On This Day: End Of An Era

With the Penguins now in full offseason mode, we’ll be starting a fun “On This Day” series that chronicles some of the best (or worst) moments in Penguins history on any given day.

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Ray Shero’s tenure as Penguins general manager was filled with positives, negatives, and everything in between.

Reaching two Stanley Cup Finals with a youthful squad led by Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang, Marc-Andre Fleury and Sidney Crosby and winning one of those two Cups against a very experienced Red Wings team obviously highlights the positives.

And the inclusion of millions of draft picks in aggressive trading techniques saw the prospect reserves of the Penguins limited to the likes of Beau Bennett and Joe…