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class="ui-droppable">The Pittsburgh Penguins are now five years removed from their last Stanley Cup championship. That would be good news for franchises like the Toronto Maple Leafs or St. Louis Blues, organizations that have gone the better part of 40 years without an appearance in the Cup Final.
For the Penguins, however, this half-decade streak has been viewed as a total failure. That's the breaks when you employ two of the top 10 players in the NHL.
When the team won the Cup in 2009, the average age of players on the roster was 26, as per Hockey-Reference.com. Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang were all just starting to scratch the surface of their prime playing years, and there seemed to be a dynasty evolving before our very ...
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For the Penguins, however, this half-decade streak has been viewed as a total failure. That's the breaks when you employ two of the top 10 players in the NHL.
When the team won the Cup in 2009, the average age of players on the roster was 26, as per Hockey-Reference.com. Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang were all just starting to scratch the surface of their prime playing years, and there seemed to be a dynasty evolving before our very ...
Read Full Article at Bleacher Report - Pittsburgh Penguins