Might the Pittsburgh Penguins Transfer on From Mike Sullivan?

Ought to Mike Sullivan Be Fearful About His Job in Pittsburgh?

Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet joined Sirius XM NHL Community Radio with Scott Laughlin and Gord Stellick and was requested in regards to 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 in regards to the Penguins. So like, may there be a training change? I imply, what do you assume may very well be the primary domino that might occur in the event that they’re trying in that course?”

Elliotte Friedman: “, I’ve questioned 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 quite a lot of breakdowns, particularly of their D zone, and I don’t assume that’s solely on the coaches.

Like, I’ve seen among 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 understand, you possibly can’t blame that on the coaches. However I do assume the rationale I’d say you must be ready for it Gordie, is the way in which it’s going proper now.

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I believe that there’s so much there that might use a recent coat of paint proper now. You don’t wish to overreact. Issues may change. However once you return to it, you type of take a look at it and say, this may very well be fairly main. , clearly, commerce safety and issues like that play a really large position in these sorts of conditions. Nevertheless it’s been occurring lengthy sufficient that although this 12 months continues to be comparatively recent, you take 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 keep watch over all choices. I believe one factor that the Penguins know is that in the event that they do make a training change, Mike Sullivan will likely be as unemployed for so long as Mike Sullivan needs to be unemployed. There have been groups earlier than who type of questioned, is he going to be obtainable?

And as soon as he’s obtainable, there are groups which are 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 needs to be probably a part of the dialog.”

Scott Laughlin: “And Mike, in fact, has his USA Hockey duties. 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 way in which, 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. Properly, he was by no means by no means Kyle’s man, and now Kyle has the power, like each GM, to type of make one teaching change, no less than alongside the way in which.”

Friedman: “Yeah, that’s true. However, like, I don’t assume Dubas wish to be trustworthy. If Dubas was going to do it final was going to do it that manner? We most likely would have stated final summer season, when, when Keefe was obtainable.”

Laughlin: “Thats level.”