PITTSBURGH — June has arrived, and Fenway Sports Group still owns the Pittsburgh Penguins — though likely not for long.In April, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said that financial transactions, such as FSG’s sale of the Penguins to the Hoffmann family, agreed upon in December, can take a long time to wrap up.Sources within the Penguins organization remain confident that the transfer of power from FSG, which bought the team in 2021, to the Hoffmanns will happen sooner rather than later. One team source, who discussed the sensitive information under the condition of anonymity, said the team is hopeful that an official announcement of the sale’s completion will occur “sometime in June.”While there is some quiet concern within the organization because the Hoffmann family’s pockets aren’t as deep as FSG’s, there is a general sense of excitement about the ownership change.My general sense is that Penguins employees respect FSG because of its spending, particularly on PPG Paints Arena, even when it became clear the group would sell the team. Still, team sources say, the Hoffmanns have already shown an enthusiasm for owning the Penguins that FSG never quite did.• Don’t be shocked if Mario Lemieux, who, along with Ron Burkle, sold the team to FSG in 2021, is involved with the new ownership group on some level, perhaps as a minority owner or an adviser.The Hoffmanns are well aware of Lemieux’s importance and popularity in Pittsburgh. A financial dispute between Lemieux and FSG kept Lemieux away from PPG Paints Arena for two years. He returned in February 2024 for Jaromir Jagr’s number retirement ceremony, and, over the past few months, after FSG began the sale process, Lemieux became a somewhat regular attendee at games again.