Ought to Mike Sullivan Be Nervous About His Job in Pittsburgh?
Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet joined Sirius XM NHL Community Radio with Scott Laughlin and Gord Stellick and was requested concerning the Pittsburgh Penguins potential to make a training change and transfer on from Mike Sullivan.
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Gord Stellick: “Hey, fast final one, as a result of we began about Marc-Andre Fleury, after which we talked concerning the Penguins. So like, may there be a training change? I imply, what do you assume might be the primary domino that would occur in the event that they’re trying in that route?”
Elliotte Friedman: “, I’ve puzzled about it merely since you do surprise, like, is it time for a brand new voice or something like this? I additionally like that they’re having a variety of breakdowns, particularly of their D zone, and I don’t assume that’s solely on the coaches.
Like, I’ve seen a number of the objectives the place you’re trying like, there was one particularly in Vancouver with Erik Karlsson that you just checked out and stated, Hey, like, you recognize, you’ll be able to’t blame that on the coaches. However I do assume the rationale I might say you must be ready for it Gordie, is the best way it’s going proper now.
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I feel that there’s lots there that would use a recent coat of paint proper now. You don’t wish to overreact. Issues may change. However while you return to it, you form of have a look at it and say, this might be fairly main. , clearly, commerce safety and issues like that play a really huge function in these sorts of conditions. Nevertheless it’s been happening lengthy sufficient that though this yr remains to be comparatively recent, you have a look at the final couple of years and say it’s extra than simply these final six video games.
So sure, I do assume you must control all choices. I feel one factor that the Penguins know is that in the event that they do make a training change, Mike Sullivan might be as unemployed for so long as Mike Sullivan needs to be unemployed. There have been groups earlier than who form of puzzled, is he going to be out there?
And as soon as he’s out there, there are groups which can be going to go at him. So I don’t assume that Sullivan has something to fret about, however I do assume that even that sure must be doubtlessly a part of the dialog.”
Scott Laughlin: “And Mike, in fact, has his USA Hockey tasks. And as we all know, Kyle Dubas has that card to play. He’s not his man, so to talk, and inherited him alongside the best way, when he moved from Toronto to Pit.”
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Friedman: “I don’t assume he actually thinks like that, to be completely trustworthy.”
Laughlin: “proper. if and when that change does get made Friedge, if and when that change does get made, that’s what they’re going to say. Nicely, he was by no means by no means Kyle’s man, and now Kyle has the power, like each GM, to form of make one teaching change, at the least alongside the best way.”
Friedman: “Yeah, that’s true. However, like, I don’t assume Dubas prefer to be trustworthy. If Dubas was going to do it final was going to do it that manner? We in all probability would have stated final summer time, when, when Keefe was out there.”
Laughlin: “Thats level.”
