When the 2019-20 season began, Mike Sullivan was coaching a hockey team.
These days, he probably feels like he's overseeing a Jenga game.
One by one, key parts of his club have been removed, and it's been Sullivan's job to keep the whole thing from collapsing. First, the Penguins lost Bryan Rust, who was injured in the final preseason game. Then Evgeni Malkin and Nick Bjugstad, who were hurt in the second game of the regular season. Alex Galchenyuk went down in Game No. 3, and Jared McCann wasn't able to go in the seventh one.