TORONTO — As we began our conversation, sitting across from each other in a downtown breakfast diner Thursday, I asked Brian MacLellan about the parallels between his Capitalsand their longtime rivals the Penguins.
Caps Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas BackstromAnd John CarlsonSigned long-term Sidney Crosby, Evgeni MalkinAnd Kris Letang aren’t going anywhere in Pittsburgh.
Rebuild? Rebuilding is not an option.
“No,” he said, shaking his head in agreement. “Pittsburgh, us, and Boston.”
MacLellan however added, Patrice BergeronAnd David KrejciThe Bruins re-signed on one-year deals for this season, so who knows what they’ll do in the future.
The Penguins and the Caps The mission of the Crosby-Ovechkin eras is still clear: to be competitive. A teardown isn’t an option for either.
