Some pretty significant news on Tuesday as it was revealed that the Pittsburgh Penguins are on the verge of being sold to the Fenway Sports Group, which would add them to the sports conglomerate alongside the Boston Red Sox and Liverpool FC.
While Mario Lemieux is expected to retain a role in the ownership group, it would still mark the end of what has been the most successful era in the history of the franchise. We already knew changes were going to be on the horizon over the next few seasons. There have already been major changes in the front office with Ron Hextall and Brian Burke coming into replace Jim Rutherford, while the core of the team (Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, and Kris Letang) is getting closer to retirement age.