Penguins' Cup Defense Off to a Slow Start
It's a long, long way to next spring.
For the Pittsburgh Penguins, that looks like a good thing.
There's no Olympic break this season -- those bastards! -- but the NHL is giving each club a week's break again around midseason, so there will still be a surefit of back-to-backers.
Apparently, the Pens coulda done with the first one happening a tad later.
Frankly, that point was a gift, anyway.
Someone forgot to tell Brayden Schenn the Flyers traded him to the Blues and not the Cardinals.
The next night, the Penguins wandered into Chicago.
Two problems:
- The Cubs were outta town, and
- They forgot to pack their mojo.
Lotta Chelsea Daggers out there.
The New York Islanders were the last team to three-peat, spanning 1980 to 1983. The feat's only been accomplished five times.
Bovada put the odds of Pittsburgh doing it at 9:1.
30 clubs have different ideas, starting with the Blues and Blackhawks making a statement.
But it's a long, long way to spring.