The Penguins won back-to-back Stanley Cups with an attack-oriented style fueled in no small part by blistering team speed. An approach Matt Larkin of The Hockey News aptly described as “organized chaos.”
“It’s reading and reacting and understanding that the faster you can be, the faster you can do things, it puts your teammates in a better situation when they get the puck,” said the recently retired Chris Kunitz. “Gives them more time to make that next play, catch someone else out of position.”
Quick to mimic the Pens’ blueprint, other teams followed suit.