Boston Bruins: Penguins Can Serve As Example For Bruins

Boston Bruins: Penguins Can Serve As Example For Bruins After Winning The Stanley Cup Once Again

All it took was one coaching change and the Pittsburgh Penguins were off to the races.

After a 15-10-3 start, Penguins General Manager Jim Rutherford was not pleased with the product that the team he helped construct was putting on the ice. In response, he fired then-head coach Mike Johnston and hired then-AHL head coach Mike Sullivan, who was 18-5 with the Penguins’ affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.

After a coaching change, some very smart acquisitions such as Justin Schultz and Carl Hagelin, as well as some smart call-ups in the form of Bryan Rust, Conor Sheary, and Matt Murray, the…