Penguins general manager Ron Hextall said he believes in the team's core of Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang and is in no hurry to move on to the franchise's next chapter.

"We see a future with this core," Hextall said Wednesday. "These guys have been here a long time. We had a good year. It certainly didn't give me pause to think about what we should do with this core. It certainly didn't give me pause to think about what we should do with this core."