators [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/ottawa-senators/] after a disappointing 1994-95 season with Pittsburgh. He played for the Senators, New York Islanders [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/new-york-islanders/], and Florida Panthers [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/florida-panthers/] before returning to the Penguins in 1997-98 on a free agent contract. And, from there, his NHL career found new life. Over the next seven seasons with Pittsburgh, Straka registered 128 goals and 346 points in 403 games - including 19 game-winning goals in the regular season. He was widely regarded as a clutch player and knew how to come up big in big moments. But he scored some huge goals in the playoffs as well - including two overtime goals during the 2001 playoffs. And one of those was, arguably, one of the most memorable in franchise history - and that was the Game 6 series-clinching goal against the Washington Capitals [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/washington-capitals/] to send the Penguins to the second round: [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I4MAI-rdS4[/embed] Straka was traded to the Los Angeles Kings [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/los-angeles-kings/] during the 2003-04 season, and he went on to play three NHL seasons with the New York Rangers [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/new-york-rangers/] after the 2004-05 lockout. Over the course of his NHL career, Straka recorded 257 goals and 717 points in 954 games. Image [https://thehockeynews.com/.image/c_fit,h_600,w_600/MjEwNjYwNDIwMDI3OTUwOTI5/thnpitbanner.png]
