However, playing in a division where the same three teams — the Flyers, Capitals and Islanders — made the playoffs every year for six years running meant that the Devils found themselves in a losing battle with the Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins for the division's last playoff spot.

However, it left the Penguins struggling to fill in the void he had left, with a first round exit in 1998 despite being the second seeded team in the East followed by a second round exit in 1999 this time from eighth seed.

However, just like in the 1980s, the Penguins used the opportunity to rebuild through the draft and acquire elite prospects.

However, the Penguins were unable to secure the first overall draft pick as they lost the draft lottery for the 2004 NHL Entry Draft to the Washington Capitals.

However, Evgeni Malkin, the Penguins ' 2004 NHL Entry Draft selection with their 2nd overall pick, could not come to Pittsburgh immediately due to a dispute with his Russian league.

However, they were swept four games to none by the Mario Lemieux-led defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins ( who, in sweeping the Blackhawks, tied the record Chicago had set only days before ).

However, Warner Bros. began to release DVD collections of classic cartoons in 2003 entitled the Looney Tunes Golden Collection with one of the cartoons ( Frigid Hare, which depicts a stereotypical Eskimo trying to kill a baby penguin, and was still seen on Cartoon Network as late as 2002 and featured as a DVD extra in March of the Penguins ) featured on the set uncut and uncensored.

However, the Devils lost in the first round to the Penguins.

However, Detroit used a " throwback " jersey for the 2009 Winter Classic ( which was used again against the Chicago Blackhawks on April 11, 2009 ) and New Jersey used " throwback " green and red jerseys against the Pittsburgh Penguins on March 17, 2010, including a replica helmet worn by goaltender Martin Brodeur that was made to look like the original helmet he wore in his first game with NJ back in 1992.

However, the Penguins were ultimately defeated by the Red Wings 3 – 2.

However, they were ousted in six games in the second round by the eventual champions Pittsburgh Penguins led by Mario Lemieux.

However, there is some debate over the classification of this penguin, and Oliver was able to successfully propose that a few slight anatomical differences did exist between the Snares Penguins and the early description and illustration, leading the Snares Penguin to be called robustus instead of atratus.

However, Snares Penguins and other members of their genus, Eudyptes, differ from most other birds in that their last laid egg is larger and hatches first rather than being the smallest and last to hatch.

However, after just five games with the Penguins, he was placed on waivers again and reclaimed by Vancouver on November 1.

However, the Penguins did not own the building nor its naming rights-the Sports Commission of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County did, and the deal fell through.

However, the Penguins wanted to demolish it and find a developer to create a residential and retail district on the site.

However, on December 20, 2010, in a 6 – 1 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins, Pyatt suffered an upper body injury during a fight with Penguins enforcer Deryk Engelland and was subsequently placed on the Coyotes ' injured reserve list.

However, the players Patrick acquired in the trade played big roles in the Penguins ' Stanley Cup championship victories in 1991 and 1992.

However his later years were plagued by the Penguins ' financial woes as well as a series of poor trades.

However, he was unable to match his previous season and Ottawa decided to trade him to the Pittsburgh Penguins in favor of an experienced playoff performer, Tom Barrasso.

However, it is important not to confuse releases such as March of the Penguins, Million Dollar Baby, and The Princess and the Frog with the old-fashioned roadshow release.

However, facing the Penguins once again in the Finals, Hudler and the Red Wings failed to defend their championship, losing in seven games.

However, the Penguins could not stave off elimination for a second straight game and lost the Cup to Detroit.

However, no new edition was released before Guardians of Order went out of business in 2006.

However, as Andronikos ' rule went on, the Emperor became increasingly paranoid and violent – in September 1185, Andronikos ordered the execution of all prisoners, exiles and their families for collusion with the invaders – and the Byzantine Empire descended into a terror state.

However, Escom in turn went bankrupt in 1997.

However, some researchers have disputed the major league status of the Union Association, pointing out that franchises came and went and contending that the St. Louis club, which was deliberately " stacked " by the league's president ( who owned that club ), was the only club that was anywhere close to major league caliber.

However, prior to 1950 the strip went through a number of significantly different formats.

However, they then went into one of the longest championship droughts in baseball history, called by some the " Curse of the Bambino " after its alleged beginning with the Red Sox's sale of Babe Ruth to the rival Yankees two years after their world championship in 1918, an 86-year wait before the team's sixth World Championship in.

However Lewis Spence's 1937 book Boadicea-warrior queen of the Britons went so far as to include a map showing the positions of the opposing armies.

However, 40 % went on to experience a new episode of mania or depression within 2 years of syndromal recovery, and 19 % switched phases without recovery.

However, the season came to an end as the Indians went on to lose six of their last seven games, five of them by one run, missing the playoffs by only two games.

However, the pitching staff — a strong point for the team in 1995 — was beset by injuries: Bill Swift, who went 9 – 3 in 1995, started just three games, and the staff ERA ballooned to 5. 60.

However most of the gains went to the urban elite class, especially businessmen and financiers living in Halifax.

However, it soon started losing money due to over-expansion, went bankrupt on July 15, 1996, and was liquidated.

However, there were problems with this display and the calculator never went on sale.

However, only a couple of months later a new problem arose: the company that commercially ran the circuit ( CENAV ), called in the receiver and went out of business, marking the end of " Circuit van Zandvoort ".

However, things soon went downhill from there, as quarterback Tony Romo suffered a broken pinkie in an overtime loss to the Arizona Cardinals.

However, both books went on to receive high acclaim and, in 1970, jointly won the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal, a major prize in children's literature.

However, the studio Leone went to had an actor, Rod Steiger, with one more picture in his studio contract and the studio announced that Leone would have to use him if they were to put up any financing.

However, shortly afterwards Nepveu's company went bankrupt, but Nepveu found Eiffel a job with the Compagnie des Chemins de Fer de l ' Ouest, for whom Eiffel produced his first bridge design, a sheet iron bridge for the Saint Germaine railway.

However, her career went into sharp decline following this hit.

However, as time went by, Gardner became critical of many of the Rosicrucian Order's practices ; Sullivan's followers claimed that he was immortal, having formerly been the famous historical figures Pythagoras, Cornelius Agrippa and Francis Bacon.

However, some of the landings went wrong and troops were landed in the wrong positions, causing confusion that lost valuable time.

" However Hawks once again went over budget with this film and his relationship with Sol Wurtzel became worse.

However, a referendum on devolution in 1979 was unsuccessful as it did not achieve the necessary support of 40 per cent of the electorate ( despite a small majority of those who voted supporting the proposal ) and the SNP went into electoral decline during the 1980s.

However, from that low point until the end of July, Houston went 42 – 17 and found themselves in the lead for an NL wild card spot.

However, many stayed in the group, and the Harmony Society went on to become an even more profitable business community that had many worldly financial successes under the leadership of Romelius L. Baker and Jacob Henrici.