Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - The Penguins yakatengeswa nokuda kwekusarudza kwokutanga kwegore ra2003
, ravakashandisa kusarudza muchengeti wepagedhi Marc-Andre Fleury. Fleury aiva muchengeti wechitatu wepagedhi akasarudzwa kutanga zvachose shure kwaMichel Plasse naRick DiPietro. Pittsburgh's first-round selection, wechipiri wose, muna 2004, Evgeni Malkin, akanga ari wechipiri wePenguins Calder Trophy anokunda. Penguins yakawana imwe sarudzo yekutanga yakazara muna 2005 uye yakasarudza Sidney Crosby mune yainzi "Sidney Crosby Sweepstakes".