CHICAGO — In the what-have-you-done-for-me-lately world of professional sports, it was inevitable that Joel Quenneville, the coach of the newly minted Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks, would be asked Monday night how he planned to continue the team’s remarkable success, which has yielded three championships in six seasons.
Given the uncomfortable calculus of salary caps and cutting players who helped you win a championship, it was also inevitable that Quenneville declined to answer, instead invoking a plea to be allowed to celebrate the hard-fought title that his team had just won against the Tampa Bay Lightning.