Friday, September 30, 2016

NHL 2016-17: Odds stacked against Penguins repeating (Yahoo Sports)

FILE - In this June 10, 2015, file photo, Chicago Blackhawks' Jonathan Toews hoists the Stanley Cup after defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 6 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Final series in Chicago. A repeat Stanley Cup champion hasn't happened in the league since the Red Wings in 1997 and 1998. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

After the Penguins paraded the Stanley Cup through the streets of Pittsburgh, Sidney Crosby took it to his hometown of Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, Evgeni Malkin to Moscow and Phil Kessel to a children's hospital in Toronto as part of the summer-long celebration. If there's one thing champions in the NHL have learned, it is to savor those moments because history says they won't happen back-to-back. No team has repeated as Cup champion since the salary-cap era began in 2005, and the last back-to-back winners were the Detroit Red Wings in 1997 and 1998.


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