Hey all. Still trying to wrap my brain around today’s news concerning Mike Sullivan.
To digress, anyone who’s read PenguinPoop for any length of time knows I haven’t always been Sullivan’s staunchest supporter. I think my dissatisfaction with our former coach reached its peak during the Covid playoffs of 2020, when a small ‘n’ speedy Penguins team built to his specifications got muscled aside with ridiculous ease in the Qualifying Round by the 24th-seed Canadiens.
Still, I can’t help but feel for the two-time Cup winning coach. After all, he took over a team that had fallen well short of expectations since winning a Cup in ’09 and instilled a renewed sense of passion, hunger, purpose and direction.