Ought to Mike Sullivan Be Frightened 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 could possibly be the primary domino that would occur in the event that they’re trying in that path?”
Elliotte Friedman: “You recognize, I’ve puzzled about it merely since you do marvel, 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 few of the objectives the place you’re trying like, there was one specifically in Vancouver with Erik Karlsson that you simply checked out and mentioned, Hey, like, you realize, you’ll be able to’t blame that on the coaches. However I do assume the explanation I might 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 would use a contemporary coat of paint proper now. You don’t need to overreact. Issues may change. However if you return to it, you type of have a look at it and say, this could possibly be fairly main. You recognize, clearly, commerce safety and issues like that play a really huge position in these sorts of conditions. However it’s been occurring lengthy sufficient that although this yr continues to be comparatively contemporary, 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 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 puzzled, is he going to be obtainable?
And as soon as he’s obtainable, 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 needs to be probably 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 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. Effectively, he was by no means by no means Kyle’s man, and now Kyle has the flexibility, like each GM, to type of make one teaching change, not less than alongside the way in which.”
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 most likely would have mentioned final summer season, when, when Keefe was obtainable.”
Laughlin: “Thats a superb level.”
