Pens Reload By Spending To The Cap

Pens Reload By Spending To The Cap – assuring that a huge chunk of the Penguins’ young core will be together for a minimum of the next five years. Sure, Shero added some other pieces, including slick winger , but the focus was retaining more of the young leaders who’d mesmerized the city and the hockey world in leading the upstart Penguins to the Stanley Cup finals for the first time since 1992. And it all came about because the Penguins’ owners committed to spending virtually to the upper limit of the salary cap, which the NHL set at $56.7 million for 2008-09. “That decision from ownership made it all possible,” Shero said. “And it says something about their commitment to the team, to the city of , and most importantly to our fans. We have a very unique situation here with all of these talented young players, and the owners... [read full story]