Penguins Update: Decline of a Champion

To everything there is a season.

While it may seem odd to open a blog post with a Bible verse (Ecclesiastes 3:1), it is appropriate. Everything in our world runs in cycles. The four seasons, for example. Winter, spring, summer, and fall. A time to plant and a time to harvest.

The same holds true for hockey teams. They run on cycles, too. There’s a time to build. A time to achieve. A time to tear down. And a time to start over.

On rare occasions a team is able to blend these cycles. The Chicago Blackhawks, for one. After winning a Stanley Cup in 2010, Stan Bowman tore his team apart and then adroitly repositioned it for two more Cups through successful drafts and savvy free-agent signings. The…